Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

housing policy officertolabour market policy officer

A housing policy officer already meets 30% of what the labour market policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From housing policy officer
30%
Overlap1
To labour market policy officer
8 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
64 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64/ 100

1 Share of the labour market policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the housing 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 labour market policy officer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a housing policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • create solutions to problems
  • manage government policy implementation

What stands in the way is 8 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 labour market policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a housing policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
  • already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills
  • already held scientific research methodology education

All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the labour market policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held promote employment policy required
  • required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required
  • optional, not held represent union members optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held labour law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse the training market required
  • required, not held analyse unemployment rates required
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop employment policies required
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
05 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held labour market required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a labour market 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 advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held liaise with politicians skill
  • already held policy analysis knowledge
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held represent union members optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
22 held skills the labour market policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on housing skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role compare property values skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role government representation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role influence policy makers on social service issues skill
  • not needed by the target role influence public policies skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor legislation developments skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor policy proposals skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor regulations in social services skill
  • not needed by the target role perform property market research skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role plan public housing skill
  • not needed by the target role public housing legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role real estate market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role urban sustainability knowledge
5 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 labour law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
  • required, not held labour market required
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from housing policy officer

Full index of moves from housing 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.