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Where an election agent can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an election agent already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Election agents manage a political candidate's campaign and oversee the operations of elections to ensure accuracy. They develop strategies to support candidates and persuade the public to vote for the candidate they represent. They conduct research to gauge which image and ideas would be most advantageous for the candidate to present to the public in order to secure the most votes.

Also known as campaign manager, parliamentary agent, electorate officer, elections officer.

Professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: political campaign officer, 88%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
political party agent 57% covered political campaign officer 88% covered campaign canvasser 22% covered cultural policy officer 19% covered international relations offic… 19% covered election agent You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from election agent, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an election agent already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An election agent needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • monitor elections information skills
  • advise politicians on electoral procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor political campaigns information skills
  • analyse election procedures information skills
  • communicate with media communication, collaboration and creativity
  • election law business, administration and law
  • political campaigning social sciences, journalism and information
  • advise on public relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform public relations communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an election agent does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Election agent is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an election agent’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.