Where a policy officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a policy officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Policy officers research, analyse and develop policies in various public sectors, and shape and implement these policies to improve the existing regulation around the sector. They evaluate effects of existing policies and report findings to the government and members of the public. Policy officers work closely with partners, external organisations or other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 75%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 5difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 116required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
- trade development officer 75% covered · difficulty 28
- regional development policy officer 69% covered · difficulty 31.1
- community development officer 68% covered · difficulty 33.8
- economic development coordinator 64% covered · difficulty 34.1
- employment programme coordinator 61% covered · difficulty 38.3
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policy officer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a policy officer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.