election agenttopolitical party agent
A election agent already meets 57% of what the political party agent role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 39.8 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the political party agent 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 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A political party agent 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.
- already held advise politicians on electoral procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse election procedures information skills
- already held create campaign schedule management skills
- already held communicate with media communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held election law business, administration and law
- already held political campaigning social sciences, journalism and information
All 15 carried skills, including the 6 the political party agent role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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.
- required, not held maintain financial records required
- required, not held maintain professional records required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- optional, not held help coordinate promotional activities optional
- optional, not held manage volunteers optional
- optional, not held brief volunteers optional
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a political party agent role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 budgetary principles knowledge · sector specific
- 02 maintain financial records skill · cross sector
- 03 maintain professional records skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held advise on public relations skill
- already held analyse election procedures skill
- already held election law knowledge
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held perform public relations skill
- already held political science knowledge
- already held advise politicians on electoral procedures skill
- already held communicate with media skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held create campaign schedule skill
- already held develop media strategy skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage fundraising activities skill
- already held political campaigning knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held help coordinate promotional activities optional
- optional, not held manage volunteers optional
- optional, not held brief volunteers optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
13 held skills the political party agent role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on public image skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate advertising campaigns 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 influence voting behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role monitor elections skill
- not needed by the target role monitor political campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role prepare presentation material skill
- not needed by the target role promote political campaign skill
- not needed by the target role solicit event publicity skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
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.