Step-by-step guide to completing your application form
Job applied for (Section A)
Complete the job title, reference number (usually three letters followed by three digits) and your full name (first name and last name).
Personal information (Section B)
It is important that you complete this section in full, as these details will be used to contact you if we need to invite you for an interview. Please make sure you declare if you are related to a council employee in this section. Being related to a council employee will not prevent your application from being considered, we will use this information to ensure that none of your relatives are involved in the recruitment process.
Employment history (Section C)
Please provide details of your employment history covering at least the last 10 years, where possible. Start with your present or most recent employer giving the title of your job and the dates you were employed and then work backwards. Make sure the dates are correct and in the right order. You may also want to give details of any community, voluntary, or unpaid work you have undertaken. It is particularly important that you note any periods of unemployment so that we can consider your full history in making employment decisions.
Education and qualifications (Section D)
Please give details of your education history since the age of eleven, including college/university courses and any qualifications obtained. Where a specific qualification is required for a job, you will be asked to produce copies of your certificate(s) prior to an offer of employment being confirmed.
Training and development (Section E)
Please include any training courses or development activities you have been involved with or attended. These may be courses provided by your employer or events you have participated in outside of work.
This is your opportunity to show us that you have the skills and abilities required to do the job. It is very important that you read the person specification carefully before filling in this part of the form.
Further guidance and examples on providing evidence of your skills and abilities in your personal statement can be found on the Personal Statement page. Please read through this page before completing your form.
This Act recognises that people who have been convicted of an offence should not, as a result, be discriminated against for the rest of their lives and therefore it prohibits discrimination in employment within defined limits.
Further information on this section can be found on our Rehabilitation of Offenders Act page. Please read this page before completing your form.
References (Section H)
You should provide details of two employment referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. Your references must cover a minimum of the last three years. Please indicate if you do not wish for your referees to be contacted without your permission. Friends or relatives must not be used as referees.
References will only be taken up after the interview process has been completed. If you have just left school or have recently obtained your professional qualification, you may want to give your (head) teacher or tutor’s name. For all references please state in what capacity you know the referee, for example if they are your manager, previous line manager or tutor.
Declaration
Please read this section carefully before signing and dating the declaration at the end of the application form.
Equal Opportunities Monitoring (Section I)
In order to make sure that our Dignity at Work policy is working effectively, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising, monitoring information needs to be collected and analysed. This information is confidential and is monitored by Human Resources. It will not be used for selection purposes.
We would appreciate if you would complete the monitoring form attached to the application form so that we can keep track of how effective we have been at attracting and recruiting applicants from all sections of the community.
All information is confidential and will be treated separately from your application. It will be used for statistical purposes and workforce records only. Your co-operation in providing the information assists us in this process.