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

economic policy officertoregional development policy officer

A economic policy officer already meets 58% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From economic policy officer
58%
Overlap1
To regional development policy officer
16 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
41.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

58%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

41.6/ 100

1 Share of the regional development policy officer 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 regional development policy officer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a economic policy officer 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
  • maintain relations with local representatives
  • maintain relationships with government agencies

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 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 policy officer 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 advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held forecast economic trends information skills
  • already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 7 the regional development policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held rural development strategies required
  • required, not held government policy required
  • optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with local authorities required
  • optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
  • optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
05 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 16 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 maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held advise legislators skill
  • already held analyse economic trends skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held develop economic policies skill
  • already held forecast economic trends skill
  • already held liaise with politicians skill
  • already held policy analysis knowledge
  • already held project management principles knowledge
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
10 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 state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
12 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies 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 establish collaborative relations 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 monitor national economy skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role political economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
6 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 state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held social justice 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.