Economic development coordinator to regional development policy officer

• already held advise on economic development skill
• already held advise on legislative acts skill
• already held create solutions to problems 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 manage government policy implementation skill
• already held analyse economic trends skill
• already held carry out strategic research skill
• already held develop economic policies skill
• already held develop professional network skill

• optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
• optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
• optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
• optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
• optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
• optional, not held policy analysis optional
• optional, not held state aid regulations optional
• optional, not held advise legislators optional
• optional, not held analyse community needs optional
• optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
• optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
• optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
• optional, not held project management principles optional
• optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
• optional, not held social justice optional

• not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
• not needed by the target role advise on public finance 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 apply systemic design thinking skill
• not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
• not needed by the target role carry out statistical forecasts skill
• not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
• not needed by the target role economics knowledge
• not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
• not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
• not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
• not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
• not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
• not needed by the target role present reports skill
• not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
• not needed by the target role statistics knowledge

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

• still to learn rural development strategies required
• still to learn government policy required
• optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
• optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
• optional, not held policy analysis optional
• optional, not held state aid regulations optional
• optional, not held project management principles optional
• optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
• optional, not held social justice optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An economic development coordinator already covers 53% of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 8 of which the regional development policy officer role treats as required.

3 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by social sciences, journalism and information. The single most important is rural development strategies.

Its learning distance is 45.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.