social service consultanttocommunity development officer
A social service consultant already meets 43% of what the community development officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
43%
55.2/ 100
1 Share of the community development officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social service consultant 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 this move works
A community development officer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a social service consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse community needs
- build community relations
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- provide improvement strategies
What stands in the way is 7 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A community development officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social service consultant background worth leading with.
- already held promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide improvement strategies management skills
- already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the community development officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- required, not held carry out strategic research required
- required, not held ensure information transparency required
- required, not held perform resource planning required
- optional, not held study community as a target community optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- required, not held build trust required
- required, not held conduct public presentations required
- optional, not held advise on economic development optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
- required, not held identify sources on potential target communities for art required
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
- optional, not held geography optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a community development officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 budgetary principles knowledge · sector specific
- 02 identify sources on potential target communities for art skill · sector specific
- 03 build trust skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held analyse community needs skill
- already held build community relations skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held provide improvement strategies skill
- already held work within communities skill
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held promote social awareness skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ensure public safety and security optional
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held study community as a target community optional
- optional, not held advise on economic development optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
15 held skills the community development officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on provision of social services skill
- not needed by the target role assess social service users' situation skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with social service users skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role influence policy makers on social service issues skill
- not needed by the target role legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
- not needed by the target role make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
- not needed by the target role monitor regulations in social services skill
- not needed by the target role plan social service process skill
- not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
- not needed by the target role promote social change skill
- not needed by the target role report on social development skill
- not needed by the target role social justice knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
Other moves recorded from social service consultant
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.