APPLICATION FORM

SUITABILITY DETAILS

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

Continues on overleaf....

Previous employment/volunteering

Please list the work and volunteering you have previously carried out. Include for each position the job title / role title, and list your main duties/responsibilities.

Position held
Qualifications
Further Education
Please list your qualifications and list whether they have been obtained or are still in progress
Qualification / Obtained/working towards
Professional qualifications and/or other relevant training
Please list your qualifications and list whether they have been obtained or are still in progress
Qualification / Obtained/working towards

Continues on overleaf....

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.

Please expand text boxes if necessary

Essential Requirements

Have an understanding and knowledge of issues affecting students in higher education

Have a commitment to, and can easily explain the benefits of, working with volunteers

Experience of using standard Microsoft Office applications or similar

Comms: Ability to communicate effectively with key relevant people

Effectiveness: Ability to manage workload, delivering high quality work on time

Great Service: Ability to deliver an excellent service to internal and/or external customers

Reliable: Being consistently on time, carefully following agreed procedures and practices

Desirable requirements

To have been a member of the Students’ Union Buddy Scheme

To have been involved in the Language Café as a Language Café Leader or Volunteer or an attendee

Have experience of being a volunteer, particularly in a student environment

Experience of organising events, trips and activities

Have an understanding and knowledge of the voluntary sector

Have experience of managing or supporting volunteers

Have experience of managing staff

Experience of using social media channels, and an understanding of their application in a professional context

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.