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

community development officertoregional development policy officer

A community development officer already meets 53% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From community development officer
53%
Overlap1
To regional development policy officer
12 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
44.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

44.8/ 100

1 Share of the regional development policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the community development officer 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 regional development policy officer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a community development officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on economic development
  • advise on legislative acts
  • government policy implementation
  • liaise with local authorities
  • maintain relations with local representatives
  • maintain relationships with government agencies

What stands in the way is 3 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A regional development policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a community development officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held rural development strategies social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held advise on economic development communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out strategic research information skills
  • already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the regional development policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
  • optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
  • optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
  • optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held government policy required
  • optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
  • optional, not held develop economic policies optional
06 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a regional development policy officer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on economic development skill
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held rural development strategies knowledge
  • already held analyse community needs skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held project management principles knowledge
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
  • optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
  • optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
  • optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
  • optional, not held develop economic policies optional
  • optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
20 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build community relations skill
  • not needed by the target role build trust skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
  • not needed by the target role geography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify sources on potential target communities for art skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role provide improvement strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role public housing legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role study community as a target community skill
  • not needed by the target role work within communities skill
7 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 government policy required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
Index
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.