Table 1Transition record

economic policy officertoemployment programme coordinator

A economic policy officer already meets 42% of what the employment programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From economic policy officer

42%

Overlap1

To employment programme coordinator

9 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

53.6 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.6/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the employment programme coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the economic 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

Why this move works

A employment programme coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a economic policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

carry out strategic research
government policy implementation
maintain relations with local representatives
perform project management
project management principles
scientific research methodology

What stands in the way is 5 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A employment programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a economic policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held carry out strategic research information skills
already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
already held project management principles business, administration and law
already held manage government policy implementation management skills
already held government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information

All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the employment programme coordinator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held promote employment policy required
required, not held liaise with local authorities required

optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held promote social change optional
optional, not held protect employee rights optional

02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held analyse unemployment rates required

optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held employment law required

optional, not held business processes optional
optional, not held personnel management optional

04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop employment policies required

optional, not held set inclusion policies optional

05 assisting and caring 2 supplementary

optional, not held promote equal pay optional
optional, not held promote inclusion optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a employment programme coordinator 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 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held carry out strategic research skill
already held government policy implementation knowledge
already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
already held perform project management skill
already held project management principles knowledge
already held scientific research methodology knowledge
already held advise on legislative acts skill
already held create solutions to problems skill
already held manage government policy implementation skill

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held promote equal pay optional
optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held business processes optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
optional, not held personnel management optional
optional, not held promote inclusion optional
optional, not held promote social change optional
optional, not held protect employee rights optional

19 held skills the employment programme coordinator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies skill
not needed by the target role advise on economic development skill
not needed by the target role analyse economic trends 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 establish collaborative relations skill
not needed by the target role forecast economic trends skill
not needed by the target role international business knowledge
not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
not needed by the target role international tariffs knowledge
not needed by the target role international trade knowledge
not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
not needed by the target role monitor national economy skill
not needed by the target role policy analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role political economy knowledge
not needed by the target role project management 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held employment law required
optional, not held business processes optional
optional, not held personnel management optional

Index

Other moves recorded from economic policy officer

Full index of moves from economic policy 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.