Sports programme coordinator to community development officer
A sports programme coordinator already meets 35% of what the community development officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.6/ 100
1 How much of what a community development officer is expected to do is already part of a sports programme coordinator’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 community development officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A community development officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a sports programme coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse community needs
- budgetary principles
- build community relations
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
What stands in the way is 8 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 9 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 sports programme coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held project management principles business, administration and law
- already held budgetary principles business, administration and law
- already held government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information
All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the community development officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 carry out strategic research required
- still to learn ensure information transparency required
- still to learn perform resource planning required
- optional, not held study community as a target community optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- still to learn identify sources on potential target communities for art required
- still to learn provide improvement strategies required
- still to learn work within communities required
- optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
- still to learn build trust required
- still to learn conduct public presentations required
- optional, not held advise on economic development optional
- optional, not held advise on legislative acts optional
- optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law 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 identify sources on potential target communities for art practise this
- 02 build trust practise this
- 03 carry out strategic research 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held analyse community needs skill
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- 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 develop professional network skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
15 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 advise on legislative acts optional
- optional, not held conduct public surveys optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
- optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
- optional, not held perform public relations optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
25 held skills the community development officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role badminton knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with media skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the development of a sporting estate skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role develop recreation programmes skill
- not needed by the target role develop sports programmes skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with sports organisations skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role plan allocation of space skill
- not needed by the target role promote recreation activities skill
- not needed by the target role promote sports in schools skill
- not needed by the target role promote sports organisation skill
- not needed by the target role propose leisure activities skill
- not needed by the target role schedule recreation facilities skill
- not needed by the target role set organisational policies skill
- not needed by the target role supervise site maintenance 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.
- optional, not held rural development strategies optional
- optional, not held geography optional
- optional, not held public finance optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held public law optional
Common questions about this move
Can a sports programme coordinator become a community development officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A sports programme coordinator already covers 35% of what a community development officer is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 6 of which the community development officer role treats as required.
What skills does a sports programme coordinator need to become a community development officer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is identify sources on potential target communities for art.
How hard is the move from sports programme coordinator to community development officer?
Its learning distance is 61.6 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.