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

embassy counsellortointernational relations officer

A embassy counsellor already meets 60% of what the international relations officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From embassy counsellor
60%
Overlap1
To international relations officer
20 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
39.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 39.7

This move: 39.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the international relations officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the embassy counsellor 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A international relations officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a embassy counsellor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held European integration social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held foreign affairs policy development social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held develop international cooperation strategies management skills
  • already held foreign affairs business, administration and law
  • already held apply diplomatic principles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held diplomatic principles social sciences, journalism and information

All 20 carried skills, including the 7 the international relations officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 4 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 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held attend meetings required
  • required, not held establish collaborative relations required
  • required, not held perform public relations required
  • required, not held represent the organisation required
  • optional, not held coordinate government activities in foreign institutions optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held develop promotional tools optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
02 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held keep updated on the political landscape required
03 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held set organisational policies optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held African studies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a international relations 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held build international relations skill
  • already held build trust skill
  • already held develop international cooperation strategies skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held government representation knowledge
  • already held international business knowledge
  • already held show intercultural awareness skill
  • already held European integration knowledge
  • already held apply diplomatic principles skill
  • already held assess risk factors skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held diplomatic principles knowledge
  • already held foreign affairs knowledge
  • already held foreign affairs policy development knowledge
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held international law knowledge
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage administrative systems skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held speak different languages skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held coordinate government activities in foreign institutions optional
  • optional, not held African studies optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held develop promotional tools optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held set organisational policies optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
17 held skills the international relations officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on foreign affairs policies skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse foreign affairs policies skill
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop defence policies skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
  • not needed by the target role foreign languages for international careers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role good governance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role observe new developments in foreign countries skill
  • not needed by the target role political economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role represent national interests skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
1 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 African studies optional
Index

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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.