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Environmental protection manager to strategic planning manager

An environmental protection manager already meets 34% of what the strategic planning manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

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

From environmental protection manager

Distant match

To strategic planning manager

13 You already bring

15 Still to learn

54 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.4/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a strategic planning manager is expected to do is already part of an environmental protection manager’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 strategic planning manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A strategic planning manager role treats 12 of its required skills as things an environmental protection manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

advise on efficiency improvements
business analysis
corporate social responsibility
corporate sustainability
develop company strategies
ensure compliance with policies

What stands in the way is 15 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A strategic planning manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an environmental protection manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop company strategies management skills
already held corporate sustainability business, administration and law
already held develop environmental policy management skills
already held integrate strategic foundation in daily performance management skills
already held monitor company policy information skills
already held advise on efficiency improvements communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 12 the strategic planning manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 41 missing skills fall into 6 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 management skills 6 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn develop business plans required
still to learn apply strategic thinking required
still to learn define organisational standards required
still to learn develop organisational policies required
still to learn imprint visionary aspirations into the business management required
still to learn lead managers of company departments required

optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
optional, not held evaluate performance of organisational collaborators optional
optional, not held identify undetected organisational needs optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 6 supplementary

still to learn implement operational business plans required
still to learn advise on communication strategies required
still to learn impart business plans to collaborators required
still to learn implement strategic management required
still to learn use different communication channels required

optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
optional, not held collaborate in company's daily operations optional
optional, not held disseminate internal communications optional
optional, not held process commissioned instructions optional
optional, not held promote organisational communication optional
optional, not held provide feedback on job performance optional

03 business, administration and law 3 required, 11 supplementary

still to learn company policies required
still to learn hoshin kanri strategic planning required
still to learn management department processes required

optional, not held program management optional
optional, not held accounting department processes optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional
optional, not held financial department processes optional
optional, not held legal department processes optional
optional, not held management consulting optional
optional, not held marketing department processes optional
optional, not held operations department processes optional
optional, not held operations management optional
optional, not held human resources department processes optional
optional, not held sales department processes optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn follow the statutory obligations required

optional, not held integrate headquarter's guidelines into local operations optional

05 information skills 3 supplementary

optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
optional, not held make data-driven decisions optional
optional, not held revise drafts made by managers optional

06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held government policy optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a strategic planning manager 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 13 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise on efficiency improvements skill
already held business analysis knowledge
already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
already held corporate sustainability knowledge
already held develop company strategies skill
already held ensure compliance with policies skill
already held implement strategic planning skill
already held integrate strategic foundation in daily performance skill
already held liaise with managers skill
already held monitor company policy skill
already held organisational policies knowledge
already held strategic planning knowledge
already held develop environmental policy skill

26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held program management optional
optional, not held accounting department processes optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional
optional, not held financial department processes optional
optional, not held legal department processes optional
optional, not held management consulting optional
optional, not held marketing department processes optional
optional, not held operations department processes optional
optional, not held operations management optional
optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
optional, not held collaborate in company's daily operations optional
optional, not held develop strategy to solve problems optional
optional, not held disseminate internal communications optional
optional, not held evaluate performance of organisational collaborators optional
optional, not held gather feedback from employees optional
optional, not held government policy optional
optional, not held human resources department processes optional
optional, not held identify undetected organisational needs optional
optional, not held integrate headquarter's guidelines into local operations optional
optional, not held make data-driven decisions optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held process commissioned instructions optional
optional, not held promote organisational communication optional
optional, not held provide feedback on job performance optional
optional, not held revise drafts made by managers optional
optional, not held sales department processes optional

38 held skills the strategic planning manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
not needed by the target role advise on mining environmental issues skill
not needed by the target role advise on waste management procedures skill
not needed by the target role airport environmental regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
not needed by the target role analyse legal enforceability skill
not needed by the target role assess groundwater environmental impact skill
not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
not needed by the target role characteristics of waste knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct field work skill
not needed by the target role coordinate airport environmental policies skill
not needed by the target role coordinate environmental efforts skill
not needed by the target role coordinate waste management procedures skill
not needed by the target role develop environmental remediation strategies skill
not needed by the target role discharge of collected waste knowledge
not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role environmental policy 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 green space strategies knowledge
not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role implement environmental action plans skill
not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
not needed by the target role liaise with politicians skill
not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
not needed by the target role protect the environment from the impact of the digital technologies skill
not needed by the target role provide training in sustainable tourism development and management skill
not needed by the target role public health knowledge
not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
not needed by the target role tree preservation and conservation knowledge
not needed by the target role use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality skill
not needed by the target role waste and scrap products knowledge
not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
not needed by the target role wildlife projects knowledge

15 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 company policies required
still to learn hoshin kanri strategic planning required
still to learn management department processes required
optional, not held program management optional
optional, not held accounting department processes optional
optional, not held business process modelling optional
optional, not held financial department processes optional
optional, not held legal department processes optional
optional, not held management consulting optional
optional, not held marketing department processes optional
optional, not held operations department processes optional
optional, not held operations management optional
optional, not held government policy optional
optional, not held human resources department processes optional
optional, not held sales department processes optional

Index

Other moves recorded from environmental protection manager

Full index of moves from environmental protection manager

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an environmental protection manager become a strategic planning manager?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An environmental protection manager already covers 34% of what a strategic planning manager is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 12 of which the strategic planning manager role treats as required.

What skills does an environmental protection manager need to become a strategic planning manager?

15 required skills are missing, plus 26 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is company policies.

How hard is the move from environmental protection manager to strategic planning manager?

Its learning distance is 71.4 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.