Skills
55 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
14 skills
Essential skills / competences
21 skills
Optional knowledge
7 skills
Optional skills / competences
13 skills
Overview
EU funds managers administer European funding and financial resources in public administrations, including investment priorities, operational programmes, funded projects, certification and audit work.
In job descriptions, look for grant management, eligibility checks, project monitoring, programme indicators, public procurement, state aid, audits, relations with authorities and reporting on results.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
EU funds managers connect programme planning with grant administration. Work can include drafting operational programme material, checking expenditure eligibility, monitoring funded projects, following indicators and preparing certification or audit evidence.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include EU funding rules, procurement, state aid, fraud detection, project management and liaison with public authorities. Specialization may develop around regional programmes, community-led local development, grant applications or audit preparation.
Salary context
Pay comparisons should consider programme size, budget responsibility, audit exposure, authority contacts and decision power over funding. Managing applications differs from supervising implementation and certifying results.
Career paths
Experience can lead into programme management, public policy planning, grant audit, financial control, regional development, interregional cooperation or senior roles coordinating several funding streams.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names the fund, programme cycle, reporting tools, eligibility rules and audit duties. Clear adverts separate administrative grant work from strategic investment planning.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Policy and planning managers (1213)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1c85eee2-a8ca-4750-a889-10a3e6c17b80 |
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| ESCO code | 1213.6 |
| ISCO group | 1213 |
| Concept type | Occupation |