Cultural facilities manager to cultural visitor services manager
A cultural facilities manager already meets 50% of what the cultural visitor services manager role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
48.5/ 100
1 How much of what a cultural visitor services manager is expected to do is already part of a cultural facilities 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 cultural visitor services manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A cultural visitor services manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a cultural facilities manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- approve reports for artistic project
- create cultural venue learning strategies
- create cultural venue outreach policies
- evaluate cultural venue programmes
- evaluate cultural venue visitor needs
- promote cultural venue events
What stands in the way is 6 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 cultural visitor services manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cultural facilities manager background worth leading with.
- already held create cultural venue learning strategies management skills
- already held create cultural venue outreach policies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held evaluate cultural venue programmes information skills
- already held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs management skills
- already held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues assisting and caring
- already held approve reports for artistic project information skills
All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the cultural visitor services manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 2 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 consult exhibition organisers required
- still to learn establish educational network required
- still to learn develop educational resources required
- optional, not held promote cultural venue in schools optional
- optional, not held ensure infrastructure accessibility optional
- still to learn manage art facilities staff required
- still to learn develop outreach training plans required
- still to learn plan art educational activities required
- optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
- optional, not held manage volunteers optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cultural visitor services manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage art facilities staff practise this
- 02 consult exhibition organisers practise this
- 03 develop outreach training plans 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 approve reports for artistic project 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 assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
- optional, not held manage volunteers optional
- optional, not held promote cultural venue in schools optional
- optional, not held ensure infrastructure accessibility optional
70 held skills the cultural visitor services manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
- not needed by the target role analyse external factors of companies skill
- not needed by the target role analyse financial performance of a company skill
- not needed by the target role analyse internal factors of companies skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role assemble an artistic team skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate community arts activities skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate with creative departments skill
- not needed by the target role cope with challenging demands skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role create production schedules skill
- not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
- not needed by the target role develop cultural activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop cultural policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
- not needed by the target role direct an artistic team skill
- not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
- not needed by the target role estimate needs of artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role facilities management in the organisation knowledge
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
30 further entries not listed here
Common questions about this move
Can a cultural facilities manager become a cultural visitor services manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A cultural facilities manager already covers 50% of what a cultural visitor services manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 7 of which the cultural visitor services manager role treats as required.
What skills does a cultural facilities manager need to become a cultural visitor services manager?
6 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 2 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is manage art facilities staff.
How hard is the move from cultural facilities manager to cultural visitor services manager?
Its learning distance is 48.5 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.