Where a community development officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a community development officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Community development officers develop plans to improve quality of life in local communities. They investigate and assess the community's issues and needs, manage resources, and develop implementation strategies. They communicate with the community for investigation purposes, and to inform the community on development plans.
Also known as social development officer, outreach support worker, local community development officer.
Professionals 32 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: social security administrator, 56%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A community development officer needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- identify sources on potential target communities for art management skills
- build trust communication, collaboration and creativity
- carry out strategic research information skills
- ensure information transparency information skills
- analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- provide improvement strategies management skills
- build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- conduct public presentations communication, collaboration and creativity
- perform resource planning information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a community development officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- policy officer 68% covered · difficulty 33.8
- social security administrator 50% covered · difficulty 49.7
- cultural policy officer 47% covered · difficulty 52.2
- youth programme director 45% covered · difficulty 53.3
- social service consultant 43% covered · difficulty 55.2
- public health policy officer 41% covered · difficulty 56.7
- sports programme coordinator 35% covered · difficulty 61.6
- EU funds manager 30% covered · difficulty 66.4
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Community development officer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a community development officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.