# Competences — public affairs consultant

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9e285322-2cfa-430f-9b66-41be57d698e2).

## Essential

- **advise on conflict management** (skill/competence)
- **advise on legislative acts** (skill/competence)
- **apply diplomatic principles** (skill/competence)
- **diplomatic principles** (knowledge)
- **government policy implementation** (knowledge)
- **influence legislators** (skill/competence)
- **legislation procedure** (knowledge)
- **maintain relationships with government agencies** (skill/competence)
- **manage government policy implementation** (skill/competence)
- **manage relationships with stakeholders** (skill/competence)
- **perform political negotiation** (skill/competence)
- **protect client interests** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise on public image (skill/competence)
- advise on public relations (skill/competence)
- assess risk factors (skill/competence)
- build international relations (skill/competence)
- conduct public surveys (skill/competence)
- establish collaborative relations (skill/competence)
- European political studies (knowledge)
- facilitate official agreement (skill/competence)
- government representation (knowledge)
- legal research (knowledge)
- legal terminology (knowledge)
- liaise with politicians (skill/competence)
- media and information literacy (knowledge)
- moderate in negotiations (skill/competence)
- monitor political conflicts (skill/competence)
- perform public relations (skill/competence)
- political science (knowledge)
- present arguments persuasively (skill/competence)
- rhetoric (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 29 ads, as of 2026-07-19)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- strategic communications — **34 %**
- media relations — **28 %**
- project management — **21 %**
- research — **21 %**
- stakeholder engagement — **21 %**
- content creation — **21 %**
- writing — **17 %**

### Responsibilities

- stakeholder engagement — **17 %**

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