APPLICATION FORM

SUITABILITY DETAILS

Current or most recent employment or volunteering experience
Name of employer/organisation (if applicable)
Position held / From (month/year) / To (month/year)
Period of notice / date able to start
Please summarise your current duties and responsibilities

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Previous employment/volunteering

Please list the work and volunteering you have previously previously. Include for each position the start and finish dates as well as your job title / role title.

Dates / Position held
From (m/y) / To (m/y)
Qualifications
Further Education
Please list your qualifications along with the year they were achieved/expected year of attainment
Qualification / Year achieved/expected year of attainment
Professional qualifications and/or other relevant training
Please list your qualifications along with the year they were achieved/expected year of attainment
Qualification / Year achieved/expected year of attainment

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Information supporting your application

Looking at the person specification/competencies required for the post listed below, please give us brief examples to provide further evidence of how you meet the selection criteria. This will form the main part of your application. You should provide details of relevant skills, abilities, experience and knowledge that you have which will enable you to carry out the job effectively. These may be gained from your life and work experience (paid or unpaid), education, training or hobbies/interests. For example, for the criteria, “Communicates Effectively, and has Organisational Skills,” you could give an example of how you kept in touch with the members of an association, or how you have communicated effectively in a job.

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Essential Requirements

Have an understanding and appreciation of diversity, and show a commitment to promoting inclusivity

Experience in teaching and running workshops or similar

Possess excellent administrative and IT skills in standard office applications

Possess good communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to organise, prioritise and manage a diverse workload

Ability to facilitate groups of volunteers

Ability to talk positively about the benefits of the project and work of the volunteers

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, being a pro-active self-starter as well as being an enthusiastic team player working collaboratively with others

Ability to be adaptable, working in a diverse and changing work environment

Respectful: Being friendly and respectful of others in order to maintain a safe and considerate workplace

Empowering: Empowering others to be fulfilled in their role and being committed to yours and others' personal development


Progressive: Valuing liberation, social justice, ethics, and environment, always trying to do the right thing


Student-Led: Understanding the importance of students actively shaping how we operate and what we do

Desirable Requirements

Experience of being a volunteer, particularly in a student environment

Experience of youth work and mentoring

Understanding and knowledge of The Role Models Project

Understanding and knowledge of issues surrounding education, informal education and participatory facilitation

References

Please give details of two referees, one of whom must be your current employer or, if not currently employed, your most recent employer. If this is your first job, one of the references should be from your lecturer/head teacher, volunteer organisation or similar. References will only be taken up for short-listed candidates. Appointments may be offered subject to satisfactory references.

Full Name / Full Name
Position / Position
Address
(inc. Postcode) / Address
(inc. Postcode)
Working Relationship / Working Relationship
Daytime Telephone / Daytime Telephone
Email / Email

Thank you for your interest in employment with the University of Sussex Students Union.

Completed Suitability Forms must be returned along with the Personal Details form, and; Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form by the closing date shown on the job advertisement. Where possible forms should be e-mailed to the person identified in the advert, however if this is not possible then please post them to HR Office, Room 261 Falmer House, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QF.

We try to contact every applicant within 3 weeks of the closing date, whether or not you have been successful.