Table 1Transition record

political party agenttocivil service administrative officer

A political party agent already meets 20% of what the civil service administrative officer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From political party agent

20%

Overlap1

To civil service administrative officer

7 Skills carried over

10 Required, not held

72.1 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

72.1/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the civil service administrative officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the political party agent 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 civil service administrative officer role treats 2 of its required skills as things a political party agent already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

liaise with politicians
respond to enquiries

What stands in the way is 10 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 civil service administrative officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a political party agent background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
already held coordinate events management skills
already held fix meetings management skills
already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
already held budgetary principles business, administration and law
already held respond to enquiries assisting and caring

All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the civil service administrative officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held archive documentation related to work required
required, not held ensure information transparency required
required, not held keep task records required

optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional

02 business, administration and law 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held bookkeeping regulations required
required, not held legislation procedure required
required, not held public finance required

optional, not held audit techniques optional

03 management skills 2 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held manage administrative systems required
required, not held supervise daily information operations required

optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
optional, not held manage accounts optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held recruit employees optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held use different communication channels required

optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held order supplies optional
optional, not held write meeting reports optional

05 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held use spreadsheets software required

optional, not held use microsoft office optional

06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary

optional, not held office software optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a civil service administrative 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 liaise with politicians skill
already held respond to enquiries skill
already held budgetary principles knowledge
already held coordinate events skill
already held fix meetings skill
already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
already held manage budgets skill

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held inspect government incomes optional
optional, not held audit techniques optional
optional, not held conduct workplace audits optional
optional, not held ensure compliance with policies optional
optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
optional, not held manage accounts optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held office software optional
optional, not held order supplies optional
optional, not held recruit employees optional
optional, not held use microsoft office optional
optional, not held write meeting reports optional

20 held skills the civil service administrative officer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on public relations skill
not needed by the target role advise politicians on electoral procedures skill
not needed by the target role analyse election procedures skill
not needed by the target role brief volunteers skill
not needed by the target role communicate with media skill
not needed by the target role create campaign schedule skill
not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
not needed by the target role election law knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
not needed by the target role help coordinate promotional activities skill
not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill
not needed by the target role maintain professional records skill
not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
not needed by the target role manage volunteers 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 present reports skill
not needed by the target role scientific research methodology 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 acquire Tier

required, not held bookkeeping regulations required
required, not held legislation procedure required
required, not held public finance required
optional, not held audit techniques optional
optional, not held office software optional

Index

Other moves recorded from political party agent

Full index of moves from political party agent

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.