diplomattoembassy counsellor
A diplomat already meets 73% of what the embassy counsellor role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
73%
30.7/ 100
1 Share of the embassy counsellor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the diplomat 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 embassy counsellor role treats 13 of its required skills as things a diplomat already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on foreign affairs policies
- advise on risk management
- analyse foreign affairs policies
- develop professional network
- diplomatic principles
- foreign affairs
What stands in the way is 4 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embassy counsellor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a diplomat background worth leading with.
- already held represent national interests communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held foreign languages for international careers arts and humanities
- already held foreign affairs policy development social sciences, journalism and information
- already held European integration social sciences, journalism and information
- already held develop international cooperation strategies management skills
- already held analyse foreign affairs policies information skills
All 26 carried skills, including the 13 the embassy counsellor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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 maintain relations with local representatives required
- required, not held build trust required
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held manage administrative systems required
- required, not held ensure compliance with policies required
- optional, not held develop defence policies optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held political economy optional
- optional, not held economics optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a embassy counsellor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain relations with local representatives skill · sector specific
- 02 manage administrative systems skill · sector specific
- 03 build trust 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 26 skills that carry over
- already held advise on foreign affairs policies skill
- already held advise on risk management skill
- already held analyse foreign affairs policies skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held diplomatic principles knowledge
- already held foreign affairs knowledge
- already held foreign affairs policy development knowledge
- already held foreign languages for international careers knowledge
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held observe new developments in foreign countries skill
- already held represent national interests skill
- already held respond to enquiries skill
- already held show intercultural awareness skill
- already held European integration knowledge
- already held apply diplomatic principles skill
- already held assess risk factors skill
- already held build international relations skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held develop international cooperation strategies skill
- already held good governance knowledge
- already held government representation knowledge
- already held international business knowledge
- already held international law knowledge
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held speak different languages skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held develop defence policies optional
- optional, not held political economy optional
- optional, not held economics optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
12 held skills the embassy counsellor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on legislative acts skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role apply diplomatic crisis management skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate government activities in foreign institutions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
- not needed by the target role make diplomatic decisions skill
- not needed by the target role perform political negotiation skill
- not needed by the target role present arguments persuasively skill
- not needed by the target role protect client interests skill
- not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held political economy optional
- optional, not held economics optional
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.