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

EU funds managertocompetition policy officer

A EU funds manager already meets 31% of what the competition policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From EU funds manager
31%
Overlap1
To competition policy officer
9 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
66.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.2/ 100

1 Share of the competition policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the EU funds manager 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 competition policy officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a EU funds manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • government policy implementation
  • liaise with local authorities
  • maintain relationships with government agencies
  • manage government policy implementation
  • state aid regulations

What stands in the way is 11 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 competition policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a EU funds manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held state aid regulations business, administration and law
  • already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
  • already held carry out strategic research information skills
  • already held project management principles business, administration and law
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the competition policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 business, administration and law 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held business processes required
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • required, not held competition law required
  • required, not held consumer law required
  • required, not held market analysis required
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain relations with local representatives required
  • required, not held promote free trade required
  • required, not held advise on legislative acts required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held investigate competition restrictions required
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop competition policies required
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
05 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a competition 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held state aid regulations knowledge
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held inspect government policy compliance skill
  • already held project management principles knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held present reports optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
46 held skills the competition policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role EU law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on eligibility of expenditures skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
  • not needed by the target role assess administrative burden skill
  • not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
  • not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role community-led local development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role complete administration skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role decide on providing funds skill
  • not needed by the target role develop interregional collaboration strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
  • not needed by the target role follow up the issued grants skill
  • not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give out grants skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role indicators used in EU funds programme operations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct grant recipient skill
  • not needed by the target role internal auditing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
  • not needed by the target role macro-regional strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage grant applications skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project changes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage project information skill
  • not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role microfinance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor policy proposals skill
  • not needed by the target role national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform political negotiation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare audit activities skill

6 further entries not listed here

8 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 business processes required
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • required, not held competition law required
  • required, not held consumer law required
  • required, not held market analysis required
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from EU funds manager

Full index of moves from EU funds manager

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.