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Where a cultural facilities manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cultural facilities manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Cultural facilities managers direct the operations of facilities that provide cultural services such as theatre, museums and concert halls. They plan and organise the daily operations of the related staff and facilities and ensure the organisation follows the latest developments in its field. They coordinate the different departments of the facility and manage the correct use of resources, policies and budgets.

Also known as cultural facilities director, cultural facilities executive, cultural services manager, cultural facilities program coordinator.

Managers 78 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: performance production manager, 82%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
artistic director 79% covered cultural policy officer 65% covered performance production manager 82% covered cultural visitor services man… 50% covered auction house manager 48% covered cultural facilities manag… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cultural facilities manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cultural facilities manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A cultural facilities manager needs 23 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • create cultural venue learning strategies management skills
  • develop cultural policies management skills
  • create cultural venue outreach policies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage cultural facility management skills
  • assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues assisting and caring
  • evaluate cultural venue programmes information skills
  • evaluate cultural venue visitor needs management skills
  • approve reports for artistic project information skills
  • develop cultural activities management skills
  • work with cultural venue specialists communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a cultural facilities manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Cultural facilities manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cultural facilities manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.