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city councillor

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City councillors represent residents of a city in the city's council and perform local legislative duties. They examine the concerns of the residents and respond to them in an appropriate manner, and represent their political party's policies and programs in the city council as well. They communicate with governmental officials to ensure the city and its agenda are represented and supervise all operations which fall under the city council's responsibility.

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Competences
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Groups
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Essential
11
Optional
16

Competences and skills

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Essential knowledge 3 competences

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good governance

The political and governmental processes and results that needs to be taken for the development of the society. It manifests itself when there is a correspondence between the political promises on human rights and the actual outcomes. It is transparent, responsive, equitable and inclusive.

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public administration

The field where policy acts to pursue the improvement of public goods and produce beneficial changes in societies. Includes the set of public entities and bodies that serve the public interest, within the framework of local, regional, or state government.

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Cross-sector

1 competence
government policy implementation

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

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Essential skills and competences 8 competences

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maintain relations with local representatives

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

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Cross-sector

7 competences
advise on legislative acts

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

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analyse legislation

Analyse the existing legislation from a national or local government in order to assess which improvements could be made and which items of legislation could be proposed.

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build community relations

Establish affectionate and long-lasting relationships with local communities, e.g. by organising special programms for kindergarden, schools and for dissabled and older people, raising awareness and receiving community appreciation in return.

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maintain relationships with government agencies

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

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observe confidentiality

Observe the set of rules establishing the nondisclosure of information except to another authorised person.

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perform political negotiation

Perform debate and argumentative dialogue in a political context, using negotiation techniques specific to political contexts in order to obtain the desired goal, ensure compromise, and maintain cooperative relations.

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write meeting reports

Write complete reports based on minutes taken during a meeting in order to communicate the important points which were discussed, and the decisions which were made, to the appropriate people.

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Optional knowledge 7 competences

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Sector-specific

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budgetary principles

Principles of estimating and planning of forecasts for business activity, compile regular budget and reports.

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Cross-sector

6 competences
bookkeeping regulations

The methods and regulations involved in the process of accurate bookkeeping.

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election law

The regulations concerning the procedures during elections, such as voting regulations, campaign regulations, which procedures candidates must follow, how votes are counted, and other electoral procedures.

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political parties

The ideas and principles that political parties stand for and the politicians representing them.

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project management principles

Different elements and phases of project management.

Scope note
The different phases of project management include the development of the overall planning, planning of resources for projects, implementation, execution, performance control, project end and the evaluation of outcome.
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public finance

The economic influence of the government, and the workings of government revenue and expenditures.

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public law

The part of law which governs relationships between individuals and the government, and the relationships between individuals which concern society directly.

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Optional skills and competences 9 competences

Occupation specific

0 competences

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Sector-specific

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inspect government incomes

Inspect the resources available to a national or local government organisation, such as tax incomes, to ensure that the incomes are compliant with the income expectations, that no faults are being made and no suspicious activity is present in the handling of government finances.

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manage administrative systems

Ensure administrative systems, processes and databases are efficient and well managed and give the sound basis to work together with the administrative officer/staff/professional.

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promote political campaign

Promote the political party or politician before and during election when the political campaign is being held to ensure a wide audience and the most beneficial outcome possible for the political candidate or party, by performing promotional activities.

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Cross-sector

6 competences
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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inspect government expenditures

Inspect the financial procedures of a government organisation which deals with budget and resource allocation and spending to ensure that no faults are being made and no suspicious activity occurs in the handling of financial accounts, and that the expenditures are compliant with financial needs and forecasts.

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manage budgets

Plan, monitor, report on the budget and prepare set production budgets.

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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..

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manage staff

Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.

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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.

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