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APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF: Information Officer Greenspace Information for Greater London

Please read the job description and person specification thoroughly and check all questions before filling in this form. Please type or write in black ink. You may type your answers into the form or provide your answers on a separate sheet if necessary. Form Number The front page will be removed before short listing, so please do not include any (For office use only) information on this page other than that requested.

Name Address

Telephone (day) Telephone (eve.) E-mail address Other contact method Please tell us if you would need any special facilities for the interview and we will try to accommodate your request.

How did you hear about the post? (please state the name of the website/publication)

REFERENCES Please give the names of people we may contact for a reference. One should be your present or most recent employer. You must provide the names of referees for all employment in the past three years. If you have not been employed for the past three years, you may include client referees or referees for volunteering or educational activity undertaken in order to cover the three-year period. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

Which referees may we contact before the interview stage?

Name Name Address Address

E-mail E-mail Tel. No. Tel. No.

Relationship Relationships and dates? and dates?

Registered Charity Number 283895 Are you eligible to live and work in Yes  No  the UK?

Please note that legislation dictates that all non EU nationals are required to be in possession of a valid work permit before they can take up employment. We are legally obliged to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the EU. If you are shortlisted for interview we will ask you to provide appropriate documents, such as your Passport, Visa, Work Permit or Birth Certificate in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the information given on this form is correct

Signed Date

Please complete and return this form to: Recruitment, London Wildlife Trust, Dean Bradley House, 52 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AF or [email protected]

Do not use this as an additional sheet for the main part of your application

Do not send CVs

Registered Charity Number 283895 Information Officer EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS GiGL Form Number (For office use only) ______

Name and address of schools and colleges attended Examinations taken with grades.

OTHER TRAINING (e.g. first aid, practical skills, leadership, creative play etc)

Title of training Date Who delivered the Skills learned training?

Do you have a full clean driving licence held for at least one year? Yes  No 

Registered Charity Number 283895 WORK EXPERIENCE. Start with your most recent employment and work backwards. Please state whether the work was paid or unpaid.

Position held, salary, and Name and address of Paid or Full or Dates unpaid part summary of duties and reason employer ? time? From To for leaving

What is your current or most recent salary? £

Registered Charity Number 283895 INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF YOUR APPLICATION

Below are headings that relate to the person specification for the post. Please use this section to demonstrate to the short-listing panel your skills, aptitudes, knowledge and experience. Refer to your paid and unpaid work and give one or two examples of activities you have undertaken which demonstrate how you meet each of the criteria, including the desirable criteria if relevant. Be concise and use bullet points if appropriate.

ESSENTIAL

Competent user of Microsoft Office and a working knowledge of data manipulation using Excel, Access and GIS

Good administration, organisational and time management skills

Good written and verbal communication skills to relate to people from a cross section of the community.

A keen eye for detail

An understanding of the functions of an environmental records centre

Registered Charity Number 283895 Commitment to working in accordance with our equal opportunity, health and safety, safeguarding, and lone working policies.

DESIRABLE

Working knowledge of MapInfo

Working knowledge of Recorder 6

An understanding of urban open space, green infrastructure and wildlife issues

An understanding of biological recording

A good understanding of how an environmental records centre’s evidence base can be utilised in strategic and development control planning, land management and conservation

An environmental or earth sciences degree, another appropriate qualification, or experience

Registered Charity Number 283895 End

Registered Charity Number 283895