Table 1Transition record

youth programme directortocommunity development officer

A youth programme director already meets 45% of what the community development officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From youth programme director

45%

Overlap1

To community development officer

13 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

53.3 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 53.3

This move: 53.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the community development officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the youth programme director 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A community development officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a youth programme director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
already held project management principles business, administration and law
already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the community development officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held carry out strategic research required
required, not held ensure information transparency required
required, not held perform resource planning required

optional, not held study community as a target community optional
optional, not held conduct public surveys optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held build trust required
required, not held conduct public presentations required

optional, not held advise on economic development optional
optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
optional, not held perform public relations optional

03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art required
required, not held provide improvement strategies required

optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional

04 business, administration and law 3 supplementary

optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public housing legislation optional
optional, not held public law optional

05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held geography optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a community development 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 13 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse community needs skill
already held budgetary principles knowledge
already held build community relations skill
already held government policy implementation knowledge
already held liaise with local authorities skill
already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
already held work within communities skill
already held develop professional network skill
already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
already held perform project management skill
already held present reports skill
already held project management principles knowledge
already held promote social awareness skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held rural development strategies optional

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
optional, not held rural development strategies optional
optional, not held study community as a target community optional
optional, not held advise on economic development optional
optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
optional, not held geography optional
optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
optional, not held perform public relations optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public housing legislation optional
optional, not held public law optional

19 held skills the community development officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
not needed by the target role communicate with media skill
not needed by the target role cooperate with professionals skill
not needed by the target role develop a pedagogical concept skill
not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
not needed by the target role manage staff skill
not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
not needed by the target role plan youth activities skill
not needed by the target role promote social change skill
not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
not needed by the target role propose leisure activities skill
not needed by the target role set organisational policies skill
not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
not needed by the target role train employees skill

5 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

optional, not held rural development strategies optional
optional, not held geography optional
optional, not held public finance optional
optional, not held public housing legislation optional
optional, not held public law optional

Index

Other moves recorded from youth programme director

Full index of moves from youth programme director

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.