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

election agenttopolitical campaign officer

A election agent already meets 87% of what the political campaign officer role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.

From election agent
87%
Overlap1
To political campaign officer
21 Skills carried over
1 Required, not held
11.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 11.3

This move: 11.3 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the political campaign officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the election agent 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A political campaign officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a election agent background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise politicians on electoral procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held influence voting behaviour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor political campaigns information skills
  • already held analyse election procedures information skills
  • already held create campaign schedule management skills
  • already held solicit event publicity communication, collaboration and creativity

All 21 carried skills, including the 7 the political campaign officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 3 missing skills fall into 1 area 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 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with colleagues required
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 1 entries a political campaign 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 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advertising techniques knowledge
  • already held advise on public image skill
  • already held advise on public relations skill
  • already held advise politicians on electoral procedures skill
  • already held analyse election procedures skill
  • already held develop media strategy skill
  • already held political campaigning knowledge
  • already held communicate with media skill
  • already held conduct public surveys skill
  • already held coordinate advertising campaigns skill
  • already held create campaign schedule skill
  • already held election law knowledge
  • already held influence voting behaviour skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage fundraising activities skill
  • already held monitor political campaigns skill
  • already held perform public relations skill
  • already held political science knowledge
  • already held prepare presentation material skill
  • already held promote political campaign skill
  • already held solicit event publicity skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
7 held skills the political campaign officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor elections skill
Index

Other moves recorded from election agent

Full index of moves from election agent

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.