Where a labour market policy officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a labour market policy officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Labour market policy officers research, analyse and develop labour market policies. They implement policies ranging from financial policies to practical policies such as improving job searching mechanisms, promoting job training, giving incentives to start-ups and income support. Labour market policy officers work closely with partners, external organisations or other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.
Also known as labour policy officer, labor market policy analyst, labour policy consultant, labour policy analyst, labour market policy analyst, labor policy advisor, policy officer at labour group, labor policy consultant, labor policy researcher, labour policy advisor, lobour policy researcher, policy officer at labour programme.
Professionals 25 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: employment programme coordinator, 53%
- 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
A labour market policy officer needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- analyse the training market information skills
- labour market health and welfare
- analyse unemployment rates information skills
- develop employment policies management skills
- promote employment policy communication, collaboration and creativity
- labour law business, administration and law
- advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage government policy implementation management skills
- maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
- labour legislation business, administration and law
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a labour market policy officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- employment programme coordinator 51% covered · difficulty 46.1
- special-interest groups' official 47% covered · difficulty 50.1
- recreation policy officer 43% covered · difficulty 53.8
- economic policy officer 41% covered · difficulty 55.7
- legal policy officer 41% covered · difficulty 55.2
- education policy officer 39% covered · difficulty 57.2
- public employment service manager 34% covered · difficulty 60
- social services policy officer 32% covered · difficulty 62.5
- housing policy officer 30% covered · difficulty 64
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Labour market 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 a labour market 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.