Table 1Transition record

fundraising assistanttopolitical party agent

A fundraising assistant already meets 17% of what the political party agent role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fundraising assistant

17%

Overlap1

To political party agent

4 Skills carried over

8 Required, not held

72.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

17%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the political party agent role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fundraising 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 political party agent role treats 2 of its required skills as things a fundraising assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

maintain financial records
manage budgets

What stands in the way is 8 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 political party agent role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fundraising assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held brief volunteers management skills
already held coordinate events management skills
already held maintain financial records information skills
already held manage budgets management skills

All 4 carried skills, including the 2 the political party agent role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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, 6 supplementary

required, not held advise on public relations required
required, not held liaise with politicians required
required, not held perform public relations required

optional, not held advise politicians on electoral procedures optional
optional, not held communicate with media optional
optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
optional, not held present reports optional

02 business, administration and law 2 required

required, not held budgetary principles required
required, not held election law required

03 information skills 2 required

required, not held analyse election procedures required
required, not held maintain professional records required

04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held political science required

optional, not held political campaigning optional

05 management skills 6 supplementary

optional, not held help coordinate promotional activities optional
optional, not held manage volunteers optional
optional, not held create campaign schedule optional
optional, not held develop media strategy optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional
optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional

06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held respond to enquiries optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a political party agent 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 maintain financial records skill
already held manage budgets skill
already held brief volunteers skill
already held coordinate events skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 education 1 supplementary

optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held advise politicians on electoral procedures optional
optional, not held communicate with media optional
optional, not held help coordinate promotional activities optional
optional, not held manage volunteers optional
optional, not held create campaign schedule optional
optional, not held develop media strategy optional
optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional
optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
optional, not held political campaigning optional
optional, not held present reports optional
optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

17 held skills the political party agent role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
not needed by the target role establish contact with potential donors skill
not needed by the target role funding methods knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain event records skill
not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
not needed by the target role manage consumables stock skill
not needed by the target role manage donor database skill
not needed by the target role manage the handling of promotional materials skill
not needed by the target role manage website skill
not needed by the target role monitor charity's budget skill
not needed by the target role perform business research skill
not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
not needed by the target role support managers skill

5 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 budgetary principles required
required, not held election law required
required, not held political science required
optional, not held political campaigning optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

Index

Other moves recorded from fundraising assistant

Full index of moves from fundraising 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.