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Where a legal policy officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a legal policy officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Legal policy officers research, analyse and develop policies related to the legal sector and implement these policies to improve the existing regulation around the sector. They work closely with partners, external organisations or other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.

Also known as legal and compliance policy officer, legal policy advisor, legal policy specialist, legal affairs policy officer.

Professionals 46 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: regional development policy officer, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
regional development policy o… 46% covered legislative drafter 42% covered labour market policy officer 41% covered education policy officer 38% covered housing policy officer 38% covered legal policy officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from legal policy officer, 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 a legal policy officer 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

A legal policy officer needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • legal studies business, administration and law
  • advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse legal evidence information skills
  • legal case management business, administration and law
  • provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • compile legal documents information skills
  • legal research business, administration and law
  • advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage government policy implementation management skills
  • government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a legal policy officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Legal policy officer 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 a legal 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.