Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

volunteer mentortohumanitarian advisor

A volunteer mentor already meets 17% of what the humanitarian advisor role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From volunteer mentor
17%
Overlap1
To humanitarian advisor
4 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
74.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

17%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.1/ 100

1 Share of the humanitarian advisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the volunteer mentor 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

Why this move works

A humanitarian advisor role treats 1 of its required skills as things a volunteer mentor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • use communication techniques

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

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 volunteer mentor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held show intercultural awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held observe confidentiality assisting and caring
  • already held use communication techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held train employees communication, collaboration and creativity

All 4 carried skills, including the 1 the humanitarian advisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on humanitarian aid required
  • required, not held work in crises areas required
  • required, not held develop professional network required
  • required, not held write work-related reports 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
02 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held manage humanitarian aid required
  • required, not held own management skills required
  • required, not held tolerate stress required
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify emerging issues in humanitarian area required
  • optional, not held evaluate humanitarian programme proposals optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held financial management optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 4 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held show intercultural awareness skill
  • already held train employees skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
25 held skills the humanitarian advisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advocate for others skill
  • not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
  • not needed by the target role brief volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role capacity building knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coach young people skill
  • not needed by the target role coaching techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
  • not needed by the target role communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
  • not needed by the target role empower social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role empower young people skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
  • not needed by the target role give constructive feedback skill
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional boundaries in social work skill
  • not needed by the target role mentor individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
  • not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainable development goals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of digital badges knowledge
  • not needed by the target role validation of learning acquired through volunteering knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held financial management optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from volunteer mentor

Full index of moves from volunteer mentor

Note

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.