RecordMove

Legal policy officer to housing 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.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From legal policy officer

Distant match

To housing policy officer

12 You already bring

9 Still to learn

30 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.7/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a housing policy officer is expected to do is already part of a legal 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 housing policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A housing policy officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a legal policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn advise on drafting policies required
still to learn influence policy makers on social service issues required
still to learn influence public policies required

optional, not held advise on housing optional
optional, not held advise on government policy compliance optional

02 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn compare property values required
still to learn 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

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn public housing legislation required
still to learn real estate market required

optional, not held market analysis optional

04 management skills 2 required

still to learn plan public housing required
still to learn set organisational policies required

05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary

optional, not held urban sustainability optional

06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held government representation optional

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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

Skill to pick up Tier

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

Skill Type

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.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn public housing legislation required
still to learn real estate market required
optional, not held urban sustainability optional
optional, not held government representation optional
optional, not held market analysis optional

Index

Other moves recorded from legal policy officer

Full index of moves from legal policy officer

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a legal policy officer become a housing policy officer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A legal policy officer already covers 38% of what a housing policy officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 5 of which the housing policy officer role treats as required.

What skills does a legal policy officer need to become a housing policy officer?

9 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on drafting policies.

How hard is the move from legal policy officer to housing policy officer?

Its learning distance is 58.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.