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

ombudsmantohuman rights officer

A ombudsman already meets 24% of what the human rights officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ombudsman
24%
Overlap1
To human rights officer
7 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
70.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.3/ 100

1 Share of the human rights officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ombudsman 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 human rights officer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a ombudsman already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • facilitate official agreement
  • promote social awareness
  • scientific research methodology

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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A human rights officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ombudsman background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held facilitate official agreement communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held show intercultural awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held observe confidentiality assisting and caring
  • already held apply conflict management communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the human rights officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 5 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 5 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held promote human rights implementation required
  • required, not held advise on legal decisions required
  • required, not held conduct research interview required
  • required, not held establish collaborative relations required
  • required, not held speak different languages required
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
  • optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held perform political negotiation optional
  • optional, not held promote social change optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice optional
  • optional, not held provide testimony in court hearings optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held international human rights law required
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held investigate human rights violations required
  • optional, not held compile legal documents optional
  • optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held support victims of human rights violations required
  • optional, not held support harmed social service users optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held social justice required
  • optional, not held political science optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a human rights 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held facilitate official agreement skill
  • already held promote social awareness skill
  • already held scientific research methodology knowledge
  • already held advise on conflict management skill
  • already held apply conflict management skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held show intercultural awareness skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held compile legal documents optional
  • optional, not held coordinate humanitarian aid missions optional
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held monitor political conflicts optional
  • optional, not held perform political negotiation optional
  • optional, not held political science optional
  • optional, not held promote social change optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice optional
  • optional, not held provide testimony in court hearings optional
  • optional, not held support harmed social service users optional
17 held skills the human rights officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate health and safety measures skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role educate employees on occupational hazards skill
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify policy breach skill
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
  • not needed by the target role moderate in negotiations skill
  • not needed by the target role private law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role protect employee rights skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role show impartiality skill
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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held international human rights law required
  • required, not held social justice required
  • optional, not held court procedures optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held political science optional
Index

Other moves recorded from ombudsman

Full index of moves from ombudsman

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.