Animal facility manager
Also searched as: Director de instalaciones para animales
Code 1120.1
What does a Animal facility manager do?
Animal facility managers coordinate and plan all activities of a zoo. They formulate policies, manage daily operations, and plan the use of materials and human resources. They are the driving force and public face of their institution. This often involves representing their institution on a national, regional and global scale and taking part in coordinated zoo activities.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- zoo community
- zoo exhibit design
- customer relationship management
- environmental legislation
- zoo regulations
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- implement strategic management
- apply strategic thinking
- develop visitor engagement strategies
- read zoo reports
- organise zoological exhibitions
- supervisar trabajos en equipo
Transversal competences
- work effectively with animal-related organisations
- manage zoo staff
- manage budgets
- gestionar presupuestos operativos
- perform project management
- speak about your work in public
- respond to visitor complaints
- oversee animal management
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences