ARTLIFT

Application Form

Thank you for applying to the role of Executive Director.

Please complete the application form below and take note of the key dates below.

Personal Details

Title, e.g. Ms./Mr. / Address:
First Name (s):
Surname: / Post Code:

E-mail address:

Daytime phone:

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Evenings/Weekends phone:

We will likely contact you by email if you are shortlisted for interview. Please also let us know what time of the day would be most convenient to contact you, should we need to call you.

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ARTLIFT is a Registered charity and charitable incorporated organisation.
Registered Charity No. 1151580.

ARTLIFT is a registered trademark and protected by copyright.

Please describe the experience, knowledge and skills you would bring to the post. Please list any professional qualifications, personal experiences, employed or voluntary roles.Maximum 700 words.
Why are you interested in the role with Artlift? Please make particular reference to the role requirements described in the job description and person specification.

Max 250 words

Is there anything else you want to tell us about yourself that is relevant to this role with Artlift? Max 250 words

Conflict of Interest:

a) Are you related to a Board member of Artlift or any of their employees?
Yes  /

No 

/ If ‘Yes’ please give details.
This will not necessarily prevent you from being appointed.
b) Have you been convicted of a criminal offence (other than motoring offences and spent convictions)
Yes*  / No  / *If ‘Yes’, this does not necessarily prevent you from being appointed. However, we Trustees would need to have details of the offence and dates, to be able to consider this on a case by case basis. Please give details in a sealed envelope marked with your name.
c) Are you involved in commissioning/grant giving or fundraising that might be a conflict of interest in your role on Artlift’s Board? / If yes, please explain if you have any suggestions in how we could legitimately manage and conflict of interest to enable you to carry out the role?
Yes*  / No 
Do you need work permit to be employed in the UK?
Yes  No 
If you already have a work permit, when does it expire?
(please note that your current work permit may not be valid for this post)
Access Needs
Please indicate if you have any access needs, and let us know how Artlift can support you to ensure that you can fulfil your role.
Referees: Please give details of two people who are prepared to act as referees for you. A Referee should be someone who has known you for at least 2 years. Please state your relationship to the referee (e.g. friend, previous employer, your support worker, your GP, your tutor). References will only be taken up for applicants selected for interview, and you should ensure your referees are in a position to respond promptly.
Name: / Name:
Position / Position Held by Referee:
Organisation: / Organisation:
Address:
Post Code: / Post Code:
Telephone: / Telephone:
May we contact prior to interview?
Yes X No / May we contact prior to interview?
Yes  No 
I confirm the details in this form are correct
Signature (email signature on pdf document is acceptable)
***Please send both pdf signed version and MS Word version when submitting your application.***
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Date:

Please return by email to:

Please email your pdf and MS Word version of the application to: Thrisha Haldar, Executive Director, Artlift

please add ‘Artlift Executive Director Role in the subject heading

Data Protection Statement
The information that you provide on this form and that obtained from other relevant sources will be used to process your application. The personal information that you give us will also be used in a confidential manner to help us monitor our recruitment process.
If you succeed in your application, the information will be used in the administration of your employment with us. We may also use the information if there is a complaint or legal challenge relevant to this recruitment process. We may check the information collected, with third parties or with other information held by us. We may also use or pass to certain third parties information to prevent or detect crime, to protect public funds or in other ways as permitted by law.
By signing the application form it will be assumed by Artlift that you agree to the processing of sensitive personal data, (as described above), in accordance with Data Protection law.

APPLICATION, RECRUITMENT AND INDUCTION TIMELINE

Activity

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Deadline

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Location

Deadline for applications. / 9am Tuesday 7th November / Please submit applications in MS Word format and email to :
Shortlisted applicants invited to interview / 15th/16th November / Applicants will be contacted by email or by phone.
Interviews. / Monday 21st November / In Dursley, Gloucestershire.
2nd Interview / Monday 28th November / In Dursley, Gloucestershire.
Candidate appointed / By first week of December / Applicants will be contacted by telephone to inform them of outcome.
Contract agreed / By Christmas, with a view to January start.
Induction to Artlift and handover
Meet with Artlift Director for overview of the organisation, funding streams, staff, turnover, key reporting deadlines.
Meet with former post-holder for detailed handover, questions etc.
Meet with Artlift Artists and Trustees / To be agreed with incumbent and newly appointed Executive Director, but ideally 2 handover will take before Christmas, and 2 days in the early new year.
TBC / Likely to be May Lane Surgery, Dursley.

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ARTLIFT is a Registered charity and charitable incorporated organisation.
Registered Charity No. 1151580.

ARTLIFT is a registered trademark and protected by copyright.