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A volunteer manager already meets 47% of what the volunteer mentor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
55.9/ 100
1 Share of the volunteer mentor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the volunteer 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 volunteer mentor role treats 10 of its required skills as things a volunteer manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advocate for others
- brief volunteers
- capacity building
- data protection
- give constructive feedback
- observe confidentiality
What stands in the way is 12 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A volunteer mentor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a volunteer manager background worth leading with.
- already held types of digital badges education
- already held capacity building education
- already held validation of learning acquired through volunteering education
- already held sustainable development goals social sciences, journalism and information
- already held brief volunteers management skills
- already held advocate for others communication, collaboration and creativity
All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the volunteer mentor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 7 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 assist clients with personal development required
- required, not held coach young people required
- required, not held empower social service users required
- required, not held develop a coaching style required
- required, not held listen actively required
- required, not held mentor individuals required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held empower young people required
- required, not held maintain professional boundaries in social work required
- required, not held demonstrate leadership in social service cases required
- required, not held facilitate teamwork between students required
- required, not held communication required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held coaching techniques optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a volunteer mentor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist clients with personal development skill · sector specific
- 02 coach young people skill · sector specific
- 03 demonstrate leadership in social service cases 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held advocate for others skill
- already held brief volunteers skill
- already held capacity building knowledge
- already held data protection knowledge
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held show intercultural awareness skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held validation of learning acquired through volunteering knowledge
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held data analytics knowledge
- already held sustainable development goals knowledge
- already held types of digital badges knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held coaching techniques optional
- optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
30 held skills the volunteer mentor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
- not needed by the target role animate in the outdoors skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with elderly groups skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role create social alliances skill
- not needed by the target role digital marketing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
- not needed by the target role humanitarian aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify sources on potential target communities for art skill
- not needed by the target role labour law knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role manage online volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteering programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role monitor charity's budget skill
- not needed by the target role monitor social impact skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role plan youth programmes skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role promote social change skill
- not needed by the target role recruit personnel skill
- not needed by the target role study community as a target community skill
- not needed by the target role train volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role work within communities skill
4 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 communication required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held coaching techniques optional
- optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
Other moves recorded from volunteer 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.