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

city councillortosecretary of state

A city councillor already meets 46% of what the secretary of state role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From city councillor
46%
Overlap1
To secretary of state
14 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
51.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.9/ 100

1 Share of the secretary of state role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the city councillor 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 secretary of state role treats 6 of its required skills as things a city councillor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • analyse legislation
  • budgetary principles
  • good governance
  • perform political negotiation
  • public administration

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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secretary of state role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a city councillor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held write meeting reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse legislation information skills
  • already held perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held good governance social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held public administration social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held public finance business, administration and law

All 14 carried skills, including the 6 the secretary of state role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 5 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, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held present legislation proposition required
  • required, not held advise legislators required
  • required, not held implement strategic management required
  • required, not held liaise with local authorities required
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
  • optional, not held represent the organisation optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held audit techniques required
  • required, not held legislation procedure required
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held conduct financial audits required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held prepare legislation proposition required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held government representation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a secretary of state 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held analyse legislation skill
  • already held budgetary principles knowledge
  • already held good governance knowledge
  • already held perform political negotiation skill
  • already held public administration knowledge
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held manage administrative systems skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held project management principles knowledge
  • already held public finance knowledge
  • already held write meeting reports skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held government representation optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
  • optional, not held represent the organisation optional
13 held skills the secretary of state role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
  • not needed by the target role bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build community relations skill
  • not needed by the target role election law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government incomes skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role political parties knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote political campaign skill
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
4 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
  • required, not held audit techniques required
  • required, not held legislation procedure required
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
  • optional, not held government representation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from city councillor

Full index of moves from city councillor

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.