grants management officertoprogramme funding manager
A grants management officer already meets 36% of what the programme funding manager role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
36%
51.5/ 100
1 Share of the programme funding manager 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.
Why this move works
A programme funding manager role treats 1 of its required skills as things a grants management officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- find grants
What stands in the way is 4 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 programme funding manager 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.
- already held find grants communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coach employees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held meet deadlines management skills
- already held write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 1 the programme funding manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 3 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 apply strategic thinking required
- required, not held lead a team required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held manage government funding optional
- optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
- required, not held manage grant applications required
- optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
- optional, not held analyse business plans optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- required, not held funding methods required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a programme funding manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage grant applications skill · sector specific
- 02 apply strategic thinking skill · cross sector
- 03 funding methods knowledge · cross sector
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 find grants skill
- already held coach employees skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor charity's budget optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held analyse business plans optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held manage government funding optional
- optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
20 held skills the programme funding manager role does not ask for
- 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 comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- 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 mathematics knowledge
- 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 show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role work in an international environment 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.
- required, not held funding methods required
Other moves recorded from grants management officer
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.