Employment programme coordinator to regional development policy officer

• already held advise on legislative acts skill
• already held create solutions to problems skill
• already held government policy implementation knowledge
• already held liaise with local authorities skill
• already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
• already held manage government policy implementation skill
• already held carry out strategic research skill
• already held develop professional network skill
• already held project management principles knowledge
• already held scientific research methodology knowledge

• optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
• 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 advise legislators optional
• optional, not held analyse community needs optional
• optional, not held analyse economic trends 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 liaise with politicians optional
• optional, not held social justice optional

• 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 analyse goal progress skill
• not needed by the target role analyse unemployment rates skill
• not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
• not needed by the target role develop employment policies skill
• not needed by the target role employment law 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 perform project management skill
• not needed by the target role personnel management knowledge
• not needed by the target role promote employment policy skill
• 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

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn rural development strategies required
• still to learn government policy required
• optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
• optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
• optional, not held policy analysis optional
• optional, not held state aid regulations optional
• optional, not held social justice optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An employment programme coordinator already covers 42% of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the regional development policy officer role treats as required.

5 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is rural development strategies.

Its learning distance is 54.7 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.