Where an environmental policy officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an environmental policy officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Environmental policy officers research, analyse, develop and implement policies related to the environment. They give expert advice to entities such as commercial organisations, government agencies and land developers. Environmental policy officers work on reducing the impact of industrial, commercial and agricultural activities on the environment.
Also known as policy officer, environmental officer, environmental policy researcher, principal environmental policy officer, senior environmental policy officer, environmental policy analyst, environmental policy advisor, environmental projects and policy officer, environmental policy consultant.
Professionals 46 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: environmental expert, 53%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An environmental policy officer needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- perform environmental investigations information skills
- advise on carbon emissions reduction communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage land resources permits information skills
- measure sustainability of tourism activities information skills
- plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage management skills
- plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas assisting and caring
- ecosystem management business, administration and law
- liaise with government officials communication, collaboration and creativity
- environmental threats natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an environmental policy officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- environmental expert 49% covered · difficulty 56.8
- environmental programme coordinator 45% covered · difficulty 60.8
- policy manager 43% covered · difficulty 62.7
- environmental protection manager 39% covered · difficulty 66.1
- sustainability manager 33% covered · difficulty 70.8
- nature conservation officer 33% covered · difficulty 70.1
- aquaculture environmental analyst 31% covered · difficulty 72.3
- corporate social responsibility manager 22% covered · difficulty 78.9
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Environmental 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 environmental 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.