Trade development officer to regional development policy officer
A trade development officer already meets 42% of what the regional development policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
54.7/ 100
1 How much of what a regional development 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 regional development policy officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A regional development policy officer role treats 6 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
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage government policy implementation
What stands in the way is 5 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A regional development 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.
- already held inspect government policy compliance information skills
- already held carry out strategic research 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
- already held manage government policy implementation management skills
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the regional development policy officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 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 advise on economic development required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- still to learn rural development strategies required
- still to learn government policy required
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
- still to learn perform scientific research required
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
- optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
- optional, not held develop economic policies optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a regional development policy officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 rural development strategies study this
- 02 advise on economic development practise 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- already held government policy implementation 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 carry out strategic research skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held inspect government policy compliance skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held advise on eligibility of expenditures optional
- optional, not held assess administrative burden optional
- optional, not held develop interregional collaboration strategies optional
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held advise legislators optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held analyse economic trends optional
- optional, not held develop economic policies optional
- optional, not held forecast economic trends optional
- optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
21 held skills the regional development policy officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on government policy compliance skill
- not needed by the target role assess risk factors skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role build international relations 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 trade policies skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- 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 international business knowledge
- not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules 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 perform project management 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.
- still to learn rural development strategies required
- still to learn government policy required
- optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
- optional, not held macro-regional strategy optional
- optional, not held policy analysis optional
- optional, not held state aid regulations optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held social justice optional
Other moves recorded from trade development officer
Common questions about this move
Can a trade development officer become a regional development policy officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A trade development officer already covers 42% of what a regional development policy officer is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 6 of which the regional development policy officer role treats as required.
What skills does a trade development officer need to become a regional development policy officer?
5 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is rural development strategies.
How hard is the move from trade development officer to regional development policy officer?
Its learning distance is 54.7 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.