Member of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) Advisory Group
Member of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) Advisory Group
Become part of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (NCJAA) Advisory Group
The NCJAA is seeking voluntary sector professionals or freelance art practitioners working in the arts in criminal justice system, to join our Advisory Group.
The NCJAA is one of Clinks thematic networks and exists to promote the specific role of arts and arts organisations working with people in the criminal justice system, as a springboard for positive change. It is a growing network of independent arts practitioners, arts specialist organisations, and other relevant parties interested in the arts in criminal justice.
The Advisory Group provides strategic and operational advice to inform the work of the NCJAA. The group is compiled of those working in the arts in criminal justice, including those with lived experience of the criminal justice system. The group exists to ensure that the NCJAA can always be best informed by those it aims to serve.
Members of the group need to be a part of a voluntary sector organisation that is a member of Clinks and have agreement from the member organisation to represent it in the group; or a freelance artists associate member of Clinks.
The NCJAA Manager Lou Clark has written a blog post highlighting how the Advisory Group operates and the areas of work you might feed into as a group member, which you can read here.
There is also information in the terms of reference for the advisory group that you can read here.
If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with the NCJAA Manager Lou Clark artsalliance@clinks.org
How to apply for the job
If you are interested in becoming part of the advisory group, please send us your CV and an expression of interest to artsalliance@clinks.org by 9am 31st January 2025.
We are aiming to have conversations with shortlisted candidates via Microsoft Teams in the week commencing 10th February and we would love for our new members to join our next advisory group meeting in April 2025.
We welcome any form of expression of interest – this may be writing to us in an email or sending in a video or vlog. Please tell us about yourself and your work, and how your experience, knowledge and skills can contribute to the group and the work of the NCJAA, by considering the following two questions:
- What motivates you to express interest in this opportunity?
- What specific ideas, contributions, or value do you envision bringing to this role?