Assisi Animal Sanctuary

Application Form

Complete all sections of the application form, sign and return to Assisi Animal Sanctuary by the closing date. Please note that only fully completed application forms will be considered. CV’s are NOT accepted.

Position applied for: Operations Manager

Hours of duty: Full time position, 40 hours per week over a 7 day rota

Personal Details: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms: Do you need a permit to work in the UK? YES/NO

First Name: Give full details:

Surname:

Address:

Full Driving Licence: YES/NO Endorsements: YES/NO

Give full details: Post code:

Email:

Telephone Number:

Day Time:

Mobile: Do you have any physical or mental impairment, which Are you a member of, or do you subscribe to any animal would interfere with your ability to perform the job for orientated organisation or charities? YES/NO which you have applied, subject to any reasonable adjustment? Give full details:

YES/NO

Give full details:

Have you applied for a post with Assisi Animal Sanctuary before - if YES, which post and when?

1 Education: Name and Address of School / From To Qualifications Grade College / University Attended (Please start with the most recent and explain any gaps.)

Training Details of Professional Qualifications and Memberships held: Dates

Details of Vocational Training Attended:

Computer Skills: Please tick the appropriate box to indicate how proficient you at using the following applications. Expert Intermediate Basic WINDOWS WORD EXCEL POWERPOINT ACCESS OUTLOOK

2 Employment History – Begin with current or most recent employer Name and address of Position held Dates Reason for leaving Salary employer (Please show your From To (Please start with the most management title) recent and explain any gaps.)

What is your current notice period?

Why are you applying for this job?

Please read the Role Profile for the job and tell us below why you have applied for this position and how your skills and experience are relevant to this role. Please read the section: Experience – Essential and Desirable and give specific examples to cover the experience required, especially being in a management role for five years.

1. Please provide details of a third level qualification detailing the year, level, subject and final mark/grade.

3 2. Please demonstrate by providing personal and specific examples, 5 years’ line management experience.

(Applicants who do not hold a third level qualification must demonstrate 5 years’ line management experience)

3. Please demonstrate by providing personal and specific details your ability to make and implement difficult decisions.

4 Please Continue on another sheet if necessary.

4. Please demonstrate by providing personal and specific examples, how you possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

5 5. Please demonstrate by providing personal specific details, your experience of managing income and expenditure budgets and compiling financial reports

6 References: It is our policy to obtain references that cover your last 5 years’ employment or school/academic studies (where applicable). Any gaps should be supported by a character reference to whom you should not be related.

Name: Name: Position: Position: Address: Address:

Post code: Post code: Tel No: Tel No:

Relationship to referee: Relationship to referee:

May we approach this referee prior May we approach this referee prior to making a job offer? YES/NO to making a job offer? YES/NO

Criminal Offences Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence, or is a charge pending? YES/NO If YES, give details including the nature of the offence and the penalty (if any):

NOTE: This post is (or may be) exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1987. You are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are regarded as “spent” convictions. Any failure to disclose such convictions could lead to disqualification or dismissal. Any information given will only be used in connection with posts to which the Order applies. It should be noted that any action, which in the opinion of the interviewing panel, is construed as canvassing, would disqualify the candidate concerned.

I hereby confirm the information contained within this application is accurate. I understand that any false information or deliberate omissions will disqualify me from employment or may render me liable for dismissal.

Signed: Date:

Closing date for receipt of applications: 4.00pm on Saturday 29 October 2016 .

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8 Confidential

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Assisi Animal Sanctuary is committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment. To help us monitor the effectiveness of our Equal Opportunities Policy, you are asked to complete the following questions.

Please read the Notes Section before completion.

Please provide the following personal details by placing an X in the appropriate box below.

1. Sex: MALE FEMALE

2. Marital Status: SINGLE MARRIED WIDOWED DIVORCED OTHER

If OTHER please specify:

3. Disability is defined as physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on the individual's ability to carry out day-to-day activities.

Do you consider yourself to have a disability? YES NO

If yes, please indicate the nature of your disability by ticking the appropriate box(s) below.

1. MOBILITY 5. DEXTERITY/CO-ORDINATION 2. VISION 6. PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL 3. HEARING 7. LEARNING 4. SPEECH 8. OTHER

If OTHER please specify: ______

4. Race/Ethnic Origin:

1. WHITE 7. BLACK AFRICAN 2. CHINESE 8. BLACK CARIBBEAN 3. IRISH TRAVELLER 9. BLACK OTHER 4. PAKISTANI 10. MIXED ETHNIC GROUP 5. BANGLADESHI 11. OTHER 6. INDIAN

If OTHER please specify: ______

5. NATIONALITY Please specify: ______

6. RELIGION Please indicate the community to which you belong:

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

Thank you for your assistance.

ASSISI USE ONLY Job Reference: Date:

9 Notes

1. Assisi Animal Sanctuary is committed to equality of opportunity for all job applicants regardless of their sex, marital status, disability or religion.

2. Assisi selects those eligible and suitable for employment and advancement solely on the basis of merit and monitors its activities to ensure that its equal opportunities policy is implemented effectively.

3. The Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 prescribe the principal method of determining the community to which applicants belong as the direct question. Where an applicant fails to complete the question, Assisi is obliged in accordance with the Fair Employment Code of Practice, to use the residual method which means that a determination will be made on the basis of personal information on the applicants form.

4. This information will be treated as confidential and will be held securely. Access to this information will not be available to persons considering your application for employment.

5. Monitoring will involve the use of statistical summaries of information in which the identity of individuals will not appear. The information will not be available for any purpose other than equal opportunities monitoring except where it is specifically requested by a statuary body.

6. It should be noted that it is an offence, under the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998, to give false information to an employer who is seeking information from job applicants.

7. If you have queries regarding this form please contact:

The Company Secretary Assisi Animal Sanctuary 1 Old Bangor Road Conlig Co Down BT23 7PU