cultural visitor services managertocultural centre director
A cultural visitor services manager already meets 23% of what the cultural centre director role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
23%
80.5/ 100
1 Share of the cultural centre director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cultural visitor services manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A cultural centre director role treats 8 of its required skills as things a cultural visitor services manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- approve reports for artistic project
- assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues
- create cultural venue learning strategies
- create cultural venue outreach policies
- evaluate cultural venue programmes
- evaluate cultural venue visitor needs
What stands in the way is 22 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cultural centre director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cultural visitor services manager background worth leading with.
- already held promote cultural venue in schools communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create cultural venue learning strategies management skills
- already held create cultural venue outreach policies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues assisting and caring
- already held evaluate cultural venue programmes information skills
- already held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs management skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the cultural centre director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 41 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held develop cultural policies required
- required, not held organise cultural events required
- required, not held develop cultural activities required
- required, not held establish daily priorities required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- required, not held manage logistics required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held manage supplies required
- required, not held strive for company growth required
- required, not held supervise daily information operations required
- required, not held work within communities required
- optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
- optional, not held manage cultural facility optional
- optional, not held supervise event staff optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held set organisational policies optional
- required, not held liaise with cultural partners required
- required, not held liaise with event sponsors required
- required, not held build community relations required
- required, not held develop promotional tools required
- required, not held liaise with local authorities required
- optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
- optional, not held develop inclusive communication material optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
- optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
- optional, not held represent the organisation optional
- required, not held follow company standards required
- required, not held manage health and safety standards required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- required, not held cultural projects required
- optional, not held assess data collected to improve community arts programme optional
- optional, not held evaluate events optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cultural centre director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 budgetary principles knowledge · sector specific
- 02 corporate social responsibility knowledge · sector specific
- 03 cultural projects knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held approve reports for artistic project skill
- already held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues skill
- already held create cultural venue learning strategies skill
- already held create cultural venue outreach policies skill
- already held evaluate cultural venue programmes skill
- already held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
- already held promote cultural venue events skill
- already held work with cultural venue specialists skill
- already held promote cultural venue in schools skill
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess data collected to improve community arts programme optional
- optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
- optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
- optional, not held manage cultural facility optional
- optional, not held supervise event staff optional
- optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held develop inclusive communication material optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
- optional, not held evaluate events optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
- optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held represent the organisation optional
- optional, not held set organisational policies optional
9 held skills the cultural centre director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
- not needed by the target role develop outreach training plans skill
- not needed by the target role ensure infrastructure accessibility skill
- not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
- not needed by the target role manage art facilities staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role plan art educational activities skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held budgetary principles required
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- required, not held cultural projects required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Other moves recorded from cultural visitor services manager
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.