Economic adviser to competition policy officer
An economic adviser already meets 35% of what the competition policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
62.6/ 100
1 How much of what a competition policy officer is expected to do is already part of an economic adviser’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the competition policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A competition policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things an economic adviser already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on legislative acts
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- market analysis
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A competition policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an economic adviser background worth leading with.
- already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure information transparency information skills
- already held market analysis business, administration and law
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the competition policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn state aid regulations required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- still to learn competition law required
- still to learn consumer law required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- still to learn promote free trade required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- still to learn develop competition policies required
- still to learn manage government policy implementation required
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- still to learn investigate competition restrictions required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a competition policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop competition policies practise this
- 02 investigate competition restrictions practise this
- 03 promote free trade practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- 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 market analysis knowledge
- already held advise on government policy compliance skill
- already held ensure information transparency skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
29 held skills the competition policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on economic development skill
- not needed by the target role advise on public finance skill
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
- not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
- not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
- not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
- not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role comprehend financial business terminology skill
- not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
- not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
- 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 maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
- not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role politics knowledge
- not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role strategic planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise advocacy work skill
- not needed by the target role use business simulation tools skill
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn state aid regulations required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- still to learn competition law required
- still to learn consumer law required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can an economic adviser become a competition policy officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An economic adviser already covers 35% of what a competition policy officer is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the competition policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does an economic adviser need to become a competition policy officer?
10 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is develop competition policies.
How hard is the move from economic adviser to competition policy officer?
Its learning distance is 62.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.