Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

grants management officertohumanitarian advisor

A grants management officer already meets 33% of what the humanitarian advisor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From grants management officer
33%
Overlap1
To humanitarian advisor
6 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
62.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 62.1

This move: 62.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the humanitarian advisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the grants management officer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A humanitarian advisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a grants management officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work in an international environment communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held financial management business, administration and law
  • already held show intercultural awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the humanitarian advisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held manage humanitarian aid required
  • required, not held own management skills required
  • required, not held tolerate stress required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on humanitarian aid required
  • required, not held work in crises areas required
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify emerging issues in humanitarian area required
  • optional, not held evaluate humanitarian programme proposals optional
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held international law optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a humanitarian advisor 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • already held financial management knowledge
  • already held show intercultural awareness skill
  • already held work in an international environment skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held evaluate humanitarian programme proposals optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
22 held skills the humanitarian advisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on eligibility of expenditures skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on grants application skill
  • not needed by the target role assess administrative burden skill
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role check grant applications skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role coach employees skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role find grants skill
  • not needed by the target role grant concessions skill
  • not needed by the target role guide staff skill
  • not needed by the target role keep grant applicant informed skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role report on grants skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role study topics skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels 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 international law optional
Index
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.