Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

project managertoproject support officer

A project manager already meets 69% of what the project support officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From project manager
69%
Overlap1
To project support officer
27 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
36.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

36.1/ 100

1 Share of the project support officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the project manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A project support officer role treats 16 of its required skills as things a project manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create a financial report
  • draft project documentation
  • ensure compliance with legal requirements
  • estimate duration of work
  • follow company standards
  • liaise with managers

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A project support officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a project manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held Prince2 project management business, administration and law
  • already held customise project methodologies management skills
  • already held perform PESTEL analysis information skills
  • already held project management methodology (PM²) business, administration and law
  • already held draft project documentation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain a central project repository information skills

All 27 carried skills, including the 16 the project support officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 4 required
  • required, not held manage administrative systems required
  • required, not held carry out project activities required
  • required, not held introduce new employees required
  • required, not held monitor the conformance to the project methodology required
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held document project progress required
  • optional, not held organise information on availability of the team optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held maintain financial records optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held office software required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use ICT ticketing system required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held manage relationships with stakeholders optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a project support officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held draft project documentation skill
  • already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • already held estimate duration of work skill
  • already held follow company standards skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held maintain a central project repository skill
  • already held manage project information skill
  • already held organise project meetings skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held project configuration management knowledge
  • already held project management methodology (PM²) knowledge
  • already held project management principles knowledge
  • already held provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held Agile project management knowledge
  • already held Prince2 project management knowledge
  • already held customise project methodologies skill
  • already held ensure equipment availability skill
  • already held lean project management knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage project changes skill
  • already held manage project metrics skill
  • already held manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
  • already held perform PESTEL analysis skill
  • already held perform project management skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held organise information on availability of the team optional
  • optional, not held conduct quality control analysis optional
  • optional, not held maintain financial records optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held manage relationships with stakeholders optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
41 held skills the project support officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
  • not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
  • not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
  • not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role office administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role program management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quantity surveying knowledge
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role risk identification knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise daily information operations skill
  • not needed by the target role total quality control knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill

1 further entry not listed here

2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held office software required
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from project manager

Full index of moves from project manager

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.