RecordMove

Fiscal affairs policy officer to regional development policy officer

A fiscal affairs policy officer already meets 40% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

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

From fiscal affairs policy officer

Distant match

To regional development policy officer

9 You already bring

5 Still to learn

30 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.1/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a regional development 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 regional development policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A regional development policy officer role treats 6 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
government policy implementation
maintain relations with local representatives
manage government policy implementation
perform scientific research

What stands in the way is 5 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A regional development 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 government policy social sciences, journalism and information
already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
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

All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the regional development policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 21 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn advise on economic development 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 eligibility of expenditures optional
optional, not held advise legislators optional
optional, not held analyse community needs optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional

02 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn rural development strategies required

optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held social justice optional

03 information skills 5 supplementary

optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional

04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held state aid regulations optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

05 management skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
optional, not held develop economic policies optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a regional development 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 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held create solutions to problems skill
already held government policy knowledge
already held government policy implementation knowledge
already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
already held manage government policy implementation skill
already held perform scientific research skill
already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
already held liaise with politicians skill
already held scientific research methodology knowledge

16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held state aid regulations optional
optional, not held advise legislators optional
optional, not held analyse community needs optional
optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
optional, not held develop economic policies optional
optional, not held develop professional network optional
optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held social justice optional

19 held skills the regional development 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 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 manage government funding skill
not needed by the target role market research knowledge
not needed by the target role perform market research skill
not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
not needed by the target role present reports skill
not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge

6 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 rural development strategies required
optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
optional, not held policy analysis optional
optional, not held state aid regulations optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held social justice optional

Index

Other moves recorded from fiscal affairs policy officer

Full index of moves from fiscal affairs policy officer

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a fiscal affairs policy officer become a regional development policy officer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A fiscal affairs policy officer already covers 40% of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 6 of which the regional development policy officer role treats as required.

What skills does a fiscal affairs policy officer need to become a regional development policy officer?

5 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is rural development strategies.

How hard is the move from fiscal affairs policy officer to regional development policy officer?

Its learning distance is 56.1 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.