Where an economic policy officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an economic policy officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Economic policy officers develop economic strategies. They monitor aspects of economics such as competitiveness, innovation and trade. Economic policy officers contribute to the development of economic policies, projects and programs. They research, analyse and assess public policy problems and recommend appropriate actions.
Also known as economic policy researcher, economic policy advisor, economical policy officer, economic policy specialist, policy officer for economy, economic policy analyst, policy officer economics, finance policy officer.
Professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: regional development policy officer, 57%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An economic policy officer needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- develop economic policies management skills
- monitor national economy information skills
- advise on economic development communication, collaboration and creativity
- political economy social sciences, journalism and information
- advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
- forecast economic trends information skills
- consider economic criteria in decision making management skills
- analyse economic trends information skills
- maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an economic policy officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- regional development policy officer 65% covered · difficulty 36.2
- economic development coordinator 58% covered · difficulty 42.6
- economic adviser 38% covered · difficulty 59.6
- special-interest groups' official 38% covered · difficulty 59.9
- labour market policy officer 36% covered · difficulty 60.7
- recreation policy officer 35% covered · difficulty 62.2
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Economic policy 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 an economic policy 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.