Table 1Transition record

economic development coordinatortocompetition policy officer

A economic development coordinator already meets 47% of what the competition policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From economic development coordinator

47%

Overlap1

To competition policy officer

13 Skills carried over

8 Required, not held

53.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

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

advise on legislative acts
create solutions to problems
government policy implementation
liaise with local authorities
maintain relations with local representatives
maintain relationships with government agencies

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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A competition policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a economic development coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
already held carry out strategic research information skills
already held ensure information transparency information skills
already held market analysis business, administration and law
already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the competition policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 business, administration and law 5 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held state aid regulations required
required, not held business processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
required, not held competition law required
required, not held consumer law required

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held investigate competition restrictions required

optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
optional, not held perform market research optional

03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop competition policies required

optional, not held perform project management optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required

required, not held promote free trade required

05 education 1 supplementary

optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held policy analysis optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a competition 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 13 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise on legislative acts skill
already held create solutions to problems 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 market analysis knowledge
already held advise on government policy compliance skill
already held carry out strategic research skill
already held develop professional network skill
already held ensure information transparency skill
already held present reports skill

9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
optional, not held perform market research optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

16 held skills the competition policy officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on economic development skill
not needed by the target role advise on public finance skill
not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
not needed by the target role apply systemic design thinking skill
not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
not needed by the target role develop economic policies skill
not needed by the target role economics knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
not needed by the target role statistics knowledge

10 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 state aid regulations required
required, not held business processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
required, not held competition law required
required, not held consumer law required
optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

Index

Other moves recorded from economic development coordinator

Full index of moves from economic development coordinator

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.