Volunteer mentor to employee volunteering programme coordinator
A volunteer mentor already meets 38% of what the employee volunteering programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.3/ 100
1 How much of what an employee volunteering programme coordinator is expected to do is already part of a volunteer mentor’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 employee volunteering programme coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An employee volunteering programme coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a volunteer mentor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- capacity building
- data protection
- give constructive feedback
- health and safety regulations
- relate empathetically
- show intercultural awareness
What stands in the way is 11 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An employee volunteering programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a volunteer mentor background worth leading with.
- already held capacity building education
- already held validation of learning acquired through volunteering education
- already held sustainable development goals social sciences, journalism and information
- already held data analytics information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held data protection information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held health and safety regulations services
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the employee volunteering programme coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 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 build business relationships required
- still to learn cooperate with colleagues required
- still to learn create social alliances required
- still to learn promote social change required
- still to learn coordinate events required
- still to learn recruit personnel required
- still to learn work within communities required
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn evaluate social work program's impact required
- optional, not held monitor social impact optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- still to learn promote inclusion required
- optional, not held humanitarian aid optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an employee volunteering programme coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 corporate social responsibility study this
- 02 evaluate social work program's impact practise this
- 03 project management 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held capacity building knowledge
- already held data protection knowledge
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held show intercultural awareness skill
- already held data analytics knowledge
- already held sustainable development goals knowledge
- already held train employees skill
- already held validation of learning acquired through volunteering knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor social impact optional
- optional, not held humanitarian aid optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
19 held skills the employee volunteering programme coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advocate for others skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
- not needed by the target role brief volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role coach young people skill
- not needed by the target role coaching techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
- not needed by the target role empower social service users skill
- not needed by the target role empower young people skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional boundaries in social work skill
- not needed by the target role mentor individuals skill
- not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of digital badges knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques 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 corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn project management required
- optional, not held humanitarian aid optional
Other moves recorded from volunteer mentor
Common questions about this move
Can a volunteer mentor become an employee volunteering programme coordinator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A volunteer mentor already covers 38% of what an employee volunteering programme coordinator is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the employee volunteering programme coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a volunteer mentor need to become an employee volunteering programme coordinator?
11 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is corporate social responsibility.
How hard is the move from volunteer mentor to employee volunteering programme coordinator?
Its learning distance is 59.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.