Programme funding manager

Programme funding managers take the lead in developing and realizing the funding strategy of the programmes of an organisation.

The following job titles also refer to programme funding manager:

programme funding coordinator
programme funding administator
grants manager
programme funding officer

Bachelor’s degree is generally required to work as programme funding manager. However, this requirement may differ in some countries.

ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:

• the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
• the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
• the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.

Programme funding manager is a Skill level 4 occupation.

These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to programme funding manager.

grants management officer
humanitarian advisor
legislative drafter
election observer
sports programme coordinator

These occupations require some skills and knowledge of programme funding manager. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of programme funding manager with a significant experience and/or extensive training.

This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of programme funding manager.

Funding methods: The financial possibilities for funding projects such as the traditional ones, namely loans, venture capital, public or private grants up to alternative methods such as crowdfunding.

These skills are necessary for the role of programme funding manager.

Find grants: Detect possible grants for their organisation by consulting the foundation or agency offering the funding.
Lead a team: Lead, supervise and motivate a group of people, in order to meet the expected results within a given timeline and with the foreseen resources in mind.
Manage grant applications: Process and prepare grant requests by reviewing budgets, keeping track of grants distributed or obtaining the right documents.
Apply strategic thinking: Apply generation and effective application of business insights and possible opportunities, in order to achieve competitive business advantage on a long-term basis.

This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of programme funding manager. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of programme funding manager. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

Coach employees: Maintain and improve employees’ performance by coaching individuals or groups how to optimise specific methods, skills or abilities, using adapted coaching styles and methods. Tutor newly recruited employees and assist them in the learning of new business systems.
Manage budgets: Plan, monitor and report on the budget.
Use communication techniques: Apply techniques of communication which allow interlocutors to better understand each other and communicate accurately in the transmission of messages.
Write work-related reports: Compose work-related reports that support effective relationship management and a high standard of documentation and record keeping. Write and present results and conclusions in a clear and intelligible way so they are comprehensible to a non-expert audience.
Meet deadlines: Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.
Develop professional network: Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.
Tolerate stress: Maintain a temperate mental state and effective performance under pressure or adverse circumstances.
Analyse goal progress: Analyse the steps which have been taken in order to reach the organisation’s goals in order to assess the progress which has been made, the feasibility of the goals, and to ensure the goals can be met according to deadlines.

2412 – Financial and investment advisers

 

 

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References

1. Programme funding manager – ESCO