Career Overlap Transition record
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Trade development officer to immigration policy officer

A trade development officer already meets 42% of what the immigration policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From trade development officer
42 % overlap
Partial match
To immigration policy officer
13 You already bring
8 Still to learn
37 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.1/ 100

1 How much of what an immigration policy officer is expected to do is already part of a trade development officer’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 immigration policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An immigration policy officer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a trade development officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • build international relations
  • government policy implementation
  • international commercial transactions rules
  • 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An immigration policy officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a trade development officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held build international relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out strategic research information skills
  • already held assess risk factors information skills
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held project management principles business, administration and law

All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the immigration policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn promote human rights implementation required
  • still to learn create solutions to problems required
  • still to learn show intercultural awareness required
  • optional, not held foster dialogue in society optional
  • optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn asylum systems required
  • still to learn immigration law required
  • optional, not held foreign affairs optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
03 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse irregular migration required
  • optional, not held analyse foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held observe new developments in foreign countries optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn social justice required
  • optional, not held European political studies optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn develop immigration policies required
  • optional, not held work within communities optional
06 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held enable access to services optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an immigration 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held build international relations skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held international commercial transactions rules knowledge
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held assess risk factors skill
  • already held carry out strategic research skill
  • already held establish collaborative relations skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held project management principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held European political studies optional
  • optional, not held enable access to services optional
  • optional, not held foster dialogue in society optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held advise on foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held analyse community needs optional
  • optional, not held analyse foreign affairs policies optional
  • optional, not held analyse goal progress optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held foreign affairs optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
  • optional, not held observe new developments in foreign countries optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
  • optional, not held work within communities optional
18 held skills the immigration policy officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role competition law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop international cooperation strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role develop trade policies skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role host trade delegations skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government policy compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international import export regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investigate competition restrictions skill
  • not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role promote free trade skill
8 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn asylum systems required
  • still to learn immigration law required
  • still to learn social justice required
  • optional, not held European political studies optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held foreign affairs optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from trade development officer

Full index of moves from trade development officer

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a trade development officer become an immigration policy officer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A trade development officer already covers 42% of what an immigration policy officer is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 8 of which the immigration policy officer role treats as required.

What skills does a trade development officer need to become an immigration policy officer?

8 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is analyse irregular migration.

How hard is the move from trade development officer to immigration policy officer?

Its learning distance is 59.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.