Table 1Transition record

legislative draftertolegal policy officer

A legislative drafter already meets 17% of what the legal policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From legislative drafter

17%

Overlap1

To legal policy officer

7 Skills carried over

8 Required, not held

78 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

17%

Learning distance A rebuild

78/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the legal policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the legislative drafter 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 legal policy officer role treats 2 of its required skills as things a legislative drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

legal research
provide legal advice

What stands in the way is 8 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 legal policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a legislative drafter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held analyse legislation information skills
already held constitutional law business, administration and law
already held public law business, administration and law
already held international law business, administration and law
already held provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
already held legal research business, administration and law

All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the legal policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 7 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 2 required, 23 supplementary

required, not held legal studies required
required, not held legal case management required

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held air transport law optional
optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
optional, not held commercial law optional
optional, not held customs law optional
optional, not held international human rights law optional
optional, not held labour law optional
optional, not held business law optional
optional, not held civil law optional
optional, not held competition law optional
optional, not held consumer law optional
optional, not held contract law optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held criminal law optional
optional, not held education law optional
optional, not held election law optional
optional, not held employment law optional
optional, not held family law optional
optional, not held immigration law optional
optional, not held insolvency law optional
optional, not held insurance law optional
optional, not held intellectual property law optional
optional, not held social security law optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held advise on legal decisions required
required, not held advise on legislative acts required

optional, not held advise legislators optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held liaise with politicians optional

03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held analyse legal evidence required
required, not held compile legal documents required

optional, not held perform scientific research optional

04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held government policy implementation required

optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held government policy optional

05 management skills 1 required

required, not held manage government policy implementation required

06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held apply immigration law optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal 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 7 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held legal research knowledge
already held provide legal advice skill
already held analyse legislation skill
already held constitutional law knowledge
already held create solutions to problems skill
already held international law knowledge
already held public law knowledge

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 education 1 supplementary

optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

31 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held air transport law optional
optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
optional, not held apply immigration law optional
optional, not held commercial law optional
optional, not held customs law optional
optional, not held international human rights law optional
optional, not held labour law optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held advise legislators optional
optional, not held business law optional
optional, not held civil law optional
optional, not held competition law optional
optional, not held consumer law optional
optional, not held contract law optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held criminal law optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held education law optional
optional, not held election law optional
optional, not held employment law optional
optional, not held family law optional
optional, not held government policy optional
optional, not held immigration law optional
optional, not held insolvency law optional
optional, not held insurance law optional
optional, not held intellectual property law optional
optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
optional, not held perform scientific research optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
optional, not held social security law optional

13 held skills the legal policy officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
not needed by the target role draft legislation skill
not needed by the target role examine legislative drafts skill
not needed by the target role legislation procedure knowledge
not needed by the target role manage project information skill
not needed by the target role procurement legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role provide written content skill
not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
not needed by the target role structure information skill
not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

29 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 legal studies required
required, not held government policy implementation required
required, not held legal case management required
optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held air transport law optional
optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
optional, not held commercial law optional
optional, not held customs law optional
optional, not held international human rights law optional
optional, not held labour law optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held business law optional
optional, not held civil law optional
optional, not held competition law optional
optional, not held consumer law optional
optional, not held contract law optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held criminal law optional
optional, not held education law optional
optional, not held election law optional
optional, not held employment law optional
optional, not held family law optional
optional, not held government policy optional
optional, not held immigration law optional
optional, not held insolvency law optional
optional, not held insurance law optional
optional, not held intellectual property law optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
optional, not held social security law optional

Index

Other moves recorded from legislative drafter

Full index of moves from legislative drafter

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.