Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

member of parliamenttocity councillor

A member of parliament already meets 39% of what the city councillor role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From member of parliament
39%
Overlap1
To city councillor
9 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
56.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.4/ 100

1 Share of the city councillor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the member of parliament 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

Why this move works

A city councillor role treats 5 of its required skills as things a member of parliament already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • analyse legislation
  • good governance
  • government policy implementation
  • perform political negotiation

What stands in the way is 6 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A city councillor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a member of parliament background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held promote political campaign communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse legislation information skills
  • already held political parties social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held perform political negotiation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held good governance social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held public law business, administration and law

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the city councillor role treats as required.

Table 3

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain relations with local representatives required
  • required, not held build community relations required
  • required, not held maintain relationships with government agencies required
  • required, not held write meeting reports required
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held public administration required
04 business, administration and law 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
  • optional, not held election law optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
05 management skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
  • optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a city councillor 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held analyse legislation skill
  • already held good governance knowledge
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held perform political negotiation skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held political parties knowledge
  • already held promote political campaign skill
  • already held public law knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
  • optional, not held election law optional
  • optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
21 held skills the city councillor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role EU law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
  • not needed by the target role build international relations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engage in debates skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role government representation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legislation procedure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role make legislative decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor political conflicts skill
  • not needed by the target role perform government ceremonies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
  • not needed by the target role political campaigning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role political science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare legislation proposition skill
  • not needed by the target role present legislation proposition skill
  • not needed by the target role rhetoric knowledge
6 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held public administration required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
  • optional, not held election law optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
  • optional, not held public finance optional
Index

Other moves recorded from member of parliament

Full index of moves from member of parliament

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.