Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

civil service administrative officertosecretary general

A civil service administrative officer already meets 37% of what the secretary general role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From civil service administrative officer
37%
Overlap1
To secretary general
10 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
59 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 59

This move: 59 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the secretary general role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the civil service administrative officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A secretary general role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a civil service administrative officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held legislation procedure business, administration and law
  • already held bookkeeping regulations business, administration and law
  • already held public finance business, administration and law
  • already held audit techniques business, administration and law
  • already held manage administrative systems management skills
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the secretary general role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held coordinate government activities in foreign institutions required
  • required, not held represent national interests required
  • required, not held apply conflict management required
  • required, not held represent the organisation required
  • optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
  • optional, not held apply diplomatic principles optional
  • optional, not held build community relations optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held implement strategic management optional
  • optional, not held prepare presentation material optional
02 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform project management required
  • optional, not held develop international cooperation strategies optional
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held good governance required
  • optional, not held government policy implementation optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held project management principles required
05 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held conduct financial audits required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a secretary general role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held audit techniques knowledge
  • already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • already held budgetary principles knowledge
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held legislation procedure knowledge
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held manage administrative systems skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held public finance knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop international cooperation strategies optional
  • optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
  • optional, not held apply diplomatic principles optional
  • optional, not held build community relations optional
  • optional, not held build international relations optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held implement strategic management optional
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held prepare presentation material optional
21 held skills the secretary general role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government incomes skill
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise daily information operations skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
  • not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
  • not needed by the target role write meeting reports skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held good governance required
  • required, not held project management principles required
  • optional, not held government policy implementation optional
Index

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Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.