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

social service consultanttocultural policy officer

A social service consultant already meets 39% of what the cultural policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social service consultant
39%
Overlap1
To cultural policy officer
9 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
62.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.4/ 100

1 Share of the cultural policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social service 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 cultural policy officer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a social service consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • build community relations
  • create solutions to problems
  • government policy implementation
  • liaise with local authorities
  • maintain relations with local representatives

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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cultural policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social service consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide improvement strategies management skills
  • already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity

All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the cultural policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held establish relationship with the media required
  • required, not held liaise with cultural partners required
  • required, not held establish collaborative relations required
  • optional, not held advocate a cause optional
  • optional, not held create cultural venue outreach policies optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
  • optional, not held work with cultural venue specialists optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held develop promotional tools optional
02 management skills 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held develop cultural policies required
  • required, not held develop media strategy required
  • optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
  • optional, not held manage cultural facility optional
  • optional, not held coordinate events optional
  • optional, not held develop cultural activities optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held approve reports for artistic project required
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue programmes optional
  • optional, not held study community as a target community optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cultural 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held build community relations skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held provide improvement strategies skill
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held advocate a cause optional
  • optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
  • optional, not held create cultural venue outreach policies optional
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue programmes optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held manage cultural facility optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
  • optional, not held study community as a target community optional
  • optional, not held work with cultural venue specialists optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held coordinate events optional
  • optional, not held develop cultural activities optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held develop promotional tools optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
18 held skills the cultural policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on provision of social services skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
  • not needed by the target role assess social service users' situation skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role influence policy makers on social service issues skill
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor regulations in social services skill
  • not needed by the target role plan social service process skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
  • not needed by the target role promote social change skill
  • not needed by the target role report on social development skill
  • not needed by the target role social justice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work within communities skill
4 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 cultural projects required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from social service consultant

Full index of moves from social service 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.