grants administratortogrants management officer
A grants administrator already meets 50% of what the grants management officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
50%
51/ 100
1 Share of the grants management officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the grants administrator 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 this move works
A grants management officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a grants administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on grants application
- financial management
- grant concessions
- write work-related reports
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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A grants management officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a grants administrator background worth leading with.
- already held advise on grants application communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held grant concessions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on eligibility of expenditures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess administrative burden information skills
- already held study topics information skills
- already held check official documents assisting and caring
All 17 carried skills, including the 4 the grants management officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held guide staff required
- required, not held keep grant applicant informed required
- required, not held find grants required
- required, not held develop professional network required
- optional, not held work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- required, not held perform project management required
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
- required, not held check grant applications required
- required, not held report on grants required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a grants management officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 check grant applications skill · occupation specific
- 02 guide staff skill · occupation specific
- 03 keep grant applicant informed skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held advise on grants application skill
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held grant concessions skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on eligibility of expenditures skill
- already held assess administrative burden skill
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held check official documents skill
- already held comply with legal regulations skill
- already held ensure proper document management skill
- already held keep task records skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held respond to enquiries skill
- already held study topics skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
9 held skills the grants management officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role complete administration skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
- not needed by the target role follow up the issued grants skill
- not needed by the target role give out grants skill
- not needed by the target role instruct grant recipient skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role manage grant applications skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
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.