Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a special-interest groups' official can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a special-interest groups' official already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Special-interest groups' officials represent and act on behalf of special-interest groups such as trade unions, employer organisations, trade and industry associations, sports associations and humanitarian organisations. They develop policies and ensure their implementation. Special-interest groups' officials speak for their members in negotiations about topics such as working conditions and safety.

Also known as sports association official, special-interest group worker, special-interest groups' worker, special-interest group staff member, campaign group official, special-interest groups' staff member, professional body official, trade association official, trades union research officer, trades union official, lobbying body official, employers organisation official.

Managers 77 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: labour market policy officer, 47%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
labour market policy officer 47% covered regional development policy o… 40% covered governor 38% covered public affairs consultant 38% covered economic policy officer 38% covered special-interest groups' … You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from special-interest groups' official, 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 special-interest groups' official 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 special-interest groups' official needs 29 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • analyse issues information skills
  • manage members management skills
  • represent special-interest groups' members communication, collaboration and creativity
  • recruit members management skills
  • represent union members communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on drafting policies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interact with the board of directors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate health and safety issues with third parties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate with media communication, collaboration and creativity
  • keep updated on the political landscape information skills
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Special-interest groups' official is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 special-interest groups' official’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.