Social entrepreneur to volunteer manager
A social entrepreneur already meets 18% of what the volunteer manager role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
83.8/ 100
1 How much of what a volunteer manager is expected to do is already part of a social entrepreneur’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 volunteer manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A volunteer manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a social entrepreneur already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advocate for others
- create social alliances
- data protection
- monitor social impact
- perform project management
What stands in the way is 24 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A volunteer manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social entrepreneur background worth leading with.
- already held create social alliances communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor social impact information skills
- already held advocate for others communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held data analytics information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held digital marketing techniques business, administration and law
- already held data protection information and communication technologies (icts)
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the volunteer manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 8 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 animate in the outdoors required
- still to learn train volunteers required
- still to learn analyse community needs required
- still to learn cooperate with colleagues required
- still to learn give constructive feedback required
- still to learn promote social change required
- still to learn show intercultural awareness required
- still to learn use communication techniques required
- optional, not held communicate with elderly groups optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- still to learn manage volunteering programmes required
- still to learn manage volunteers required
- still to learn brief volunteers required
- still to learn coordinate events required
- still to learn lead a team required
- still to learn recruit personnel required
- still to learn work within communities required
- optional, not held plan youth programmes optional
- optional, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art optional
- optional, not held manage online volunteers optional
- still to learn observe confidentiality required
- still to learn promote inclusion required
- still to learn relate empathetically required
- optional, not held manage health and safety optional
- still to learn validation of learning acquired through volunteering required
- still to learn capacity building required
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
- still to learn labour law required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn evaluate social work program's impact required
- optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
- optional, not held study community as a target community optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a volunteer manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage volunteering programmes practise this
- 02 animate in the outdoors practise this
- 03 evaluate social work program's impact practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held advocate for others skill
- already held create social alliances skill
- already held data protection knowledge
- already held monitor social impact skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held data analytics knowledge
- already held digital marketing techniques knowledge
- already held manage fundraising activities skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held humanitarian aid optional
- optional, not held sustainable development goals optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held plan youth programmes optional
- optional, not held communicate with elderly groups optional
- optional, not held humanitarian aid optional
- optional, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety optional
- optional, not held manage online volunteers optional
- optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
- optional, not held study community as a target community optional
- optional, not held communicate with youth optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held sustainable development goals optional
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
37 held skills the volunteer manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
- not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
- not needed by the target role apply systemic design thinking skill
- not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
- not needed by the target role assume responsibility for the management of a business skill
- not needed by the target role conclude business agreements skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a crowdfunding campaign skill
- not needed by the target role crowdfunding knowledge
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role design thinking knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
- not needed by the target role impact investing knowledge
- not needed by the target role influence public policies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role manage a team skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role oversee development of software skill
- not needed by the target role participatory decision-making knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
- not needed by the target role philanthropy knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan marketing strategy skill
- not needed by the target role prepare visual data skill
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role promote organisational communication skill
- not needed by the target role represent special-interest groups' members skill
- not needed by the target role results-based management knowledge
- not needed by the target role social alliances knowledge
- not needed by the target role social entrepreneurship knowledge
- not needed by the target role social innovation knowledge
- not needed by the target role social media marketing techniques knowledge
8 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 labour law required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn validation of learning acquired through volunteering required
- still to learn capacity building required
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held humanitarian aid optional
- optional, not held sustainable development goals optional
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
Common questions about this move
Can a social entrepreneur become a volunteer manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A social entrepreneur already covers 18% of what a volunteer manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the volunteer manager role treats as required.
What skills does a social entrepreneur need to become a volunteer manager?
24 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is manage volunteering programmes.
How hard is the move from social entrepreneur to volunteer manager?
Its learning distance is 83.8 out of 100, which is the career change 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.