Fiscal affairs policy officer to competition policy officer
A fiscal affairs policy officer already meets 26% of what the competition policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
70/ 100
1 How much of what a competition policy officer is expected to do is already part of a fiscal affairs 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 competition policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A competition policy officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a fiscal affairs policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- create solutions to problems
- government policy implementation
- maintain relations with local representatives
- manage government policy implementation
What stands in the way is 12 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A competition policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fiscal affairs policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage government policy implementation management skills
- already held government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information
- already held perform market research information skills
- already held present reports communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the competition policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 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 state aid regulations required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- still to learn competition law required
- still to learn consumer law required
- still to learn market analysis required
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- still to learn promote free trade required
- still to learn advise on legislative acts required
- still to learn liaise with local authorities required
- still to learn maintain relationships with government agencies required
- optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- still to learn investigate competition restrictions required
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- still to learn develop competition policies required
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a competition policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop competition policies practise this
- 02 investigate competition restrictions practise this
- 03 promote free trade 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
- already held perform market research skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
- optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
20 held skills the competition policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on tax policy skill
- not needed by the target role analyse legislation skill
- not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
- not needed by the target role collect financial data skill
- not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
- not needed by the target role inspect government incomes 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 manage government funding skill
- not needed by the target role market research knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
- not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
9 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 state aid regulations required
- still to learn business processes required
- still to learn business strategy concepts required
- still to learn competition law required
- still to learn consumer law required
- still to learn market analysis required
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Other moves recorded from fiscal affairs policy officer
Common questions about this move
Can a fiscal affairs policy officer become a competition policy officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A fiscal affairs policy officer already covers 26% of what a competition policy officer is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 4 of which the competition policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a fiscal affairs policy officer need to become a competition policy officer?
12 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is develop competition policies.
How hard is the move from fiscal affairs policy officer to competition policy officer?
Its learning distance is 70 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.