Employment programme coordinator to labour market policy officer
An employment programme coordinator already meets 51% of what the labour market policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
46.1/ 100
1 How much of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do is already part of an employment programme coordinator’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 labour market policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A labour market policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things an employment programme coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on legislative acts
- analyse unemployment rates
- create solutions to problems
- develop employment policies
- manage government policy implementation
- promote employment policy
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 labour market policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an employment programme coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held analyse unemployment rates information skills
- already held develop employment policies management skills
- already held promote employment policy communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out strategic research information skills
- already held analyse goal progress information skills
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the labour market policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 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 labour law required
- still to learn labour legislation required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- still to learn maintain relationships with government agencies required
- optional, not held represent union members optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
- still to learn labour market required
- still to learn analyse the training market required
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a labour market policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse the training market practise this
- 02 labour law study this
- 03 labour legislation study 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 analyse unemployment rates skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held develop employment policies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held promote employment policy skill
- already held analyse goal progress skill
- already held carry out strategic research skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held perform project management skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held represent union members optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
15 held skills the labour market policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
- not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
- not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
- not needed by the target role gather feedback from employees skill
- not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
- not needed by the target role personnel management knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote equal pay skill
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role promote social change skill
- not needed by the target role protect employee rights skill
- not needed by the target role set inclusion policies 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 labour law required
- still to learn labour legislation required
- still to learn labour market required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held project management optional
Other moves recorded from employment programme coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an employment programme coordinator become a labour market policy officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An employment programme coordinator already covers 51% of what a labour market policy officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the labour market policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does an employment programme coordinator need to become a labour market policy officer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is analyse the training market.
How hard is the move from employment programme coordinator to labour market policy officer?
Its learning distance is 46.1 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.