political party agenttopublic administration manager
A political party agent already meets 24% of what the public administration manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
72.4/ 100
1 Share of the public administration manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the political party agent 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 this move works
A public administration manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a political party agent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- budgetary principles
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- liaise with politicians
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage budgets
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A public administration manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a political party agent background worth leading with.
- already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coordinate events management skills
- already held ensure cross-department cooperation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held fix meetings management skills
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held budgetary principles business, administration and law
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the public administration manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 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.
- required, not held manage teamwork required
- required, not held develop strategy to solve problems required
- required, not held manage government policy implementation required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held plan medium to long term objectives required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held liaise with local authorities required
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held write meeting reports optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- required, not held public administration required
- required, not held government policy implementation required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- required, not held legislation procedure required
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- required, not held estimate duration of work required
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held offer assistance to national citizens optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a public administration manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage teamwork skill · sector specific
- 02 public administration knowledge · sector specific
- 03 create solutions to problems skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held fix meetings skill
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- optional, not held offer assistance to national citizens optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held write meeting reports optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
20 held skills the public administration manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on public relations skill
- not needed by the target role advise politicians on electoral procedures skill
- not needed by the target role analyse election procedures skill
- not needed by the target role brief volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with media skill
- not needed by the target role create campaign schedule skill
- not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
- not needed by the target role election law knowledge
- not needed by the target role help coordinate promotional activities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
- not needed by the target role political campaigning knowledge
- not needed by the target role political science knowledge
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held public administration required
- required, not held government policy implementation required
- required, not held legislation procedure required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public law optional
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.