(Voluntary Role)

The Regional Forum for Intercultural Arts is to be the mechanism through which creative practitioners with minority ethnic backgrounds meet to share ideas and experiences with each other, with white artists who work ‘interculturally’ and with representatives of venues, galleries, cultural institutions, public sector agencies and funders to agree activities and actions that will benefit individual creative practitioners and the creative sector as a whole in North East England.

The Regional Forum is to be made up of five, arts practice-based subgroups:

• Drama and Dance (incorporating North East Sustained Theatre: NEST)

• Music

• Literature

• Visual Arts

• Youth Engagement: for practitioners of any discipline who specialise (or want to specialise) in working with young people.

We expect subgroups to meet or engage with each other formally every two months to develop practical strategies and proposals for presentation to quarterly meetings of the collected subgroups (“the Regional Forum”) where subgroup proposals will seek the backing of their peers.

The subgroups are to drive the Regional Forum forward. We are looking for capable and enthusiastic individuals willing to coordinate at least three consecutive subgroup meetings.

Person Specification

Essential

• Current professional experience in creative and/or cultural practice

• Resident in North East England

• Proven organisational and communication skills

• Good basic administrative skills.

Desirable

• Good contacts within the creative industries sector in North East England

• Good awareness of national and regional creative strategies

• Experience of successful project planning, development and management

• Fund-raising experience

Job Description

Aim of Subgroup Leader

• To liaise with the IcA Project Coordinator to facilitate bi-monthly meeting of creative practitioners and client representatives (performance venues, galleries other institutions) to discuss and develop proposals for presentation to quarterly meetings of the Regional Forum for Intercultural Arts, for ratification and implementation.

Key Tasks

• Liaise with IcA staff re project development and communication

• Chair subgroup meetings (IcA will provide minute-taking and administrative support).

• Ensure subgroup members contact information is managed by IcA

• Being the main point of (e-mail) contact for subgroup and Regional Forum members

• Collate subgroup members’ suggestions and IcA information to set agendas and coordinate meetings.

• Represent the subgroup at the Regional Forum quarterly meetings

• Represent the subgroup at subgroup leaders meetings (in advance of Regional Forum quarterly meetings)

• Encourage and support subgroup members to deliver development services such as outline project and fund-raising or promotional proposals.

Time Commitment

• An average of two hours per week

Remuneration and benefits

(If funding is secured).

This is a voluntary role, however:

• Subgroup leaders will be offered £15 expenses per meeting:

  • 6X subgroup meetings

  • 4X Regional Forum quarterly meetings

• Subgroup leaders will be offered the use of “net book” computers to facilitate their work for the subgroup.

  • IcA will arrange for internet connections.

  • Computers are to remain the property of IcA

Application Process

• Submit the following information by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Your name and creative practice/art-form

  • The subgroup you would like to lead and what you can offer to it

  • Your vision for that subgroup; what you would like it to achieve

  • Your relevant skills

  • Details of someone who would support your application

• IcA’s Trustees will assess applications, draft a shortlist and invite those applicants to discuss their applications.

• IcA will invite an applicant for each subgroup to sign an agreement to become a subgroup leader

Deadline

• Completed applications to be received by Friday 1^st April 12:00

For further information

• Contact Oscar Watson: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

08/03/11