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A programme funding manager already meets 15% of what the fundraising manager role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.
15%
82.6/ 100
1 Share of the fundraising manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the programme funding manager 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 fundraising manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a programme funding manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- develop professional network
- funding methods
- manage budgets
- perform project management
What stands in the way is 20 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fundraising manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a programme funding manager background worth leading with.
- already held monitor charity's budget information skills
- already held manage government-funded programmes management skills
- already held funding methods business, administration and law
- already held develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform project management management skills
- already held manage budgets management skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the fundraising manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 38 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.
- required, not held coordinate events required
- required, not held create a financial plan required
- required, not held enforce financial policies required
- required, not held fix meetings required
- required, not held manage fundraising activities required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held recruit employees required
- required, not held strive for company growth required
- optional, not held manage volunteers optional
- optional, not held coordinate advertising campaigns optional
- optional, not held develop public relations strategies optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held manage the handling of promotional materials optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- required, not held financial analysis required
- required, not held financial management required
- required, not held financial statements required
- required, not held social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
- optional, not held public relations optional
- required, not held advise on financial matters required
- required, not held develop promotional tools required
- required, not held liaise with managers required
- required, not held perform fundraising activities required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held establish contact with potential donors optional
- optional, not held inform on government funding optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
- optional, not held write charity grant proposals optional
- required, not held analyse financial performance of a company required
- required, not held analyse market financial trends required
- optional, not held apply for government funding optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held execute feasibility study optional
- optional, not held manage donor database optional
- required, not held follow company standards required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fundraising manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 corporate social responsibility knowledge · sector specific
- 02 advise on financial matters skill · cross sector
- 03 analyse financial performance of a company skill · 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held manage government-funded programmes skill
- already held monitor charity's budget skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held manage volunteers optional
- optional, not held apply for government funding optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
- optional, not held coordinate advertising campaigns optional
- optional, not held develop public relations strategies optional
- optional, not held establish contact with potential donors optional
- optional, not held execute feasibility study optional
- optional, not held inform on government funding optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held manage donor database optional
- optional, not held manage the handling of promotional materials optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held public relations optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use consulting techniques optional
- optional, not held write charity grant proposals optional
12 held skills the fundraising manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role find grants skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role manage government funding skill
- not needed by the target role manage grant applications skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
7 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 corporate social responsibility required
- required, not held financial analysis required
- required, not held financial management required
- required, not held financial statements required
- required, not held social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
- optional, not held public relations optional
Other moves recorded from programme funding manager
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.