Policy analyst skills and attributes

• WHAT ARE THE KEY ATTRIBUTES OF A GOOD POLICY OFFICER? by Nonie Malone
  in Policy analyst skills and attributes
  31 May 2011  | 0 Comments

  Yesterday, a senior Queensland Treasury officer was discussing with me the qualities he believes characterise a good policy officer.  I thought it may be useful to share them here.  They are:

  1. writes well

  2. is pragmatic

  3. relates well to others

  4. has good judgement.

   

  Peter Bridgman, co-author of The Australian Policy Handbook, advises policy officers that it is essential to have the 4 Rs:

  • Reasoning
  • Writing
  • Relating
  • Resilience.

  I would be interested to hear others' views.