N078/10/2015
APPLICATION FORM
FOR
POST OF FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Thank you for your interest in the above post. Candidates must meet thecriteria by the closing date for applications.
SECTION 1 – PERSONAL DETAILS
Full Name(This mustbe your full official FORENAME(s) and SURNAME)
Surname as stated on your birth certificate
Address
Telephone No / Home
Mobile
Work
Email Address
Please take care to enter address clearly and correctly.
IMPORTANT
All sections of this application form must be completed. It is the applicant’s responsibility to provide sufficient information for the application to be assessed and care should be taken to ensure that the details are full, accurate and relevant to the requirements set out for the post. Additional sheets should not be inserted nor curriculum vitae attached.
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SECTION 2 – EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
EMPLOYMENT HISTORYPlease list your previous employers up to a maximum of 10, with the most recent first, identifying any gaps in employment.
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Please list your previous employers up to a maximum of 10, with the most recent first, identifying any gaps in employment.
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PRESENT EMPLOYER
Employer
Type of Business
Address
Telephone No
Post Held
Date Appointed (DD/MM/YY)
Period of Notice required to Terminate Present Employment
Present Salary (This must be shown)
Please describe your main duties, responsibilities and achievements. If no longer in this employment, please state end date and reason for leaving
Please state your reasons for seeking a job move at this time.
SECTION 3 – SHORTLISTING CRITERIA
The information provided in your application form plays a vital role in the shortlisting process. Only those who have sufficiently demonstrated in Section 3 of this application form that they meet the criteria by the closing date will be invited to the next stage.
The criteria for selection to the post for which you have applied are set out in the following pages.
In the box under each heading please give a clear and comprehensive account of the specific ways in which you consider you meet these requirements. The information will be used to assess your suitability for the post and you should ensure, therefore, that all relevant information is included. Each criteria is assessed individually and must therefore be completed in full i.e. candidates should not rely on information included in a previous section for another criteria.
If you are relying on qualifications that are not identical to but equivalent to those stipulated, it is yourresponsibility to provide evidence as to how your qualifications meet the required standard. Where mutual recognition is agreed between professional/educational bodies you must obtain written confirmation to that effect from those bodies. If equivalence is not immediately clear to the panel, no enquiries will be made by NIFRS and your application may not proceed as a result.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
Applicants must provide evidence that they meet each of the following criteria by the closing date for applications:
- Be a CCAB Qualified Accountant, having successfully completed the professional examinations and been accepted as a Member of one of the following or equivalent:
- Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW, ICAI, ICAS)
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy
- Institute of Cost & Management Accountants
- Have at least five years’ relevant post qualification experience at senior management level* in at least two of the following areas:
- Financial Accounting/Financial Governance
- Management Accounting and Budgetary Control
- Capital Accounting/Investment Appraisals
- Accounting Systems Development
*Senior management experience is defined as responsibility for managing a service/business unit, as a Head of Function and normally reporting directly to at least a Director within the organisation. Applicants must provide information on the organisation structure to illustrate this status.
- At least two years recent** experience in the preparation of Statutory Annual Accounts.
**recent will normally mean within the last 5 years
- Demonstrate successful delivery of change and improvement in the context of challenging financial objectives.
- Demonstrate experience of:
(a)Developing financial solutions for customers and allocating resources to strategic organisational prioritiesto ensure effective service delivery;
(b)Using financial information to make a significant impact on corporate strategic decision making.
- Can demonstrate:
(a)Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills with a successful track record in developing and maintaining productive working relationships;
(b)Excellent planning and organisational skills and the ability to work under the pressure of multiple deadlines.
- Possess a full, current UK driving licence or have access to a form of transport which enables them to fulfil the full requirements of the job.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA
- Have previous experience of working within the public sector.
- A proven track record of working in a large, multi-site organisation comparable to NIFRS.***
***NIFRS employs circa 2,200 staff, has 75 sites (including 68 stations) and a revenue budget of circa £70m.
- Have previous experience of working with and providing information to Board Committees.
REFERENCES
Please give the names and addresses of two persons not related to you from whom references may be sought. One of these must be your present employer or, if you are currently unemployed, your most recent employer who has knowledge of you in a working environment and is able to comment on your ability to carry out the particular tasks of the job applied for.
Name: / Name:Company Name / Company Name
Address: / Address:
Occupation: / Occupation:
Tel No: / Tel No:
Email / Email
If you have not named your current employer, please state why?
CANVASSING
Canvassing of Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service Staff or Members of the NIFRS Board in any form, oral or written, directly or indirectly, in connection with this appointment shall disqualify a candidate.
Please note –incomplete applications will not be accepted. It is therefore recommended that you check through all sections before submitting.
DECLARATION
I declare that the information contained in this application form is correct to the best of my knowledge.
I also accept that if I have provided false or misleading information this will render my application invalid and any appointment offered will be rescinded or terminated.
Signed:Date:
DATA PROTECTION
NORTHERN IRELAND FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE PROCESSES THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS FORM FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEETING ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT USE ONLY
Where did you see the advertisement for this post?
Please tick one of the following boxes:
Belfast Telegraph
Irish News
Other PressPlease specify
Job Market
WebsiteNorthern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service
If none of the above, please give details
THIS INFORMATION IS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES USE ONLY AND WILL NOT BE ATTACHED WITH YOUR APPLICATION DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS.
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT USE ONLY
This information is required only in connection with interview arrangements and will not be attached with your application at time of interview.
Name /Application For
Financial ControllerPlease select one of the following boxes as appropriate:
I am not related to any Member(s) of the NIFRS Board or Staff of Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service.
I am related to the undernoted Member(s) of the NIFRS Board or Staff of Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service:
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EQUALITY MONITORING FORM
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and job applicants, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, age, religious affiliation, political opinion, ethnic origin, dependants, or sexual orientation.
NIFRS selects those suitable for employment and advancement solely on the basis of merit. NIFRS monitors its recruitment and selection activity to ensure that equal opportunities policy is effectively implemented. To assist in this monitoring process it is necessary to ask you a number of questions.
Section A
In order to comply with legislative requirements this section must be completed. Failure to complete Section A will result in your application being rejected.
1.Gender
MaleFemaleTransgendered
2.Marital status
SingleMarriedSeparatedDivorced
WidowedCivil PartneredCivil Partner (dissolved)Co-habiting
3.Community Background and Religious Affiliation
Employers registered with the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland have a legal duty to monitor community background under the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998. Regardless of whether we practice religion most of us in Northern Ireland are seen as either Catholic or Protestant. We are therefore asking you to indicate your community background by ticking the appropriate box below:
I am a member of the Protestant community
I am a member of the Roman Catholic community
I am a member of neither the Protestant nor Roman Catholic community
Do you have a religious affiliation or other belief?
YesNo
If ‘yes’, are you:
Roman CatholicPresbyterianChurch of Ireland
MethodistBaptistother Christian denomination
HinduJewishBuddhist
SikhBaha’iMuslim
Other – please state
Section B
The following categories are monitored to promote equality of opportunity in accordance with equality legislation, and assess the extent of applicant and workforce diversity in NIFRS.
4.Political opinion
Political opinion does not relate solely to Northern Ireland politics, you are invited to describe your political opinion in the manner you believe is appropriate and this can include how others would ‘perceive or suppose’ your political opinion to be:
Unionist NationalistOther – please state
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Job Ref: N078/10/2015Candidate No:5. Ethnicity
To which of these ethnic groups do you belong?
WhiteIrish TravellerChinese
IndianBangladeshiPakistani
Black-AfricanBlack-CaribbeanMixed Ethnic Group
Black-Other
Any other ethnic group (please state)
6.National Origin
What is your country of birth and/or nationality? (please state)
7.Dependants
Do you look after or give support on a daily/weekly/monthly basis to an individual belonging to one of the following groups:
(a)a dependant child or young person YesNo
(b)an adult with long-term physical or mental health problemYesNo
(c)a dependant older person YesNo
8.Disability
In accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, a disability is defined as ‘a physical or mental impairment that has substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities'.
Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
YesNo
If ‘yes’ please specify the nature of your disability
Do you have a Specific Learning Difficulty, eg, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia?
YesNo
If ‘yes’ please specify the nature of your difficulty
If you have a disability, please suggest adjustments which may help you to overcome any disadvantages you might expect to encounter in the recruitment process:
9.Age.
Please provide: / Date of Birth / Age (Number)10.Please indicate your sexual orientation:
HeterosexualHomosexualBisexual Declining to comment
11.National Insurance No:
12.Are you an EC National? Yes No
If no - do you require a work permit to work in Northern Ireland? Yes No
13.Are you currently employed by Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service? Yes No
If yes, please state Service No:
When you have completed this monitoring form please place with your completed application form in an envelope addressed to the Equality Officer. Please note: your name must not appear anywhere on this form.
For Office Use Only
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