OUR REQUIREMENTS INTERPRETATION MANAGER

• Substantial experience developing exhibitions, interactives and interpretive schemes in a zoo, aquarium, museum, gallery, or similar environment is essential.
• Strong people management skills - supervising a team and managing the work of others or relevant experience.
• Substantial experience managing projects, with demonstrable experience of time management, managing budgets, administration, and planning skills. Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, meeting deadlines and ensuring appropriate quality control.
• Knowledge of legislation and best practice guidance as it applies to the development of interpretation, including copyright, DDA, health and safety, CDM and GDPR.
• An eye for design and a creative approach to interpretation and communicating with zoo visitors. Attention to detail and excellent copy writing skills, alongside the ability to write for a broad range of audiences is essential.
• Audience focused approach, demonstrated through experience in a customer focused environment and understanding of audience segmentation and developing interpretation for different audiences.
• Experience commissioning and contracting designers, artists, builders, and other contractors.
• Strong IT skills. Skilled in the use of all key Microsoft packages and use of digital technologies for public engagement.
• Excellent diplomacy and interpersonal skills. Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team, to work under pressure and to collaborate with various stakeholders across the zoo and beyond.
• Our values are to be mission motivated; passionate people, working together, to be the best. The post holder will need to be able to clearly demonstrate these values in their own behaviours and support them in the teams they work with.

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