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

government planning inspectortosecretary of state

A government planning inspector already meets 32% of what the secretary of state role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From government planning inspector
32%
Overlap1
To secretary of state
10 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
63.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.9/ 100

1 Share of the secretary of state role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the government planning inspector 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 secretary of state role treats 4 of its required skills as things a government planning inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise legislators
  • audit techniques
  • budgetary principles
  • public administration

What stands in the way is 10 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secretary of state role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a government planning inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held public administration social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held audit techniques business, administration and law
  • already held project management principles business, administration and law
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills
  • already held budgetary principles business, administration and law

All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the secretary of state role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held present legislation proposition required
  • required, not held advise on legislative acts required
  • required, not held implement strategic management required
  • required, not held liaise with local authorities required
  • required, not held perform political negotiation required
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held represent the organisation optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held analyse legislation required
  • required, not held conduct financial audits required
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held legislation procedure required
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
04 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare legislation proposition required
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held good governance required
  • optional, not held government representation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a secretary of state 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise legislators skill
  • already held audit techniques knowledge
  • already held budgetary principles knowledge
  • already held public administration knowledge
  • already held apply conflict management skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held project management principles knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held government representation optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held represent the organisation optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
22 held skills the secretary of state role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role agricultural sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
  • not needed by the target role communications sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
  • not needed by the target role energy sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
  • not needed by the target role follow up complaint reports skill
  • not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role mining sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor policy proposals skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role show impartiality skill
  • not needed by the target role tourism sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role trade sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role transportation sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
5 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
  • required, not held legislation procedure required
  • optional, not held constitutional law optional
  • optional, not held government representation optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
Index

Other moves recorded from government planning inspector

Full index of moves from government planning inspector

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.