Economic adviser to economic development coordinator
An economic adviser already meets 75% of what the economic development coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what an economic development coordinator 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 economic development coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An economic development coordinator role treats 10 of its required skills as things an economic adviser already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on economic development
- advise on legislative acts
- analyse economic trends
- assess risk factors
- economics
- government policy implementation
What stands in the way is 2 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An economic development coordinator 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 economic development communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on public finance communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on government policy compliance communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held public finance business, administration and law
- already held ensure information transparency information skills
- already held assess risk factors information skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 10 the economic development coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 3 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 consider economic criteria in decision making required
- still to learn develop economic policies required
- optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
- optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
- optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries an economic development coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 consider economic criteria in decision making practise this
- 02 develop economic policies 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held advise on economic development skill
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held analyse economic trends skill
- already held assess risk factors skill
- already held economics knowledge
- 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 advise on government policy compliance skill
- already held advise on public finance skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held carry out statistical forecasts skill
- already held ensure information transparency skill
- already held financial forecasting knowledge
- already held market analysis knowledge
- already held present reports skill
- already held statistics knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply systemic design thinking optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
- optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
19 held skills the economic development coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
- 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 environmental economics 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 report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology 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
Common questions about this move
Can an economic adviser become an economic development coordinator?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. An economic adviser already covers 75% of what an economic development coordinator is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 10 of which the economic development coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does an economic adviser need to become an economic development coordinator?
2 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is consider economic criteria in decision making.
How hard is the move from economic adviser to economic development coordinator?
Its learning distance is 24 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.