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

human rights officertoombudsman

A human rights officer already meets 32% of what the ombudsman role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From human rights officer
32%
Overlap1
To ombudsman
7 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
60.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.4/ 100

1 Share of the ombudsman role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the human rights 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 ombudsman role treats 4 of its required skills as things a human rights officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply conflict management
  • facilitate official agreement
  • observe confidentiality
  • show intercultural awareness

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 ombudsman role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a human rights officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held facilitate official agreement communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held show intercultural awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held observe confidentiality assisting and caring
  • already held apply conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held show impartiality required
  • required, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held manage contract disputes required
  • optional, not held communicate health and safety measures optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held address problems critically optional
  • optional, not held educate employees on occupational hazards optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held protect employee rights optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held private law required
  • required, not held employment law required
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held respond to enquiries required
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
04 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify policy breach optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ombudsman 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 apply conflict management skill
  • already held facilitate official agreement skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held show intercultural awareness skill
  • already held advise on conflict management skill
  • already held promote social awareness skill
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate health and safety measures optional
  • optional, not held identify policy breach optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held address problems critically optional
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held educate employees on occupational hazards optional
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held protect employee rights optional
24 held skills the ombudsman role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
  • not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role hear witness accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role international human rights law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investigate human rights violations skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor political conflicts skill
  • not needed by the target role perform political negotiation skill
  • not needed by the target role political science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights implementation skill
  • not needed by the target role promote social change skill
  • not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide testimony in court hearings skill
  • not needed by the target role social justice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role support harmed social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role support victims of human rights violations skill
3 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 private law required
  • required, not held employment law required
  • optional, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from human rights officer

Full index of moves from human rights 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.