Public administration manager to civil service administrative officer
A public administration manager already meets 46% of what the civil service administrative officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.8/ 100
1 How much of what a civil service administrative officer is expected to do is already part of a public administration manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the civil service administrative officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A civil service administrative officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a public administration manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure information transparency
- keep task records
- legislation procedure
- liaise with politicians
- public finance
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 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A civil service administrative officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a public administration manager background worth leading with.
- already held write meeting reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
- already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held public finance business, administration and law
- already held ensure information transparency information skills
- already held coordinate events management skills
All 15 carried skills, including the 5 the civil service administrative officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn manage administrative systems required
- still to learn supervise daily information operations required
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- still to learn archive documentation related to work required
- optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
- optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
- optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
- still to learn bookkeeping regulations required
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- still to learn use spreadsheets software required
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
- still to learn respond to enquiries required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a civil service administrative officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 archive documentation related to work practise this
- 02 manage administrative systems practise this
- 03 bookkeeping regulations study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held ensure information transparency skill
- already held keep task records skill
- already held legislation procedure knowledge
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held public finance knowledge
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage accounts skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held write meeting reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held office software optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
- optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
- optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
- optional, not held office software optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held use microsoft office optional
21 held skills the civil service administrative officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
- not needed by the target role good governance knowledge
- not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage government policy implementation skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role offer assistance to national citizens skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
- not needed by the target role plan medium to long term objectives skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role public law knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role write situation reports skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn bookkeeping regulations required
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held office software optional
Other moves recorded from public administration manager
Common questions about this move
Can a public administration manager become a civil service administrative officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A public administration manager already covers 46% of what a civil service administrative officer is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 5 of which the civil service administrative officer role treats as required.
What skills does a public administration manager need to become a civil service administrative officer?
7 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is archive documentation related to work.
How hard is the move from public administration manager to civil service administrative officer?
Its learning distance is 51.8 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.