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

economic development coordinatortoregional development policy officer

A economic development coordinator 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 economic development coordinator
53%
Overlap1
To regional development policy officer
12 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
45.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

45.4/ 100

1 Share of the regional development 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 regional development 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 economic development
  • advise on legislative acts
  • create solutions to problems
  • government policy implementation
  • liaise with local authorities
  • maintain relations with local representatives

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 economic development coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop economic policies management skills
  • already held advise on economic development communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out strategic research information skills
  • already held analyse economic trends information skills
  • 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 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held rural development strategies required
  • 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
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
  • optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
  • optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
04 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
05 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies 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 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 analyse economic trends skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held develop economic policies skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
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 community needs 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 project management principles optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
17 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on public finance 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 economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency 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 market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
9 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 rural development strategies required
  • 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 project management principles 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.