APPLICATION FORM

Position applied for: Youth Empowerment Programme Manager, the Asfari Foundation

Please fill out the form below making sure you answer all the questions and tick relevant boxes. Please email your completed form to 09.00 on Monday 10 October 2016. We will not accept CVs.

  1. Personal information

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Address (including postcode)
Landline phone number
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Email address
National Insurance Number / Date available to start
  1. Eligibility to work in the UK

Please note that you must be eligible to work in the UK before taking up this position.

Are you eligible to work in the UK?Yes No

Please explain what right you have to work in the UK:

  1. Current (or most recent) employment (including internships or volunteer posts)

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Website of organisation
Date started / Date left (and reason for leaving)
Brief summary of main responsibilities and achievements:
Notice period required
  1. Previous employment

Please write here details of your relevant previous employment, including any part-time or freelance jobs and any relevant voluntary work. start with your most recent employment experience and list in chronological order.

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Leaving
  1. Education and qualifications

Please use this space to tell us about your education including any current courses of study. Please start with the most recent and list chronologically.

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(date) / To
(date) / Name and address of school, university or college / Qualifications gained (eg BA, MSc), including grade (where applicable) and date

Do you have any relevant professional qualifications?Yes No

If yes, please provide details below:

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Are you a member of any relevant professional body?Yes No

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  1. Language skills

What languages do you speak, and to what level?

Basic / Conversational / Working / Fluent / Mother tongue
English
Arabic
  1. IT skills

Please describe below your IT skills, including packages you are familiar with.

  1. About you

Please use the following questions to tell us about yourself and your suitability for the advertised post. Unless otherwise stated, please note that answers are limited to 1,000 characters.

a)Why are you interested in this post with the Asfari Foundation?

b)Using the criteria listed in the job description and person specification, please explain why you believe you would be a good candidate for the position of Youth Empowerment Programme Manager at the Asfari Foundation. Please provide relevant examples of how your past experience would help you in the role (2,500 character maximum).

c)What, in your view, are the three most important challenges facing young people in the Foundation’s target countries?

d)Please give an example of when you used innovation in a development project.

e)Are you able to travel to Palestine, Turkey and Lebanon on a regular basis? (we will not ask you to travel to Syria under the current circumstances)

f)What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

  1. Referees

Please give the names and addresses two referees (at least one of whom should be your current or most recent employer). Note that we will not contact your referees until after the interview stage and will ask your permission before we do so.

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Your relationship to referee
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  1. Where you learnt about us

Where did you first hear about this vacancy?

CharityJob.co.uk

LinkedIn

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Word of mouth

Reliefweb

Guardian Jobs

I received an email from my contacts

Other (please specify)

  1. Please fill out the table below, giving concrete evidence of the level of experience or knowledge you have against the person specification requirements in the column on the left (1,000 character limit per question).

A relevant degree.
A proven track record in programme management.
Proven knowledge and experience in the field of youth education, employment and enterprise, including vocational training and higher education.
Extensive experience in or knowledge of the Arab region in general and the Levant in particular, with in-depth experience in at least one of the Foundation’s Arab target countries.
Experience in grant-making.
Excellent interpersonal skills, enabling the fostering and maintenance of strong relationships with a variety of partners in several countries.
Excellent English oral and written communication skills.
Good research and analytical skills.
An ability to handle all Programme administration.
Ability to travel to the Foundation’s target countries and in the UK (no travel to Syria will currently be required) for up to ten weeks a year.
Self-motivated, mature, flexible.
Highly organised with good attention to detail.
Sensitivity to Arab culture; tact and diplomacy.
Enthusiastic and innovative.
Able to work independently and in a team.
A passion for development, the Arab world, and open and just societies.
Commitment to the Foundation’s vision and values.
A good working knowledge of Arabic.
Familiarity with emergency or refugee contexts.
  1. Declaration

I certify that my answers to the questions on this form and in any supporting information are true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

If this application leads to employment, I understand that false or misleading information in my application or interview may result in the termination of my contract of employment.

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