Housing policy officer to regional development policy officer
A housing policy officer already meets 46% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.6/ 100
1 How much of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do is already part of a housing 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 this move works
A regional development policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a housing policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on legislative acts
- create solutions to problems
- government policy
- government policy implementation
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 12 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 housing policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
- already held policy analysis social sciences, journalism and information
- 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 advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 6 the regional development policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 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 maintain relations with local representatives required
- still to learn advise on economic development 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
- still to learn rural development strategies required
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
- 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 state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
- optional, not held develop economic policies optional
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.
- 01 maintain relations with local representatives practise this
- 02 rural development strategies study this
- 03 advise on economic development 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held government policy knowledge
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held inspect government policy compliance skill
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held policy analysis knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 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 forecast economic trends optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
18 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
- 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 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 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 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.
- still to learn rural development strategies required
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
Common questions about this move
Can a housing policy officer become a regional development policy officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A housing policy officer already covers 46% of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 6 of which the regional development policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a housing policy officer need to become a regional development policy officer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is maintain relations with local representatives.
How hard is the move from housing policy officer to regional development policy officer?
Its learning distance is 51.6 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.