Table 1Transition record

trade development officertoregional development policy officer

A trade development officer already meets 42% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From trade development officer

42%

Overlap1

To regional development policy officer

10 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

54.7 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.7/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the regional development 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

Why this move works

A regional development policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a trade development officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise on legislative acts
government policy implementation
liaise with local authorities
maintain relations with local representatives
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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 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 trade development officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
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 regional development policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 advise on economic development required
required, not held create solutions to problems required

optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
optional, not held advise legislators optional
optional, not held analyse community needs optional
optional, not held liaise with politicians optional

02 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held rural development strategies required
required, not held government policy required

optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held social justice optional

03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held perform scientific research required

optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
optional, not held forecast economic trends optional

04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held state aid regulations optional

05 management skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
optional, not held develop economic policies optional

06 education 1 supplementary

optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

Table 4

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.

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

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
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 community needs optional
optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
optional, not held develop economic policies optional
optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
optional, not held social justice optional

21 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
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 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 market analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role perform market research skill
not needed by the target role perform project management 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held rural development strategies required
required, not held government policy required
optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held state aid regulations optional
optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
optional, not held social justice optional

Index

Other moves recorded from trade development officer

Full index of moves from trade development officer

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.