cultural policy officertocommunity development officer
A cultural policy officer already meets 47% of what the community development officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
52.2/ 100
1 Share of the community development officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cultural policy 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 this move works
A community development officer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a cultural policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- build community relations
- conduct public presentations
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- perform resource planning
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A community development officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cultural policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held study community as a target community information skills
- already held provide improvement strategies management skills
- already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct public presentations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
All 14 carried skills, including the 7 the community development officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- required, not held analyse community needs required
- required, not held build trust required
- optional, not held advise on economic development optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- required, not held carry out strategic research required
- required, not held ensure information transparency required
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- required, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art required
- required, not held work within communities required
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
- optional, not held geography optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a community development officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 budgetary principles knowledge · sector specific
- 02 identify sources on potential target communities for art skill · sector specific
- 03 analyse community needs skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held build community relations skill
- already held conduct public presentations skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held perform resource planning skill
- already held provide improvement strategies skill
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
- already held study community as a target community skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held advise on economic development optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
22 held skills the community development officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role advocate a cause skill
- not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate community arts activities skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role create cultural venue outreach policies skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop cultural activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop cultural policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
- not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role establish relationship with the media skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate cultural venue programmes skill
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
- not needed by the target role manage cultural facility skill
- not needed by the target role policy analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote cultural venue events skill
- not needed by the target role work with cultural venue specialists skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
Other moves recorded from cultural policy officer
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.