Table 1Transition record

community development officertoeconomic development coordinator

A community development officer already meets 49% of what the economic development coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From community development officer

49%

Overlap1

To economic development coordinator

12 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

47.4 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.4/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the economic development coordinator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the community development 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.

Why

Why this move works

A economic development coordinator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a community development officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise on economic development
advise on legislative acts
government policy implementation
liaise with local authorities
maintain relations with local representatives
maintain relationships with government agencies

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A economic development coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a community development officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held advise on economic development communication, collaboration and creativity
already held public finance business, administration and law
already held carry out strategic research information skills
already held ensure information transparency information skills
already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the economic development coordinator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 6 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 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held analyse economic trends required
required, not held assess risk factors required

optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
optional, not held carry out statistical forecasts optional

02 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held consider economic criteria in decision making required
required, not held develop economic policies required

optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional

03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held economics required

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 supplementary

optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
optional, not held advise on public finance optional
optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional

05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held market analysis optional

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held statistics optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a economic development coordinator 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 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise on economic development skill
already held advise on legislative acts skill
already held government policy implementation knowledge
already held liaise with local authorities skill
already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
already held public finance knowledge
already held carry out strategic research skill
already held develop professional network skill
already held ensure information transparency skill
already held manage government policy implementation skill
already held present reports skill

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
optional, not held advise on public finance optional
optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
optional, not held apply statistical analysis techniques optional
optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
optional, not held carry out statistical forecasts optional
optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
optional, not held market analysis optional
optional, not held statistics optional

20 held skills the economic development coordinator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
not needed by the target role build community relations skill
not needed by the target role build trust skill
not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
not needed by the target role geography knowledge
not needed by the target role identify sources on potential target communities for art skill
not needed by the target role perform project management skill
not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
not needed by the target role promote social awareness skill
not needed by the target role provide improvement strategies skill
not needed by the target role public housing legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role public law knowledge
not needed by the target role rural development strategies knowledge
not needed by the target role study community as a target community skill
not needed by the target role work within communities skill

4 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 economics required
optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held market analysis optional
optional, not held statistics optional

Index

Other moves recorded from community development officer

Full index of moves from community development officer

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.