Age UK Essex

Application Form Guidance Notes

Please read these notes carefully before completing your application form. This is important as it provides the only information we use to assess your suitability for the job and our decision whether or not to progress your application will be based on this information. Please note that we do not accept CVs unless stated on the job advertisement.

General

●Be sure to fill in the job reference and the position applied for sections, as there maybe other vacancies and this will ensure that you are considered for the right post.

●If you have a disability and need any help in completing the form, or require the information in alternative format (e.g., large print, or on disk/CD), please contact us.

Present, Most Recent and Previous Employment

●Please give details in date order, starting with your present or most recent employer.

●Please include part-time and voluntary work.

●Be sure to account for any gaps in your employment record.

Education, Qualifications and Training

●As some jobs require no formal qualifications, do not be put off if you have nothing to write in this section.

●As well as telling us about the exams that you have passed, you should also include information about any relevant courses that you have completed.

●Include all qualifications and training, which may be part-time as well as full-time.

Additional Information to Support Your Application

●This section gives you the opportunity to demonstrate why you are suitable for the post. Before completing it, refer to the job description and person specification for the job.

●The job description outlines the main duties of the post and the person specification contains a description of the skills, experience, qualifications and competencies necessary to carry out these tasks.

●Here it is essential to relate your experience to the information given both of these documents by giving specific examples. For example, telling us what you did in your job rather than what the team did and how you demonstrated a particular skills, rather than simply saying that you have it. Please ensure you address all the points identified on the person specification, which will allow you to demonstrate your suitability for the position you have applied for.

●You may wish to draw on skill developed outside of work, whether home-based or social/community activities. These might include running a club or voluntary group, bringing up children etc, as well as previous/present employment, study and training.

References

●Age UK Essex is a charity that works with vulnerable people, therefore it is imperative to safeguard them so the validity of references is thoroughly checked.

●Please ensure that you give as much contact information as possible so we can process your reference as soon as possible.

Criminal Records

●A criminal record will not automatically prevent an applicant from working for us. However, if the post for which you are applying is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, you are not entitled to withhold information about convictions, which, for other purposes, would be considered “spent”. For this type of employment a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure will normally be required before a formal offer of employment can be made.

Response to Applications

●Receipt of applications will be acknowledged only if requested by the applicant in covering emails or a stamped addressed envelope accompanies the application.

●Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. If you have not heard from us within six weeks of the closing date of application, you should assume that you have not been shortlisted.

●All shortlisted applicants will be required to bring documents providing eligibility to work in the United Kingdom. Information on this will be provided with interview notification.

23.06.2011