RecordMove

Environmental policy officer to environmental programme coordinator

An environmental policy officer already meets 36% of what the environmental programme coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From environmental policy officer

Distant match

To environmental programme coordinator

17 You already bring

18 Still to learn

56 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what an environmental programme coordinator is expected to do is already part of an environmental 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 environmental programme coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An environmental programme coordinator role treats 13 of its required skills as things an environmental policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

analyse environmental data
assess environmental impact
corporate sustainability
develop environmental policy
energy conservation
ensure compliance with environmental legislation

What stands in the way is 18 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An environmental programme coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an environmental policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held urban sustainability engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held perform environmental investigations information skills
already held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management communication, collaboration and creativity
already held green building standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held ecosystem management business, administration and law
already held report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity

All 17 carried skills, including the 13 the environmental programme coordinator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 11 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 6 required

still to learn energy efficiency required
still to learn environmental design required
still to learn green building practices required
still to learn alternative energy required
still to learn circular economy required
still to learn environmental management standards required

02 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn monitor nature conservation required
still to learn analyse big data required
still to learn analyse energy consumption required
still to learn conduct environmental surveys required

optional, not held conduct environmental site assessments optional
optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional

03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn carry out environmental audits required
still to learn implement environmental protection measures required

optional, not held issue licences optional

04 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn legal studies required
still to learn quality standards required

optional, not held project management optional

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 9 supplementary

still to learn implement environmental action plans required

optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
optional, not held carry out training in environmental matters optional
optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
optional, not held develop educational resources optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held listen actively optional
optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
optional, not held write inspection reports optional

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn habitat restoration required

optional, not held biology optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held ecology optional
optional, not held physics optional
optional, not held soil science optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an environmental programme coordinator 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 17 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse environmental data skill
already held assess environmental impact skill
already held corporate sustainability knowledge
already held develop environmental policy skill
already held energy conservation knowledge
already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
already held environmental legislation knowledge
already held environmental policy knowledge
already held green building standards knowledge
already held perform environmental investigations skill
already held promote environmental awareness skill
already held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management skill
already held report on environmental issues skill
already held ecosystem management knowledge
already held government policy implementation knowledge
already held manage government policy implementation skill
already held urban sustainability knowledge

The 5 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 management skills 1 required

still to learn mitigate waste of resources required

08 working with computers 1 required

still to learn interact through digital technologies required

09 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held ethics optional

10 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional

11 health and welfare 1 supplementary

optional, not held radiation protection optional

21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held conduct educational activities optional
optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional
optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held biology optional
optional, not held carry out training in environmental matters optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held conduct environmental site assessments optional
optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
optional, not held develop educational resources optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held ecology optional
optional, not held ethics optional
optional, not held issue licences optional
optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held listen actively optional
optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
optional, not held physics optional
optional, not held radiation protection optional
optional, not held soil science optional
optional, not held write inspection reports optional

29 held skills the environmental programme coordinator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
not needed by the target role advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
not needed by the target role advise on legislative acts skill
not needed by the target role advise on mining environmental issues skill
not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
not needed by the target role ecological principles knowledge
not needed by the target role emission standards knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental economics knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental threats knowledge
not needed by the target role food waste monitoring systems knowledge
not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
not needed by the target role investigate pollution skill
not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
not needed by the target role manage land resources permits skill
not needed by the target role measure pollution skill
not needed by the target role measure sustainability of tourism activities skill
not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing impact skill
not needed by the target role plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage skill
not needed by the target role plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas skill
not needed by the target role policy analysis knowledge
not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
not needed by the target role prevent sea pollution skill
not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
not needed by the target role sustainable manufacturing knowledge
not needed by the target role use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge

17 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 pick up Tier

still to learn energy efficiency required
still to learn environmental design required
still to learn green building practices required
still to learn habitat restoration required
still to learn legal studies required
still to learn alternative energy required
still to learn circular economy required
still to learn environmental management standards required
still to learn quality standards required
optional, not held project management optional
optional, not held biology optional
optional, not held chemistry optional
optional, not held ecology optional
optional, not held ethics optional
optional, not held physics optional
optional, not held radiation protection optional
optional, not held soil science optional

Index

Other moves recorded from environmental policy officer

Full index of moves from environmental policy officer

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an environmental policy officer become an environmental programme coordinator?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An environmental policy officer already covers 36% of what an environmental programme coordinator is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 13 of which the environmental programme coordinator role treats as required.

What skills does an environmental policy officer need to become an environmental programme coordinator?

18 required skills are missing, plus 21 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is energy efficiency.

How hard is the move from environmental policy officer to environmental programme coordinator?

Its learning distance is 70.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.