Research manager to cultural archive manager
A research manager already meets 25% of what the cultural archive manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
75/ 100
1 How much of what a cultural archive manager is expected to do is already part of a research 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 archive manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A cultural archive manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a research manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- cope with challenging demands
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- project management
- respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition
What stands in the way is 14 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 archive manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a research manager background worth leading with.
- already held study a collection information skills
- already held respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide project information on exhibitions 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 5 the cultural archive manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 monitor museum environment required
- still to learn document museum collection required
- still to learn implement risk management for works of art required
- still to learn monitor artistic activities required
- optional, not held manage archive optional
- optional, not held assess museum object condition optional
- optional, not held compile detailed collection inventory optional
- optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
- optional, not held manage digital archives optional
- still to learn advise on loans of art work for exhibitions required
- still to learn create collection conservation plan required
- still to learn perform clerical duties required
- still to learn supervise work required
- optional, not held identify process improvements optional
- optional, not held coordinate operational activities optional
- still to learn art collections required
- still to learn conservation techniques required
- optional, not held art history optional
- still to learn collection management required
- still to learn museum databases required
- optional, not held collection management software optional
- still to learn supervise artefact movement required
- optional, not held handle artworks optional
- still to learn establish high standards of collections care required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a cultural archive manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on loans of art work for exhibitions practise this
- 02 art collections study this
- 03 collection management study 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 respect cultural differences in the field of exhibition skill
- already held present exhibition skill
- already held provide project information on exhibitions skill
- already held study a collection skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage archive optional
- optional, not held art history optional
- optional, not held assess museum object condition optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held collection management software optional
- optional, not held compile detailed collection inventory optional
- optional, not held evaluate art quality optional
- optional, not held handle artworks optional
- optional, not held identify process improvements optional
- optional, not held manage digital archives optional
- optional, not held coach employees optional
- optional, not held coordinate operational activities optional
26 held skills the cultural archive manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role computational chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct qualitative research skill
- not needed by the target role conduct quantitative research skill
- not needed by the target role direct an artistic team skill
- not needed by the target role discuss research proposals skill
- not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees skill
- not needed by the target role image recognition knowledge
- not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
- not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
- not needed by the target role manage research and development projects skill
- not needed by the target role multidisciplinary research knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role research design knowledge
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role study topics skill
- not needed by the target role urban sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role use ICT resources to solve work related tasks skill
- not needed by the target role work independently on exhibitions skill
7 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 art collections required
- still to learn collection management required
- still to learn conservation techniques required
- still to learn museum databases required
- optional, not held art history optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held collection management software optional
Common questions about this move
Can a research manager become a cultural archive manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A research manager already covers 25% of what a cultural archive manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the cultural archive manager role treats as required.
What skills does a research manager need to become a cultural archive manager?
14 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is advise on loans of art work for exhibitions.
How hard is the move from research manager to cultural archive manager?
Its learning distance is 75 out of 100, which is the career change 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.