Political party agent to public administration manager
A political party agent already meets 24% of what the public administration manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.4/ 100
1 How much of what a public administration manager is expected to do is already part of a political party agent’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 public administration manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A public administration manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a political party agent already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- budgetary principles
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- liaise with politicians
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage budgets
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A public administration manager 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.
- already held liaise with politicians communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coordinate events management skills
- already held ensure cross-department cooperation communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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
All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the public administration manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 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.
- still to learn manage teamwork required
- still to learn develop strategy to solve problems required
- still to learn manage government policy implementation required
- still to learn manage staff required
- still to learn plan medium to long term objectives required
- still to learn supervise staff required
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- still to learn liaise with local authorities required
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held write meeting reports optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
- still to learn public administration required
- still to learn government policy implementation required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- still to learn legislation procedure required
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- still to learn estimate duration of work required
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held offer assistance to national citizens optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a public administration manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage teamwork practise this
- 02 public administration study this
- 03 create solutions to problems practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- already held liaise with politicians skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held fix meetings skill
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- optional, not held offer assistance to national citizens optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure information transparency optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held perform resource planning optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held write meeting reports optional
- optional, not held write situation reports optional
20 held skills the public administration manager role does not ask for
- 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 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 respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn public administration required
- still to learn government policy implementation required
- still to learn legislation procedure required
- optional, not held good governance optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public law optional
Common questions about this move
Can a political party agent become a public administration manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A political party agent already covers 24% of what a public administration manager is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 5 of which the public administration manager role treats as required.
What skills does a political party agent need to become a public administration manager?
12 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is manage teamwork.
How hard is the move from political party agent to public administration manager?
Its learning distance is 72.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.