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

public affairs consultanttomember of parliament

A public affairs consultant already meets 40% of what the member of parliament role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From public affairs consultant
40%
Overlap1
To member of parliament
13 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
59.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.1/ 100

1 Share of the member of parliament role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the public affairs consultant 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 member of parliament role treats 5 of its required skills as things a public affairs consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • government policy implementation
  • legislation procedure
  • manage government policy implementation
  • perform political negotiation
  • rhetoric

What stands in the way is 9 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A member of parliament role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a public affairs consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held monitor political conflicts information skills
  • already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
  • already held perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held political science social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held government representation social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held build international relations communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 5 the member of parliament 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 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held engage in debates required
  • required, not held present legislation proposition required
  • optional, not held promote political campaign optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held EU law required
  • required, not held constitutional law required
  • optional, not held public law optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held analyse legislation required
  • required, not held ensure information transparency required
04 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held make legislative decisions required
  • required, not held prepare legislation proposition required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held good governance required
  • optional, not held political campaigning optional
  • optional, not held political parties optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform government ceremonies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a member of parliament 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held legislation procedure knowledge
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held perform political negotiation skill
  • already held rhetoric knowledge
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held assess risk factors skill
  • already held build international relations skill
  • already held establish collaborative relations skill
  • already held government representation knowledge
  • already held monitor political conflicts skill
  • already held perform public relations skill
  • already held political science knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform government ceremonies optional
  • optional, not held promote political campaign optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held political campaigning optional
  • optional, not held political parties optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
18 held skills the member of parliament role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role European political studies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on public image skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on public relations skill
  • not needed by the target role apply diplomatic principles skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role diplomatic principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
  • not needed by the target role influence legislators skill
  • not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage relationships with stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role media and information literacy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role moderate in negotiations skill
  • not needed by the target role present arguments persuasively skill
  • not needed by the target role protect client interests skill
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 EU law required
  • required, not held good governance required
  • required, not held constitutional law required
  • optional, not held political campaigning optional
  • optional, not held political parties optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from public affairs consultant

Full index of moves from public affairs consultant

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.