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

policy officertocommunity development officer

A policy officer already meets 68% of what the community development officer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From policy officer
68%
Overlap1
To community development officer
19 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
33.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

68%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33.8/ 100

1 Share of the community development officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 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 community development officer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse community needs
  • build community relations
  • carry out strategic research
  • conduct public presentations
  • ensure information transparency
  • government policy implementation

What stands in the way is 3 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A community development officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on economic development communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out strategic research information skills
  • already held ensure information transparency information skills
  • already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide improvement strategies management skills
  • already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity

All 19 carried skills, including the 11 the community development officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 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 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held budgetary principles required
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held public housing legislation optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held build trust required
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
  • optional, not held promote social awareness optional
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art required
04 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held study community as a target community optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geography optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a community development 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse community needs skill
  • already held build community relations skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held conduct public presentations skill
  • already held ensure information transparency skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • already held perform resource planning skill
  • already held provide improvement strategies skill
  • already held work within communities skill
  • already held advise on economic development skill
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held project management principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held rural development strategies optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
  • optional, not held rural development strategies optional
  • optional, not held study community as a target community optional
  • optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
  • optional, not held geography optional
  • optional, not held perform public relations optional
  • optional, not held promote social awareness optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held public housing legislation optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
97 held skills the community development officer 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 European political studies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on foreign affairs policies skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role advocate a cause skill
  • not needed by the target role agronomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse education system skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse foreign affairs policies skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse irregular migration skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
  • not needed by the target role asylum systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role attend parliament plenaries skill
  • not needed by the target role build international relations skill
  • not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communications sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role competition law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role consumer law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create cultural venue outreach policies skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop agricultural policies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop competition policies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop cultural activities skill
  • not needed by the target role develop cultural policies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
  • not needed by the target role develop immigration policies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill

57 further entries not listed here

6 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 budgetary principles required
  • optional, not held rural development strategies optional
  • optional, not held geography optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
  • optional, not held public housing legislation optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from policy officer

Full index of moves from 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.