Profession agricultural policy officer

Agricultural policy officers analyse and identify agricultural policy issues and develop plans for improvement and new policy implementation. They write reports and presentations in order to communicate and acquire support for the policies from government officials and the public. They also communicate with professionals in agriculture for research and information purposes and perform administrative duties.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• Environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry

  Awareness on enviromental legislation, policies, principles relevant for agriculture and forestry. Awareness of the impact on the enviroment of local agricultural precedures and practices. Means to adjust the production to new enviromental regulations and policies.

• Government policy implementation

  The procedures related to the application of government policies at all levels of public administration.

• Legislation in agriculture

  Body of regional, national and European laws enacted in the field of agriculture and forestry concerning various issues such as product quality, environmental protection and trade.

• Agronomy

  The study of combining agriculture production and protection and regeneration of natural environment. Includes the principles and methods of critical selection and adequate application methods for sustainability in agriculture.

• Ecological principles

  The understanding of how an ecosystem functions and its relationship to environmental planning and design.

Skills

• Develop agricultural policies

  Develop programmes for the development of new technologies and methodologies in agriculture, as well as the development and implementation of improved sustainability and environmental awareness in agriculture.

• Maintain relationships with government agencies

  Establish and maintain cordial working relationships with peers in different governmental agencies.

• Maintain relations with local representatives

  Maintain good relations with representatives of the local scientific, economic and civil society.

• Promote agricultural policies

  Promote the inclusion of agricultural programmes on a local and national level, in order to acquire support for agricultural development and sustainability awareness.

• Advise on legislative acts

  Advise officials in a legislature on the propositioning of new bills and the consideration of items of legislation.

• 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.

• 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.

• Liaise with local authorities

  Maintain the liaison and exchange of information with regional or local authorities.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB