Occupation Atlascommunity development officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/39e9fc8f-02bd-4577-b603-2dc96204ce74
community development officer
Community development officers develop plans to improve quality of life in local communities. They investigate and assess the community's issues and needs, manage resources, and develop implementation strategies. They communicate with the community for investigation purposes, and to inform the community on development plans.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
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
SICSocial · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.15
- I Investigative5.29
- C Conventional3.95
- E Enterprising3.21
- A Artistic2.54
- R Realistic1.66
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 Health Education Specialists (21-1091.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a narrower O*NET occupation within this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
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.
- analyse community needs
- budgetary principles
- build community relations
- build trust
- carry out strategic research
- conduct public presentations
- ensure information transparency
- government policy implementation
- identify sources on potential target communities for art
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- perform resource planning
- provide improvement strategies
- work within communities
Optional (18)
- advise on economic development
- advise on legislative acts
- conduct public surveys
- develop professional network
- ensure public safety and security
- geography
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- manage government policy implementation
- perform project management
- perform public relations
- present reports
- project management principles
- promote social awareness
- public finance
- public housing legislation
- public law
- rural development strategies
- study community as a target community
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.
Closest occupations
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