social services policy officertoregional development policy officer
A social services policy officer already meets 40% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
40%
56.6/ 100
1 Share of the regional development policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social services 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 this move works
A regional development policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a social services policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on legislative acts
- create solutions to problems
- government policy
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage government policy implementation
What stands in the way is 5 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A regional development policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social services policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
- already held government policy social sciences, journalism and information
- already held analyse community needs 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 6 the regional development policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 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 maintain relations with local representatives required
- required, not held advise on economic development required
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- required, not held rural development strategies required
- required, not held government policy implementation required
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- required, not held perform scientific research required
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
- optional, not held develop economic policies optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a regional development policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain relations with local representatives skill · sector specific
- 02 rural development strategies knowledge · sector specific
- 03 advise on economic development 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held government policy knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
- already held analyse community needs skill
- already held social justice knowledge
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held develop economic policies optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
17 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on provision of social services skill
- not needed by the target role apply problem solving in social service skill
- not needed by the target role apply quality standards in social services skill
- not needed by the target role develop social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate staff performance in social work skill
- not needed by the target role government social security programmes knowledge
- not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage a social work unit skill
- not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role organise social work packages skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role promote social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role report on social development skill
- not needed by the target role social work theory knowledge
7 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 rural development strategies required
- required, not held government policy implementation required
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Other moves recorded from social services policy officer
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.