Table 1Transition record

fiscal affairs policy officertocity councillor

A fiscal affairs policy officer already meets 30% of what the city councillor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fiscal affairs policy officer

30%

Overlap1

To city councillor

7 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

62.4 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.4/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the city councillor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fiscal affairs 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 city councillor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a fiscal affairs policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

analyse legislation
government policy implementation
maintain relations with local representatives
public administration

What stands in the way is 7 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A city councillor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fiscal affairs policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held inspect government incomes information skills
already held inspect government expenditures information skills
already held analyse legislation information skills
already held public administration social sciences, journalism and information
already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
already held manage government policy implementation management skills

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the city councillor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 5 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held advise on legislative acts required
required, not held build community relations required
required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required
required, not held perform political negotiation required
required, not held write meeting reports required

optional, not held promote political campaign optional
optional, not held analyse community needs optional

02 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held good governance required

optional, not held political parties optional

03 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held observe confidentiality required

04 business, administration and law 6 supplementary

optional, not held budgetary principles optional
optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
optional, not held election law optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public law optional

05 management skills 4 supplementary

optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held perform project management optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a city councillor 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 7 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse legislation skill
already held government policy implementation knowledge
already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
already held public administration knowledge
already held inspect government expenditures skill
already held inspect government incomes skill
already held manage government policy implementation skill

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held budgetary principles optional
optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
optional, not held promote political campaign optional
optional, not held analyse community needs optional
optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
optional, not held election law optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held perform project management optional
optional, not held political parties optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public law optional

21 held skills the city councillor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role advise on tax policy skill
not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
not needed by the target role collect financial data skill
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
not needed by the target role government policy 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 manage government funding skill
not needed by the target role market research knowledge
not needed by the target role perform market research skill
not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
not needed by the target role present reports skill
not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge

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 good governance required
optional, not held budgetary principles optional
optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
optional, not held election law optional
optional, not held political parties optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public law optional

Index

Other moves recorded from fiscal affairs policy officer

Full index of moves from fiscal affairs 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.