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APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Please complete the undernoted application fully and forward to the contact detailed on the advert by the closing date.
Please do not send CV’s as we will shortlist from the information in this application form.
Job Title / Learning Officer
Reference Number / A5520218
Where did you first see the job?
Are you eligible to work in the UK / Please select from belowYesNo
Personal Information
Title / Please Select from belowDrMrMrsMissMs
Forename/s
Surname
Address
Postcode
E-mail address
Full Daytime Telephone Number
Full Evening Telephone Number
Current Notice Period
Work History / Begin with your current or most recent employer. The box will expand to allow you to give details of your full work history.
Employer Details and
Dates of Employment / Job Title - Key achievements and responsibilities / Reason for leaving
Education/Training
University,college, school or other place / Course studied, qualification and date achieved
About You / Tell us about your skills, knowledge and experience. We don’t just want to know what you’ve done. We want to know how you did it, how that shows to us that you can do this job and how you meet the criteria set out in the role profile. The box will expand to allow you to answer this fully.
Why us ? / Tell us what has motivated you to apply for this role at the RSPB.
The box will expand to allow you to answer this fully.
Why you ? / This is your chance to tell us what you can bring to the role. The box will expand to allow you to answer this fully.
References
The name and address of a minimum of two referees is required. If you need to give more than two referees to cover the 3 year period please add to a separate sheet. For the references to be acceptable to the RSPB the following criteria must be adhered to
v  The name and addresses of at least two referees is required.
v  These referees must cover the last 3 years of work, study or any other circumstance.
v  If employed/studying at least one reference should be from the current employer/educational establishment and should be someone at a more senior level to the individual.
v  Personal referees who can vouch for the candidate for the 3 year period will be suitable if they have not been employed previously. (PLEASE NOTE: Relatives are not acceptable as referees).
v  We will only contact your referees if your application is successful.
Referee 1 / Referee 2
Name
Email address
Address
Postcode
Relationship
Dates Covered
Criminal Record - Ex-offenders will be considered solely on their merits and suitability for the specific role. Suitability includes the requirements of legislation, where relevant to the role and offence.
Please give details below of any unspent convictions and cautions in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act Order 1975 and/or (Northern Ireland) 1979. If none, please state N/A.
If you are applying for a role covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order, as indicated in the job advertisement you must disclose all convictions/cautions including any spent convictions/cautions. You do not need to disclose any protected convictions or cautions as defined in the ROA (Exceptions) Amendment Order 2014. Please give details of any relevant convictions/cautions below, if none please state N/A.
Declaration - The information on this form will be used for recruitment and selection purposes only and if your application is successful it will form part of your employment record. All unsuccessful applications will be destroyed six months after the closing date for positions advertised in Scotland, England and Wales and three years after the closing date for positions advertised in Northern Ireland.
If it is discovered that you have given any information, which you know to be false, or withhold any relevant information your application may be rejected or any subsequent employment terminated.
I confirm that the information contained in this application form is correct.
Signed
Date

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a registered charity: England and Wales No. 207076 Scotland No. SC037654 January 2017