programme funding managertomembership administrator
A programme funding manager already meets 18% of what the membership administrator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
18%
73.3/ 100
1 Share of the membership administrator 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 membership administrator role treats 2 of its required skills as things a programme funding manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- develop professional network
- use communication techniques
What stands in the way is 9 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 membership administrator 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 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 4 carried skills, including the 2 the membership administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 complete membership administration required
- required, not held manage members required
- required, not held recruit members required
- required, not held perform clerical duties required
- required, not held perform office routine activities required
- optional, not held develop campaigns optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held stimulate creative processes optional
- required, not held customer service required
- required, not held sales strategies required
- required, not held provide membership service required
- required, not held manage membership database required
- optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
- optional, not held handle complaints optional
- optional, not held write leaflets optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held office software optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a membership administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 complete membership administration skill · sector specific
- 02 customer service knowledge · sector specific
- 03 manage members skill · sector 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 use communication techniques skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop campaigns optional
- optional, not held deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances optional
- optional, not held handle complaints optional
- optional, not held write leaflets optional
- optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held office software optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held stimulate creative processes optional
14 held skills the membership administrator 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 monitor charity's budget skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role tolerate stress skill
3 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 customer service required
- required, not held sales strategies required
- optional, not held office software 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.