Cultural archive manager to research manager
A cultural archive manager already meets 32% of what the research manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.1/ 100
1 How much of what a research manager is expected to do is already part of a cultural archive manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the research manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A research manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a cultural archive manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- cope with challenging demands
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- project management
- provide project information on exhibitions
- respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition
What stands in the way is 10 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A research manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cultural archive manager background worth leading with.
- already held study a collection information skills
- already held provide project information on exhibitions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cope with challenging demands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held project management business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the research manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn study topics required
- still to learn estimate duration of work required
- still to learn perform scientific research required
- still to learn report analysis results required
- optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
- still to learn work independently on exhibitions required
- still to learn discuss research proposals required
- still to learn manage research and development projects required
- optional, not held direct an artistic team optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- still to learn multidisciplinary research required
- still to learn research design required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held computational chemistry optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
- optional, not held interact with an audience optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a research manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 study topics practise this
- 02 work independently on exhibitions practise this
- 03 discuss research proposals practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held cope with challenging demands skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held provide project information on exhibitions skill
- already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
- already held study a collection skill
- already held present exhibition skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held urban sustainability optional
- optional, not held image recognition optional
- optional, not held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held computational chemistry optional
- optional, not held direct an artistic team optional
- optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
- optional, not held urban sustainability optional
- optional, not held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held conduct qualitative research optional
- optional, not held conduct quantitative research optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held image recognition optional
- optional, not held interact with an audience optional
- optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
26 held skills the research manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on loans of art work for exhibitions skill
- not needed by the target role art collections knowledge
- not needed by the target role art history knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess museum object condition skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role collection management knowledge
- not needed by the target role collection management software knowledge
- not needed by the target role compile detailed collection inventory skill
- not needed by the target role conservation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role create collection conservation plan skill
- not needed by the target role document museum collection skill
- not needed by the target role establish high standards of collections care skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate art quality skill
- not needed by the target role handle artworks skill
- not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
- not needed by the target role implement risk management for works of art skill
- not needed by the target role manage archive skill
- not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
- not needed by the target role monitor artistic activities skill
- not needed by the target role monitor museum environment skill
- not needed by the target role museum databases knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role supervise artefact movement skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn multidisciplinary research required
- still to learn research design required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held computational chemistry optional
- optional, not held urban sustainability optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held chemistry optional
- optional, not held image recognition optional
- optional, not held laboratory techniques optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Other moves recorded from cultural archive manager
Common questions about this move
Can a cultural archive manager become a research manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A cultural archive manager already covers 32% of what a research manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 7 of which the research manager role treats as required.
What skills does a cultural archive manager need to become a research manager?
10 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is study topics.
How hard is the move from cultural archive manager to research manager?
Its learning distance is 66.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.