programme funding managertohumanitarian advisor
A programme funding manager already meets 33% of what the humanitarian advisor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
33%
62.2/ 100
1 Share of the humanitarian advisor 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 humanitarian advisor 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
- tolerate stress
- use communication techniques
- write work-related reports
What stands in the way is 5 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 4 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 programme funding manager background worth leading with.
- already held tolerate stress management skills
- 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 4 carried skills, including the 4 the humanitarian advisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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 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 work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
- optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held manage humanitarian aid required
- required, not held own management skills required
- required, not held identify emerging issues in humanitarian area required
- optional, not held evaluate humanitarian programme proposals optional
- optional, not held financial management optional
- optional, not held international law optional
- optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
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.
- 01 advise on humanitarian aid skill · occupation specific
- 02 identify emerging issues in humanitarian area skill · occupation specific
- 03 manage humanitarian aid 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 4 skills that carry over
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held evaluate humanitarian programme proposals optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
- optional, not held work in an international environment optional
- optional, not held financial management 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 show intercultural awareness optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
14 held skills the humanitarian advisor 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 funding methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage government funding skill
- not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes 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 monitor charity's budget skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held financial management optional
- optional, not held international law 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.