Cultural Partnership - Consultant

Background

Turquoise Mountain is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2006 to revive traditional crafts, historic areas and to provide jobs, skills and opportunity through cultural heritage projects. By blending heritage buildings, education and enterprise, Turquoise Mountain has created sustainable heritage places and livelihoods that support the revival of artisan industries. Turquoise Mountain now works in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, and the Levant. Since 2006, Turquoise Mountain has restored over 150 historic buildings, created employment for thousands of artisans and builders, built over 50 small businesses, and supported and generated over $17 million in sales of traditional crafts to domestic and international markets.

Context

Turquoise Mountain Levant works across the region to deliver sustainable heritage-led regeneration for communities and connect hundreds of artisans to new and sustainable markets. This is an exciting time for the organisation, as we are growing our operation, and opening a new home for Turquoise Mountain in Bethlehem to collaborate with Palestinian artisans, connect them to international markets, and open up new livelihoods in the craft sector.

Consultancy Summary:

The Cultural Partnership Consultant will support Turquoise Mountain in identifying and selecting partners to collaborate in our new Cultural and Creative Industries (“CCI”) Programme. The consultant will create a stakeholder map of key organisations in the sector, support in relationship development, the selection of partners, and in the designing and shaping positive and impactful collaborations that align with both Turquoise Mountain’s and the partner organisation’s mission and existing programmes.

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Deliverables:

· Mapping of cultural and creative organisations, identifying their roles, capabilities, and alignment with Turquoise Mountain’s objectives and programmes;

· Shortlisting of potential partners against a set of clear criteria;

· Introduction, partnership development and relationship building with potential partners;

· Supporting the design and development of meaningful and impactful collaborations;

· Lead the development of a partnership brief for SDC, which outlines the selected partners, their alignment, and our planned collaborative approach;

· Support in the development of necessary documentation for partnership development – MOU, partnership briefs, and/or contracts in collaboration with Turquoise Mountain’s legal team.

Qualifications:

- Existing network of relationships within the cultural sector in Palestine with cultural organisation and creative businesses;

- A minimum of seven-years of experience in cultural and/or cultural heritage work;

- Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and verbal.

- This role is only open to Palestinian nationals.

Contract Duration:

12-day consultancy – approximately one day a week over 3 months.

Location:

You must be based within the West Bank or be able to travel to and around the West Bank on a weekly basis.

Application Pack: To apply, please submit the following in one PDF document to [email protected]:

In your application pack please include:

- CV/resumé – maximum 4-pages;

- Cover letter – maximum 1-page.

- Financial proposal for your services (please submit a cost per day)

Application Deadline:

Please apply before the 23rd of March.