General Guidance
- Please complete all sections of the application form fully and truthfully. CVs are acceptable if you have a visual impairment
- Please type or print using dark ink
- A separate application must be made for each position applied for
- Please make certain that your application form is received by the closing date
- If you receive an invitation to interview and are unable to attend, we would ask you to advise us immediately as it may be possible to make alternative arrangements
Personal Details
We guarantee to interview any disabled applicant who matches all the essential attributes required of the job. A disability is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect upon their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
If the post you are applying for requires extensive travelling and you do not have a driving licence you should have access to personal transport in order to fulfil this requirement.
References
Please provide details of two referees, one of which must be your present or most recent employer unless you have never worked in paid employment. If this is the case, you may give the name of a person who can confirm the information that you have provided and comment on your suitability for the job. References must not be provided by partners or relations. References will be requested automatically if you are shortlisted for interview.
Qualifications
Please give details of any relevant qualifications obtained at school or through further or higher education. Also provide details of your membership of any appropriate professional bodies.
Employment
Please provide details of your current employment including your gross salary and a summary of the main duties of your job. Also provide details of your previous employment including a short description of the purpose of each job and the reason that you left.
List your previous employment details in date order with the most recent first. Include periods of voluntary, home-based or casual work accounting for any gaps in employment not spent in further or higher education.
Statement in Support of Application
Please use this section to provide evidence and examples of how you meet the attributes detailed in the person specification. You should provide details of your skills, abilities, experience (both within and outwith work), training, continuous professional development and qualifications and explain how these are relevant to the person specification.
If you have never been in paid employment or have not worked for a long time, provide evidence from your experience outside work including voluntary/community work, leisure activities, domestic responsibilities or student placement. You should continue your statement on an attached separate sheet if necessary.
Criminal Convictions
Applications for most jobs do not oblige you to mention spent convictions when applying for a job. A spent conviction is one that can be ignored after a rehabilitation period that is a set length from the date of conviction.
Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003 applications for certain jobs, (generally where you will have substantial access to children or vulnerable adults) require you to declare all criminal convictions that you have had or any criminal convictions still pending. If you are applying for such a job you must declare all convictions including those that are ‘spent’ for other purposes under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974.
The application form that you receive will guide you as to what type of convictions you are required to declare but if you have any doubt about the information you are required to provide, please contact Personnel Services.
Relationships to Council Staff/Elected Members
Please give details of any elected member or employee of the Council to whom you are related. Deliberately omitting to make such a declaration may disqualify an applicant, or lead to dismissal if discovered after appointment.