Occupation Atlasspecial-interest groups' official
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e9cf8b24-6b8b-47cc-9dd3-b601aa135960
special-interest groups' official
Special-interest groups' officials represent and act on behalf of special-interest groups such as trade unions, employer organisations, trade and industry associations, sports associations and humanitarian organisations. They develop policies and ensure their implementation. Special-interest groups' officials speak for their members in negotiations about topics such as working conditions and safety.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.65
- C Conventional4.61
- S Social3.72
- I Investigative3.10
- A Artistic1.71
- R Realistic1.31
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Labor Relations Specialists (13-1075.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (29)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on drafting policies
- advise on legislative acts
- analyse issues
- budgetary principles
- communicate with media
- communication principles
- conduct public presentations
- create solutions to problems
- deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances
- develop professional network
- ensure compliance with policies
- good governance
- identify policy breach
- interact with the board of directors
- keep updated on the political landscape
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage budgets
- manage government policy implementation
- manage members
- negotiate health and safety issues with third parties
- perform public relations
- present arguments persuasively
- public relations
- recruit members
- represent special-interest groups' members
- represent the organisation
- represent union members
- show diplomacy
- use communication techniques
Optional (48)
- advise legislators
- advise on consumer rights
- analyse membership
- apply diplomatic principles
- build international relations
- business law
- check payrolls
- circulate information
- defend human rights
- develop communications strategies
- develop economic policies
- develop employment policies
- develop manufacturing policies
- develop membership strategies
- develop trade policies
- election law
- employment law
- evaluate humanitarian programme proposals
- government policy implementation
- graphic design
- handle complaints
- humanitarian aid actors
- identify hazards in the workplace
- identify research topics
- influence legislators
- international human rights law
- interview people
- labour law
- liaise with local authorities
- liaise with sports organisations
- manage fundraising activities
- manage sport competition programmes
- manage sports events
- politics
- prepare presentation material
- prepare speeches
- promote equality in sport activities
- promote free trade
- protect employee rights
- sports ethics
- statistics
- study topics
- trade union regulations
- trading law
- use databases
- visit places of work
- write leaflets
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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