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

social services policy officertolabour market policy officer

A social services policy officer already meets 32% of what the labour market policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social services policy officer
32%
Overlap1
To labour market policy officer
7 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
62.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.5/ 100

1 Share of the labour market policy officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social services policy officer 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 labour market policy officer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a social services policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • create solutions to problems
  • maintain relationships with government agencies
  • manage government policy implementation

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations business, administration and law
  • already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage government policy implementation management skills
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held project management business, administration and law

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the labour market policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse the training market required
  • required, not held analyse unemployment rates required
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held labour law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
  • optional, not held employment law optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held promote employment policy required
  • optional, not held represent union members optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
  • optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop employment policies required
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
05 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held labour market required
06 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a labour market policy 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 advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
  • already held analyse community needs skill
  • already held project management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held represent union members optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held carry out strategic research optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
  • optional, not held liaise with union officials optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
19 held skills the labour market policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on provision of social services skill
  • not needed by the target role apply problem solving in social service skill
  • not needed by the target role apply quality standards in social services skill
  • not needed by the target role develop social security programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate staff performance in social work skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role government social security programmes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a social work unit skill
  • not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role organise social work packages skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role promote social security programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role report on social development skill
  • not needed by the target role social justice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role social work theory 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 labour law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
  • required, not held labour market required
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from social services policy officer

Full index of moves from social services policy officer

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.