Where a regional development policy officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a regional development policy officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Regional development policy officers research, analyse and develop regional development policies. They implement policies that aim at reducing regional disparities by fostering economic activities in a region and structural changes such as supporting multi-level governance, rural development and improvement of infrastructure. They work closely with partners, external organisations or other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.
Also known as regional policy officer, policy officer for regional development, regional development policy analyst, regional development policy researcher, legal policy officer for regional development, regional development policy developer, policy officer in regional development department, regional development policy coordinator.
Professionals 30 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: economic policy officer, 65%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A regional development 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.
- rural development strategies social sciences, journalism and information
- advise on economic development communication, collaboration and creativity
- government policy social sciences, journalism and information
- maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage government policy implementation management skills
- maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
- government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information
- liaise with local authorities communication, collaboration and creativity
- perform scientific research information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a regional development policy officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- policy officer 69% covered · difficulty 31.1
- economic policy officer 57% covered · difficulty 41.6
- competition policy officer 56% covered · difficulty 42.9
- immigration policy officer 54% covered · difficulty 44.9
- community development officer 53% covered · difficulty 44.8
- economic development coordinator 53% covered · difficulty 45.4
- EU funds manager 52% covered · difficulty 45.7
- agricultural policy officer 52% covered · difficulty 46.4
- cultural policy officer 48% covered · difficulty 49.7
- education policy officer 46% covered · difficulty 51.8
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Regional development 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 regional development 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.