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

election agenttocultural policy officer

A election agent already meets 19% of what the cultural policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From election agent
19%
Overlap1
To cultural policy officer
7 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
78 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

78/ 100

1 Share of the cultural policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the election agent 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.

Why

Why this move works

A cultural policy officer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a election agent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • develop media strategy
  • establish collaborative relations
  • maintain relationships with government agencies

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cultural policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a election agent background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop media strategy management skills
  • already held develop promotional tools communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held coordinate events management skills
  • already held fix meetings management skills
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held establish collaborative relations communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the cultural policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held establish relationship with the media required
  • required, not held liaise with cultural partners required
  • required, not held maintain relations with local representatives required
  • required, not held advise on legislative acts required
  • required, not held build community relations required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held liaise with local authorities required
  • optional, not held advocate a cause optional
  • optional, not held create cultural venue outreach policies optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
  • optional, not held work with cultural venue specialists optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
02 management skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held develop cultural policies required
  • required, not held manage government policy implementation required
  • required, not held provide improvement strategies required
  • optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
  • optional, not held manage cultural facility optional
  • optional, not held develop cultural activities optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
04 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held approve reports for artistic project required
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue programmes optional
  • optional, not held study community as a target community optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
05 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cultural 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop media strategy skill
  • already held establish collaborative relations skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held coordinate events skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held develop promotional tools skill
  • already held fix meetings skill
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held advocate a cause optional
  • optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
  • optional, not held create cultural venue outreach policies optional
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue programmes optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held manage cultural facility optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
  • optional, not held study community as a target community optional
  • optional, not held work with cultural venue specialists optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held develop cultural activities optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
21 held skills the cultural policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on public image skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on public relations skill
  • not needed by the target role advise politicians on electoral procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse election procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with media skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate advertising campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role create campaign schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role election law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role influence voting behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
  • not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor elections skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor political campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
  • not needed by the target role political campaigning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role political science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare presentation material skill
  • not needed by the target role promote political campaign skill
  • not needed by the target role solicit event publicity skill
5 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
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from election agent

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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.