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

document management officertodata protection officer

A document management officer already meets 26% of what the data protection officer role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.

From document management officer
26%
Overlap1
To data protection officer
10 Skills carried over
23 Required, not held
78.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 78.9

This move: 78.9 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the data protection officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the document management 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A data protection officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a document management officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held respect data protection principles assisting and caring
  • already held internal risk management policy business, administration and law
  • already held ICT security standards information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held data protection information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held apply information security policies assisting and caring
  • already held develop organisational policies management skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 10 the data protection officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 11 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 business, administration and law 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held GDPR required
  • required, not held ICT security legislation required
  • required, not held internal auditing required
  • required, not held legal research required
  • required, not held legal terminology required
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on government policy compliance required
  • required, not held cooperate with colleagues required
  • required, not held provide legal advice required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
  • optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
  • optional, not held assist with litigation matters optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held support managers optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
03 assisting and caring 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop information security strategy required
  • required, not held ensure information privacy required
  • required, not held protect personal data and privacy required
  • required, not held respond to enquiries required
  • optional, not held apply system organisational policies optional
04 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage data for legal matters required
  • required, not held identify legal requirements required
  • required, not held keep up-to-date with regulations required
  • optional, not held address identified risks optional
  • optional, not held estimate impact of risks optional
  • optional, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business optional
  • optional, not held document project progress optional
05 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop training programmes required
  • required, not held define organisational standards required
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
06 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held implement ICT security policies required
  • optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
  • optional, not held perform data cleansing optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a data protection 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT security standards knowledge
  • already held apply information security policies skill
  • already held data protection knowledge
  • already held develop organisational policies skill
  • already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
  • already held information confidentiality knowledge
  • already held internal risk management policy knowledge
  • already held monitor legislation developments skill
  • already held respect data protection principles skill
  • already held train employees skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held data ethics required
08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held information security strategy required
09 services 1 required
  • required, not held cyber security required
10 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held information governance compliance required
11 core skills and competences 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage digital identity optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held address identified risks optional
  • optional, not held estimate impact of risks optional
  • optional, not held manage keys for data protection optional
  • optional, not held analyse legal enforceability optional
  • optional, not held apply system organisational policies optional
  • optional, not held assist with litigation matters optional
  • optional, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business optional
  • optional, not held document project progress optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
  • optional, not held manage digital identity optional
  • optional, not held perform data cleansing optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
  • optional, not held support managers optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
50 held skills the data protection officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
  • not needed by the target role access to documents regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role appraise historical documents skill
  • not needed by the target role assess reliability of data skill
  • not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop classification systems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role digitise documents skill
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role document management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role document sharing procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role documentation types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft tender documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate tender skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate access to information skill
  • not needed by the target role file documents skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role information categorisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain computer hardware skill
  • not needed by the target role manage archive skill
  • not needed by the target role manage content metadata skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data collection systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor developments in field of expertise skill
  • not needed by the target role operate relational database management system skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise information skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee record management skill

10 further entries not listed here

11 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 information governance compliance required
  • required, not held GDPR required
  • required, not held ICT security legislation required
  • required, not held cyber security required
  • required, not held information security strategy required
  • required, not held data ethics required
  • required, not held internal auditing required
  • required, not held legal research required
  • required, not held legal terminology required
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from document management officer

Full index of moves from document management officer

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.