Labour market policy officer

Labour market policy officers research, analyse and develop labour market policies. They implement policies ranging from financial policies to practical policies such as improving job searching mechanisms, promoting job training, giving incentives to start-ups and income support. Labour market policy officers work closely with partners, external organisations or other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.

The following job titles also refer to labour market policy officer:

labor policy officer
labor market policy officer
labour policy advisor
labour policy officer
labor policy analyst
labour policy analyst
policy officer at labour group
labor policy consultant
policy officer, labour
labor policy advisor
policy officer at labour programme
labour market policy analyst
lobour policy researcher
policy officer, labor
policy officer, labour market
labor policy researcher
labor market policy analyst
policy officer, labor market
labour policy consultant

Bachelor’s degree is generally required to work as labour market policy officer. However, this requirement may differ in some countries.

ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:

• the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
• the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
• the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.

Labour market policy officer is a Skill level 4 occupation.

These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to labour market policy officer.

recreation policy officer
employment programme coordinator
regional development policy officer
economic policy officer
education policy officer

These occupations require some skills and knowledge of labour market policy officer. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of labour market policy officer with a significant experience and/or extensive training.

This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of labour market policy officer.

Labour legislation: Legislation, on a national or international level, that governs labour conditions in various fields between labour parties such as the government, employees, employers, and trade unions.
Labour law: The field of law that is concerned with the regulation of the relationship between employers, employees, trade unions, and the government.
Labour market: The trends, functioning, and fluctuations of the labour market, career options, wages, unions, working population and the supply and demand of certain professions in a sector.

These skills are necessary for the role of labour market policy officer.

Create solutions to problems: Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.
Analyse unemployment rates: Analyse data and perform research concerning unemployment in a region or nation in order to identify causes for unemployment and possible solutions.
Develop employment policies: Develop and supervise the implementation of policies which aim to improve employment standards such as working conditions, hours, and pay, as well as reduce unemployment rates.
Maintain relationships with government agencies: Establish and maintain cordial working relationships with peers in different governmental agencies.
Promote employment policy: Promote the development and implementation of policies which aim to improve employment standards, and reduce unemployment rates, in order to acquire governmental and public support.
Advise on legislative acts: Advise officials in a legislature on the propositioning of new bills and the consideration of items of legislation.
Analyse the training market: Analyse the market in the training industry in terms of its attractiveness taking market growth rate, trends, size and other elements into account.
Manage government policy implementation: Manage the operations of the implementation of new government policies or changes in existing policies on a national or regional level as well as the staff involved in the implementation procedure.

This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of labour market policy officer. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

Project management: Understand project management and the activities which comprise this area. Know the variables implied in project management such as time, resources, requirements, deadlines, and responding to unexpected events.
Employment law: The law which mediates the relationship between employees and employers. It concerns employees’ rights at work which are binding by the work contract.
Scientific research methodology: The theoretical methodology used in scientific research involving doing background research, constructing an hypothesis, testing it, analysing data and concluding the results.

These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of labour market policy officer. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

Carry out strategic research: Research long term possibilities for improvements and plan steps to achieve them.
Advise legislators: Give advice on various government and legislative duties, such as policy creation and the inner workings of a governmental department, to government officials in legislative positions, such as members of parliament, government ministers, senators, and other legislators.
Liaise with union officials: Seek advice and collaborate with union officials responsible for topics that are relevant to you and your work or business.
Develop professional network: Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.
Perform project management: Manage and plan various resources, such as human resources, budget, deadline, results, and quality necessary for a specific project, and monitor the project’s progress in order to achieve a specific goal within a set time and budget.
Liaise with politicians: Liaise with officials fulfilling important political and legislative roles in governments in order to ensure productive communication and build relations.
Analyse goal progress: Analyse the steps which have been taken in order to reach the organisation’s goals in order to assess the progress which has been made, the feasibility of the goals, and to ensure the goals can be met according to deadlines.
Analyse community needs: Identify and respond to specific social problems in a community, delineating the extent of the problem and outline the level of resources required to address it and identifying the existing community assets and resources that are available to address the problem.

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References

1. Labour market policy officer – ESCO