Green ICT consultant to smart city consultant
A green ICT consultant already meets 17% of what the smart city consultant role asks for. The move turns on 30 required skills not yet in the profile.
86.4/ 100
1 How much of what a smart city consultant is expected to do is already part of a green ICT consultant’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 smart city consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A smart city consultant role treats 6 of its required skills as things a green ICT consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT environmental policies
- consult with business clients
- create project specifications
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- manage environmental impact of operations
- provide ICT consulting advice
What stands in the way is 30 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 smart city consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a green ICT consultant background worth leading with.
- already held ICT environmental policies information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held consult with business clients communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create project specifications management skills
- already held provide ICT consulting advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held emergent technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manage environmental impact of operations assisting and caring
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the smart city consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 40 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 consult with industry professionals required
- still to learn design smart grids required
- still to learn implement environmental action plans required
- still to learn liaise with architects required
- still to learn promote innovative infrastructure design required
- still to learn advise on sustainability solutions required
- still to learn advise on sustainable management policies required
- still to learn build business relationships required
- still to learn promote sustainability required
- still to learn propose ICT solutions to business problems required
- still to learn provide technical expertise required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
- optional, not held advise architects optional
- still to learn ICT project management required
- still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
- still to learn architecture regulations required
- still to learn consultation methods required
- still to learn urban planning law required
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- still to learn smart grids systems required
- still to learn civil engineering required
- still to learn environmental engineering required
- still to learn urban planning required
- still to learn perform smart grid feasibility study required
- still to learn advise on environmental risk management systems required
- still to learn analyse business plans required
- optional, not held develop urban transport studies optional
- optional, not held seek innovation in current practices optional
- still to learn handle geospatial technologies required
- still to learn use geographic information systems required
- optional, not held implement route planning in smart mobility services optional
- still to learn manage environmental impact required
- optional, not held coordinate environmental efforts optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a smart city consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 consult with industry professionals practise this
- 02 ICT project management study this
- 03 ICT project management methodologies study 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 ICT environmental policies knowledge
- already held consult with business clients skill
- already held create project specifications skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
- already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
- already held emergent technologies knowledge
- already held promote environmental awareness skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn smart city features required
- optional, not held Internet of Things optional
- still to learn develop environmental policy required
- optional, not held develop concepts for city marketing optional
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- optional, not held ecology optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop concepts for city marketing optional
- optional, not held Internet of Things optional
- optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
- optional, not held develop urban transport studies optional
- optional, not held implement route planning in smart mobility services optional
- optional, not held advise architects optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held coordinate environmental efforts optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held seek innovation in current practices optional
19 held skills the smart city consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
- not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
- not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
- not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
- not needed by the target role optimise choice of ICT solution skill
- not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainability consulting knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainable technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
14 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 ICT project management required
- still to learn ICT project management methodologies required
- still to learn architecture regulations required
- still to learn consultation methods required
- still to learn geographic information systems required
- still to learn smart city features required
- still to learn smart grids systems required
- still to learn civil engineering required
- still to learn environmental engineering required
- still to learn urban planning required
- still to learn urban planning law required
- optional, not held Internet of Things optional
- optional, not held business intelligence optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
Other moves recorded from green ICT consultant
Common questions about this move
Can a green ICT consultant become a smart city consultant?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A green ICT consultant already covers 17% of what a smart city consultant is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the smart city consultant role treats as required.
What skills does a green ICT consultant need to become a smart city consultant?
30 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is consult with industry professionals.
How hard is the move from green ICT consultant to smart city consultant?
Its learning distance is 86.4 out of 100, which is the career change 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.