Economic policy officer to employment programme coordinator
An economic policy officer already meets 42% of what the employment programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
53.6/ 100
1 How much of what an employment programme coordinator is expected to do is already part of an economic policy officer’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 employment programme coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An employment programme coordinator role treats 6 of its required skills as things an economic policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- carry out strategic research
- government policy implementation
- maintain relations with local representatives
- perform project management
- project management principles
- scientific research methodology
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 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An employment programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an economic policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held carry out strategic research information skills
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held project management principles business, administration and law
- already held manage government policy implementation management skills
- already held government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information
All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the employment programme coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 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 promote employment policy required
- still to learn liaise with local authorities required
- optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
- optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held promote social change optional
- optional, not held protect employee rights optional
- still to learn analyse unemployment rates required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- still to learn employment law required
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held personnel management optional
- still to learn develop employment policies required
- optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
- optional, not held promote equal pay optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an employment programme coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse unemployment rates practise this
- 02 develop employment policies practise this
- 03 promote employment policy 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held carry out strategic research skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held promote equal pay optional
- optional, not held set inclusion policies optional
- optional, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction optional
- optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
- optional, not held personnel management optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- optional, not held promote social change optional
- optional, not held protect employee rights optional
19 held skills the employment programme coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
- not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies skill
- not needed by the target role advise on economic development skill
- not needed by the target role analyse economic trends skill
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role develop economic policies skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role forecast economic trends skill
- not needed by the target role international business knowledge
- not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
- not needed by the target role international tariffs knowledge
- not needed by the target role international trade knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role monitor national economy skill
- not needed by the target role policy analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role political economy knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
3 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 employment law required
- optional, not held business processes optional
- optional, not held personnel management optional
Common questions about this move
Can an economic policy officer become an employment programme coordinator?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An economic policy officer already covers 42% of what an employment programme coordinator is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 6 of which the employment programme coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does an economic policy officer need to become an employment programme coordinator?
5 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is analyse unemployment rates.
How hard is the move from economic policy officer to employment programme coordinator?
Its learning distance is 53.6 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.