Table 1Transition record

sales support assistanttofundraising assistant

A sales support assistant already meets 34% of what the fundraising assistant role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sales support assistant

34%

Overlap1

To fundraising assistant

4 Skills carried over

3 Required, not held

55.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the fundraising assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sales support assistant 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 fundraising assistant role treats 4 of its required skills as things a sales support assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

manage accounts
perform business research
perform clerical duties
perform office routine activities

What stands in the way is 3 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fundraising assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sales support assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held perform business research information skills
already held perform office routine activities management skills
already held perform clerical duties management skills
already held manage accounts management skills

All 4 carried skills, including the 4 the fundraising assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held establish contact with potential donors required
required, not held perform fundraising activities required
required, not held support managers required

optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held develop promotional tools optional

02 management skills 5 supplementary

optional, not held brief volunteers optional
optional, not held coordinate events optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
optional, not held manage the handling of promotional materials optional

03 information skills 4 supplementary

optional, not held maintain event records optional
optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
optional, not held maintain financial records optional
optional, not held manage donor database optional

04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held funding methods optional

05 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage website optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a fundraising assistant 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 4 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held manage accounts skill
already held perform business research skill
already held perform clerical duties skill
already held perform office routine activities skill

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
optional, not held maintain event records optional
optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
optional, not held brief volunteers optional
optional, not held coordinate events optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held develop promotional tools optional
optional, not held funding methods optional
optional, not held maintain financial records optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
optional, not held manage donor database optional
optional, not held manage the handling of promotional materials optional
optional, not held manage website optional

19 held skills the fundraising assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse customer service surveys skill
not needed by the target role bookkeeping regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out sales analysis skill
not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
not needed by the target role draw up marketing and sales plan skill
not needed by the target role electronic business knowledge
not needed by the target role forecast sales over periods of time skill
not needed by the target role handle mail skill
not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
not needed by the target role keep records on sales skill
not needed by the target role order supplies skill
not needed by the target role prepare sales checks skill
not needed by the target role process refunds skill
not needed by the target role produce sales reports skill
not needed by the target role sales activities knowledge
not needed by the target role supervise sales activities skill
not needed by the target role use sales forecasting softwares skill

1 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

optional, not held funding methods optional

Index

Other moves recorded from sales support assistant

Full index of moves from sales support assistant

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.