RecordMove

Legal policy officer to regional development policy officer

A legal 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.

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

From legal policy officer

Partial match

To regional development policy officer

12 You already bring

5 Still to learn

30 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.6/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a regional development 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 regional development policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A regional development policy officer role treats 6 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
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

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 legal policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held advise legislators communication, collaboration and creativity
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

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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 2 supplementary

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 analyse community needs optional

02 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn rural development strategies required

optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
optional, not held social justice optional

03 information skills 5 supplementary

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 inspect government policy compliance optional

04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary

optional, not held state aid regulations optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

05 management skills 2 supplementary

optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
optional, not held develop economic policies optional

Table 4

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.

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 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 advise legislators skill
already held develop professional network 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

Skill to pick up Tier

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 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 inspect government policy compliance optional
optional, not held project management principles optional
optional, not held social justice optional

34 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

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 analyse legislation 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 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

Index

Other moves recorded from legal policy officer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a legal policy officer become a regional development policy officer?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A legal 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 legal 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 legal 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.

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.