Environmental programme coordinator to environmental policy officer
An environmental programme coordinator already meets 45% of what the environmental policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.8/ 100
1 How much of what an environmental policy officer is expected to do is already part of an environmental 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 environmental policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An environmental policy officer role treats 12 of its required skills as things an environmental programme coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse environmental data
- assess environmental impact
- ecosystem management
- energy conservation
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
What stands in the way is 10 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An environmental policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an environmental programme coordinator background worth leading with.
- 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 12 the environmental policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 9 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 advise on carbon emissions reduction required
- still to learn advise on legislative acts required
- still to learn liaise with government officials required
- optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- still to learn manage land resources permits required
- still to learn measure sustainability of tourism activities required
- optional, not held investigate pollution optional
- optional, not held measure pollution optional
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional
- still to learn plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas required
- optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
- optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- still to learn government policy required
- optional, not held environmental economics optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- still to learn environmental threats required
- optional, not held ecological principles optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an environmental policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 environmental threats study this
- 02 manage land resources permits practise this
- 03 measure sustainability of tourism activities practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse environmental data skill
- already held assess environmental impact skill
- already held ecosystem management knowledge
- 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 government policy implementation knowledge
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held perform environmental investigations skill
- already held promote environmental awareness skill
- already held report on environmental issues skill
- already held corporate sustainability knowledge
- already held develop environmental policy skill
- already held green building standards knowledge
- already held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management skill
- already held urban sustainability knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage required
- optional, not held wind energy optional
- optional, not held emission standards optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional
- optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held advise on mining environmental issues optional
- optional, not held environmental economics optional
- optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
- optional, not held investigate pollution optional
- optional, not held measure pollution optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held prevent sea pollution optional
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality optional
- optional, not held wind energy optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held ecological principles optional
- optional, not held emission standards optional
- optional, not held monitor manufacturing impact optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional
39 held skills the environmental policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse energy consumption skill
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
- not needed by the target role carry out training in environmental matters skill
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role conduct environmental site assessments skill
- not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental design knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building practices knowledge
- not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement environmental action plans skill
- not needed by the target role implement environmental protection measures skill
- not needed by the target role interact through digital technologies skill
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role mitigate waste of resources skill
- not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
- not needed by the target role monitor nature conservation skill
- not needed by the target role perform manual work autonomously skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role soil science knowledge
- not needed by the target role write inspection reports skill
13 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 environmental threats required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- still to learn government policy required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held environmental economics optional
- optional, not held food waste monitoring systems optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held pollution legislation optional
- optional, not held wind energy optional
- optional, not held ecological principles optional
- optional, not held emission standards optional
- optional, not held pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held sustainable manufacturing optional
Other moves recorded from environmental programme coordinator
- environmental expert 43% covered · substantial
- natural resources consultant 39% covered · substantial
- aquaculture environmental analyst 39% covered · substantial
- environmental health inspector 38% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from environmental programme coordinator
Common questions about this move
Can an environmental programme coordinator become an environmental policy officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An environmental programme coordinator already covers 45% of what an environmental policy officer is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 12 of which the environmental policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does an environmental programme coordinator need to become an environmental policy officer?
10 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is environmental threats.
How hard is the move from environmental programme coordinator to environmental policy officer?
Its learning distance is 60.8 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.