trade development officertoimmigration policy officer
A trade development officer already meets 42% of what the immigration policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
59.1/ 100
1 Share of the immigration policy officer 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 this move works
A immigration policy officer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a trade development officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on legislative acts
- build international relations
- government policy implementation
- international commercial transactions rules
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
What stands in the way is 8 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A immigration policy officer 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.
- already held build international relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out strategic research information skills
- already held assess risk factors 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
All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the immigration policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 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 promote human rights implementation required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- required, not held show intercultural awareness required
- optional, not held foster dialogue in society optional
- optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- required, not held asylum systems required
- required, not held immigration law required
- optional, not held foreign affairs optional
- optional, not held international law optional
- required, not held analyse irregular migration required
- optional, not held analyse foreign affairs policies optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held observe new developments in foreign countries optional
- required, not held social justice required
- optional, not held European political studies optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- required, not held develop immigration policies required
- optional, not held work within communities optional
- optional, not held enable access to services optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a immigration policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse irregular migration skill · sector specific
- 02 asylum systems knowledge · sector specific
- 03 develop immigration policies skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held build international relations skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held international commercial transactions rules 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 assess risk factors skill
- already held carry out strategic research skill
- already held establish collaborative relations skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held European political studies optional
- optional, not held enable access to services optional
- optional, not held foster dialogue in society optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held analyse foreign affairs policies optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held foreign affairs optional
- optional, not held international law optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held observe new developments in foreign countries optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held work within communities optional
18 held skills the immigration policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships 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 professional network 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 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 import export regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role investigate competition restrictions 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
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 asylum systems required
- required, not held immigration law required
- required, not held social justice required
- optional, not held European political studies optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held foreign affairs optional
- optional, not held international law optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Other moves recorded from trade development 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.