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

labour market policy officertoregional development policy officer

A labour market policy officer already meets 39% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From labour market policy officer
39%
Overlap1
To regional development policy officer
12 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
57.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.5/ 100

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

  • advise on legislative acts
  • create solutions to problems
  • maintain relationships with government agencies
  • manage government policy implementation

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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A regional development policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a labour market policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
  • already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out strategic research information skills
  • already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the regional development policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 social sciences, journalism and information 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held rural development strategies required
  • required, not held government policy required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain relations with local representatives required
  • required, not held advise on economic development required
  • required, not held liaise with local authorities required
  • optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
03 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held perform scientific research required
  • optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
  • optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
  • optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
  • optional, not held develop economic policies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a regional development 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • already held advise legislators skill
  • already held analyse community needs skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held liaise with politicians skill
  • already held policy analysis knowledge
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
  • optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
  • optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
  • optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
  • optional, not held develop economic policies optional
  • optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
13 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse the training market skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse unemployment rates skill
  • not needed by the target role develop employment policies skill
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role labour law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role labour market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with union officials skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote employment policy skill
  • not needed by the target role represent union members skill
7 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 rural development strategies required
  • required, not held government policy required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held social justice optional
Index

Other moves recorded from labour market policy officer

Full index of moves from labour market 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.