Occupation Atlaspublic affairs consultant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9e285322-2cfa-430f-9b66-41be57d698e2
public affairs consultant
Public affairs consultants function as representatives for a client's goal. They attempt to persuade legislative bodies and policy makers to implement laws or regulation in accordance with the client's wishes, and negotiate with parties with potentially conflicting interests. They perform analytical and research duties in order to ensure that the client's cause is being addressed in an appropriate way to the appropriate parties. They also consult their clients on their causes and policies.
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional4.39
- S Social4.18
- A Artistic3.67
- I Investigative2.34
- R Realistic1.00
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 Public Relations Managers (11-2032.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
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 conflict management
- advise on legislative acts
- apply diplomatic principles
- diplomatic principles
- government policy implementation
- influence legislators
- legislation procedure
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage government policy implementation
- manage relationships with stakeholders
- perform political negotiation
- protect client interests
Optional (19)
- European political studies
- advise on public image
- advise on public relations
- assess risk factors
- build international relations
- conduct public surveys
- establish collaborative relations
- facilitate official agreement
- government representation
- legal research
- legal terminology
- liaise with politicians
- media and information literacy
- moderate in negotiations
- monitor political conflicts
- perform public relations
- political science
- present arguments persuasively
- rhetoric
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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