research managertocultural 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.
25%
75/ 100
1 Share of the cultural archive manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the research 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 archive manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a research manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- 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 would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 monitor museum environment required
- required, not held document museum collection required
- required, not held implement risk management for works of art required
- required, not held 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
- required, not held advise on loans of art work for exhibitions required
- required, not held create collection conservation plan required
- required, not held perform clerical duties required
- required, not held supervise work required
- optional, not held identify process improvements optional
- optional, not held coordinate operational activities optional
- required, not held art collections required
- required, not held conservation techniques required
- optional, not held art history optional
- required, not held collection management required
- required, not held museum databases required
- optional, not held collection management software optional
- required, not held supervise artefact movement required
- optional, not held handle artworks optional
- required, not held 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 skill · sector specific
- 02 art collections knowledge · sector specific
- 03 collection management 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 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.
- required, not held art collections required
- required, not held collection management required
- required, not held conservation techniques required
- required, not held museum databases required
- optional, not held art history optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held collection management software optional
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.