Table 1Transition record

fiscal affairs policy officertocompetition 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.

From fiscal affairs policy officer

26%

Overlap1

To competition policy officer

8 Skills carried over

12 Required, not held

70 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the competition policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fiscal affairs policy officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A competition policy officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a fiscal affairs policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 business, administration and law 6 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held state aid regulations required
required, not held business processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
required, not held competition law required
required, not held consumer law required
required, not held market analysis required

optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held promote free trade required
required, not held advise on legislative acts required
required, not held liaise with local authorities required
required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required

optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional

03 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held 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

04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop competition policies required

optional, not held perform project management optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held policy analysis optional

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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

Skill to acquire Tier

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

Skill Type

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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held state aid regulations required
required, not held business processes required
required, not held business strategy concepts required
required, not held competition law required
required, not held consumer law required
required, not held market analysis required
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held corporate law optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from fiscal affairs policy officer

Full index of moves from fiscal affairs policy officer

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.