animal facility manager

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.

The most in-demand skills for this role include zoo regulations, zoo community, environmental legislation, customer relationship management, zoo exhibit design, respond to visitor complaints. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives animal facility manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.