Table 1Transition record

trade development officertoemployment programme coordinator

A trade development officer already meets 45% of what the employment programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From trade development officer

45%

Overlap1

To employment programme coordinator

10 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

51.9 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.9/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the employment programme coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the trade development 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 employment programme coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a trade development officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

carry out strategic research
government policy implementation
liaise with local authorities
maintain relations with local representatives
perform project management
project management principles

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A employment programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a trade development officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
already held carry out strategic research information skills
already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
already held project management principles business, administration and law
already held manage government policy implementation management skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the employment programme coordinator 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 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held promote employment policy required

optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held promote social change optional
optional, not held protect employee rights optional

02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held analyse unemployment rates required

optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held employment law required

optional, not held business processes optional
optional, not held personnel management optional

04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop employment policies required

optional, not held set inclusion policies optional

05 education 1 required

required, not held scientific research methodology required

06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary

optional, not held promote equal pay optional
optional, not held promote inclusion optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a employment programme coordinator 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 10 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held carry out strategic research 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 project management skill
already held project management principles knowledge
already held advise on government policy compliance skill
already held advise on legislative acts skill
already held develop professional network skill
already held manage government policy implementation skill

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held promote equal pay optional
optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
optional, not held business processes optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
optional, not held personnel management optional
optional, not held promote inclusion optional
optional, not held promote social change optional
optional, not held protect employee rights optional

21 held skills the employment programme coordinator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
not needed by the target role build international relations skill
not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
not needed by the target role competition law knowledge
not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
not needed by the target role develop international cooperation strategies skill
not needed by the target role develop trade policies skill
not needed by the target role economics knowledge
not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
not needed by the target role host trade delegations skill
not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
not needed by the target role international business knowledge
not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
not needed by the target role international import export regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role investigate competition restrictions skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role perform market research skill
not needed by the target role promote free trade 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 employment law required
required, not held scientific research methodology required
optional, not held business processes optional
optional, not held personnel management optional

Index

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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.