Design Centre Assistant

About TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN

Turquoise Mountain is a non-profit, non-governmental organization specializing in urban regeneration, business development, and education in traditional arts and architecture. We seek to provide jobs, skills, and a renewed sense of national pride to Afghan men and women. Since 2006 Turquoise Mountain has cleared 35,000 cubic meters of rubbish from the streets, restored or built 150 historic and community buildings, created a primary school and a clinic, and installed water, electricity and sanitation through the historic traditional craft neighborhood of Murad Khani in the old city of Kabul. It has created the internationally-accredited Institute for Afghan Arts & Architecture, training the next generation of craftsmen and women in woodwork, jewelry and gem cutting, calligraphy and miniature painting, and ceramics. Finally, it has sold over US$ 7,000,000 of Afghan artisan products internationally.

Job Summary

With the support of the British Council, Turquoise Mountain set up a site for learning and experimenting with traditional crafts and design thinking. The Design Centre will act as a hub, promoting and disseminating a culture of design that combines tradition and innovation. Drawing on the wealth and intricacies of Afghanistan's crafts and cultural heritage as well as embracing international tastes and trends, the Design Centre's mission is to create a new design language that is inherently Afghan.  Through co-working and interaction with local and international designers, the Design Centre aims to promote world class design and production standards that can make Afghanistan's craft and design globally competitive and desirable.

The Design Centre's mission is to forge new generations of Afghan designers who work in an original, creative and independent way and can be instrumental to a radical transformation of the perception and image of Afghanistan through their products and innovations.

The Design Centre hosts variety of events such as courses, an International Designers Residency Programme, public lectures, seminars and exhibitions, design services and consultancy and product development.

Duties & Responsibilities

This position will be based at The Design Centre, reporting to The Design Centre Manager.

·        Support the Manager in the day to day administrative and educational management of the Design Centre.

·        Support the Manager in the organisation and implementation of the design classes, events, shows, lectures, presentations and seminars.

·        Coordinate the logistics of material needs for the design classes and other events mentioned above. 

·        Translate administrative documents from English to Dari.

·        Live Interpret between international designers/ artists and students/ participants.   

·        Cover for the manager in her absence and take lead to follow up the projects.

·        Support the Manager and the designers with rendering design ideas.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in English, Fine Arts, Architecture, Graphic Design, Business or any equivalent academic title.
• A minimum of two years of experience in administrative support, translation, logistics and report writing.
• Competence in qualitative and quantitative data collection
• Good relational and interpersonal skills
• A good disposition towards collaboration and teamwork
• Fluent in written and spoken English or Dari
• Knowledge of design, creative packages ex: photoshop, illustrator, indesign, sketchup etc.
• Interest in working in a creative environment and aiming to grow in this sector.

Submission Guideline

Candidates should submit their CVs with Cover Letter to: vacancy.af@turquoisemountain.org by no later than April 13, 2019. In the subject line of the e-mail, please mention - Design Centre Assistant + last name. 

Kindly combine CV and Cover Letter as one pdf document and avoid sending us certificates and other heavy sized documents.

Functional Area

Administrative

Countries

Submission Email

vacancy.af@turquoisemountain.org

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