Education policy officer to regional development policy officer
An education policy officer already meets 46% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.8/ 100
1 How much of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do is already part of an education 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 regional development policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A regional development policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things an education policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on legislative acts
- create solutions to problems
- government policy
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- manage government policy implementation
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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A regional development policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an education policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
- already held government policy social sciences, journalism and information
- 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
All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the regional development policy officer 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 maintain relations with local representatives required
- still to learn advise on economic development required
- still to learn maintain relationships with government agencies required
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- still to learn perform scientific research required
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- still to learn rural development strategies required
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
- optional, not held develop economic policies optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a regional development policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain relations with local representatives practise this
- 02 rural development strategies study this
- 03 advise on economic development 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held government policy knowledge
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
- already held advise legislators skill
- already held analyse community needs skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 analyse economic trends optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held develop economic policies optional
- optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
19 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role action research knowledge
- not needed by the target role adult education knowledge
- 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 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 monitor educational developments skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote education programmes skill
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
6 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 rural development strategies required
- 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 social justice optional
Other moves recorded from education policy officer
Common questions about this move
Can an education policy officer become a regional development policy officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An education policy officer already covers 46% of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the regional development policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does an education policy officer need to become a regional development policy officer?
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 maintain relations with local representatives.
How hard is the move from education policy officer to regional development policy officer?
Its learning distance is 51.8 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.