legal policy officertohousing policy officer
A legal policy officer already meets 38% of what the housing policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
38%
58.7/ 100
1 Share of the housing policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the legal 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 this move works
A housing policy officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a legal policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on legislative acts
- analyse legislation
- create solutions to problems
- government policy implementation
- manage government policy implementation
What stands in the way is 9 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 housing policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a legal policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held analyse legislation 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 5 the housing policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held advise on drafting policies required
- required, not held influence policy makers on social service issues required
- required, not held influence public policies required
- optional, not held advise on housing optional
- optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
- required, not held compare property values required
- required, not held monitor regulations in social services required
- optional, not held monitor policy proposals optional
- optional, not held perform property market research optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
- required, not held public housing legislation required
- required, not held real estate market required
- optional, not held market analysis optional
- required, not held plan public housing required
- required, not held set organisational policies required
- optional, not held urban sustainability optional
- optional, not held government representation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a housing policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on drafting policies skill · sector specific
- 02 compare property values skill · cross sector
- 03 influence policy makers on social service issues skill · cross sector
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 analyse legislation skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held government policy knowledge
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held policy analysis knowledge
- already held scientific research methodology knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on housing optional
- optional, not held monitor policy proposals optional
- optional, not held perform property market research optional
- optional, not held urban sustainability optional
- optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held government representation optional
- optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
- optional, not held market analysis optional
- optional, not held monitor legislation developments optional
34 held skills the housing policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise legislators skill
- not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
- not needed by the target role air transport law knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
- not needed by the target role anti-dumping law knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply immigration law skill
- not needed by the target role business law knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
- not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
- not needed by the target role competition law knowledge
- not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
- not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
- not needed by the target role consumer law knowledge
- not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
- not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
- not needed by the target role customs law knowledge
- not needed by the target role education law knowledge
- not needed by the target role election law knowledge
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role family law knowledge
- not needed by the target role immigration law knowledge
- not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
- not needed by the target role insurance law knowledge
- not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
- 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 labour law knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal case management knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
- not needed by the target role public law knowledge
- not needed by the target role social security law 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.
- required, not held public housing legislation required
- required, not held real estate market required
- optional, not held urban sustainability optional
- optional, not held government representation optional
- optional, not held market analysis optional
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.