Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

education policy officertorecreation policy officer

A education policy officer already meets 45% of what the recreation policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From education policy officer
45%
Overlap1
To recreation policy officer
11 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
50.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 50.3

This move: 50.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the recreation policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the education policy 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A recreation policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a education policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
  • already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills
  • already held government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information

All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the recreation policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 3 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 management skills 4 required
  • required, not held contribute to the development of a sporting estate required
  • required, not held develop recreation programmes required
  • required, not held promote sport activities in public health required
  • required, not held develop sports programmes required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held promote recreation activities required
  • required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required
  • optional, not held apply latest sport science findings optional
  • optional, not held liaise with sports organisations optional
  • optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held government representation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a recreation policy officer 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held analyse community needs skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held liaise with politicians skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply latest sport science findings optional
  • optional, not held liaise with sports organisations optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
  • optional, not held government representation optional
20 held skills the recreation policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role action research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse education system skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
  • not needed by the target role community education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role education law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate education programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect education institutions skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational institutions skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor educational developments skill
  • not needed by the target role promote education programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role study topics skill
2 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
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held government representation optional
Index
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.