Human rights officer to youth programme director

• already held establish collaborative relations skill
• already held liaise with local authorities skill
• already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
• already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
• already held promote social awareness skill
• already held promote social change skill
• already held show intercultural awareness skill

• optional, not held budgetary principles optional
• optional, not held communicate with media optional
• optional, not held plan youth activities optional
• optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
• optional, not held build community relations optional
• optional, not held communicate about youth's well-being optional
• optional, not held develop educational resources optional
• optional, not held develop professional network optional
• optional, not held government policy implementation optional
• optional, not held manage staff optional
• optional, not held perform project management optional
• optional, not held present reports optional
• optional, not held project management principles optional
• optional, not held propose leisure activities optional
• optional, not held set organisational policies optional
• optional, not held train employees optional
• optional, not held work within communities optional

• not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
• not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
• not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
• not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
• not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
• not needed by the target role coordinate humanitarian aid missions skill
• not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
• not needed by the target role hear witness accounts skill
• not needed by the target role international human rights law knowledge
• not needed by the target role international law knowledge
• not needed by the target role investigate human rights violations skill
• not needed by the target role monitor political conflicts skill
• not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
• not needed by the target role perform political negotiation skill
• not needed by the target role political science knowledge
• not needed by the target role promote human rights implementation skill
• not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
• not needed by the target role provide testimony in court hearings skill
• not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
• not needed by the target role social justice knowledge
• not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
• not needed by the target role support harmed social service users skill
• not needed by the target role support victims of human rights violations skill

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn adolescent psychological development required
• still to learn impact of social contexts on health required
• still to learn pedagogy required
• optional, not held budgetary principles optional
• optional, not held government policy implementation optional
• optional, not held project management principles optional

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A human rights officer already covers 31% of what a youth programme director is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 6 of which the youth programme director role treats as required.

8 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is cooperate with professionals.

Its learning distance is 64.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.