CCI Lead Consultant - Caribbean Artist Resilience & Empowerment

About the role

The Caribbean Artist Resilience & Empowerment (CARE) programme, funded by the UNESCO-Aschberg Programme, addresses the structural precarity, economic vulnerability, climate risk and mobility constraints of artists and cultural professionals in Caribbean SIDS, focusing on Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados. Kingston Creative is engaging a Senior Cultural & Creative Industries (CCI) Consultant to lead the technical, research, capacity-building and content-delivery work, while internal staff handle administration, procurement, venue coordination and financial reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deploy a needs assessment survey across Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados, secure collaboration agreements with regional partners and analyse results into a Regional Impact Report ready for print and online publication.
• Develop curriculum for a two-day workshop series on rights awareness, IP protection, AI adaptation, mobility pathways, business formalization and resilience, then deliver in-person workshops in Jamaica and hybrid modules for creatives from the other islands.
• Draft a scalable SIDS Cultural Crisis Resilience Model and Toolkit for governments, cultural hubs and artists.
• Lead the technical organization, agenda, speakers and moderation of the final hybrid regional forum in Kingston.
• Serve on the grant-adjudication panel to select three cultural hub recipients in each country for relocation and emergency workspace stipends.
• Contribute technical inputs, performance indicators and policy recommendations to the final UNESCO project narrative reports.

Required profile

• Advanced degree (Master's preferred) in Cultural Studies, Creative Economy, Public Policy, International Development or a related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in the Caribbean CCI sector, policy development or international development.
• Deep knowledge of SIDS vulnerabilities, the UNESCO 1980 Recommendation and the 2005 Convention.
• Established relationships with cultural ministries, arts organizations and creative networks across the three countries.

Required skills

• Multi-country survey design and quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Report writing and publication, adult-learning workshop facilitation and regional conference organization.

Candidates submit a CV, a 3-page technical approach and an itemized fee proposal by November 13, 2026; the full Terms of Reference are available on request.