Welcome to Huddersfield New College A Guide for New Applicants Dear Applicant I am delighted that you are considering joining our staff at Huddersfield New College. We are extremely proud of our college. Although the College operates in a highly competitive environment, the College has proved a very popular choice with students across Kirklees. We currently have 2,300 full-time students aged 16-19 enrolled at the College. The College has an inclusive approach and we are ambitious that each one of our students achieves at the highest level, whatever their starting point. We are looking for staff who are committed to the very best teaching and student support and who can help our students to realise their potential. If you believe you can inspire and motivate our students to achieve their very best, whether as a teacher or a member of support staff, both of which are critical to the College’s and students’ success, we very much look forward to receiving your application and to welcoming you to our happy, caring and supportive College. Yours sincerely Angela Williams Principal Guidance Notes for Applicants Thank you for expressing an interest in working at the College. Please read these guidance notes before completing the application form. • How should I complete the application form? Yes. The application form should be completed in black ink (pen) or typescript to facilitate photocopying. The decision to short-list you for interview will be based on the information you provide on the application form. To help us to make Completed applications can be returned electronically as an email effective and logical short-listing decisions, we require you to complete attachment to [email protected] or alternatively posted to: your application form to a standard and systematic format. The example below, which shows how section 6 of the application form is Human Resources set out, is intended to help you to complete your application form to Huddersfield New College the required standard. New Hey Road Huddersfield Example West Yorkshire If one of the criteria for the role is ‘previous experience in an HD3 4GL administrative role’, in the ‘Evidence’ column you might write something like: • Who can I contact for advice on completing the application form? ‘In my current role I undertake a wide range of administrative duties on a daily basis, including typing, filing, answering the telephone and If you have any queries about applying for a post and how the producing various documents using Microsoft Word and Excel. I am a application form should be completed, the Human Resources highly organised person and pride myself on the level of attention to department will be happy to assist you. Please contact Human detail I have, as it is important to me to produce accurate and well- Resources on 01484 652341 extension 2364 or via email to the email presented work. I am efficient and have received praise from my line address above. manager on my administrative skills. Ultimately, other people are relying on me to do a good job and I know that my role is crucial in terms of • What happens after I have returned an application form? others being able to do their jobs effectively.’ The application form must be completed and returned to the College In section 6 of the application form you will find a number of questions on or before the specified closing date and time. Only in exceptional related to the role for which you are applying. These questions relate circumstances will a late application be considered. to the criteria set out on the person specification for the role and your We will contact short-listed candidates after the closing date and suitability for the role will be assessed against these criteria. You must invite them to attend a selection event. Every effort is made to inform therefore respond to each question in section 6, providing as much applicants of the status of their application, even if they detail as possible, providing examples from your current or most have not been short-listed but in the event that you do not hear recent role and with a focus on the outcomes/impact of your actions/ from us, please assume that, on this occasion, your application responses in different situations. has not been successful. • If I miss out one of the criteria and don’t provide evidence of how I meet it, will that go against me? We have a scoring system for short-listing applications so if you don’t acknowledge one or more of the criteria for a post (apart from those that are not being assessed at application stage – see the * in the assessment methods columns on the person specification) you will not receive any points for those. Scores are given based on the quality of explanations detailed in the ‘evidence’ column. • Can I complete my application electronically? By Car onto the A643, which runs alongside the M62. Getting here From M1 Junction 38 • Continue until the roundabout at • Exit the M1 and join the A637 Junction 23 and take the first exit onto Huddersfield New College, New Hey Road, towards Huddersfield. the A640, New Hey Road. Huddersfield, HD3 4GL • Continue on the A637 and then join • Continue for about ¾ mile. Take the the A642 and subsequently A629 first right after passing The Spotted www.huddnewcoll.ac.uk towards Huddersfield Cow public house on the left and [email protected] // 01484 652341 • At the roundabout with the A62 take Huddersfield New College will be the first exit into Queensgate (the found at the end of this road. University of Huddersfield will be on the left). By Train • Continue on the A62 until the junction with the A640 and turn left, signposted • The nearest station is Huddersfield. for the M62 (West). • For further information on train times • Go straight ahead at two roundabouts, and fares, please telephone the pass the Merrie England coffee shop National Rail Enquiry Line on on the right hand side and the entrance 08457 484950. to Huddersfield New College (and • Salendine Nook High School) is the By Bus second turning on the left. • Take either the 370 from Westgate or the From M62 Junction 24 (Westbound) 377/538 from Huddersfield Bus Station. • Leave the M62 at Junction 24 and join Please telephone 0113 245 7676. the A629, signposted Huddersfield. • At the roundabout take the first exit Staff & Student Testimonies Huddersfield New College is a great place to work, but don’t just take our word for it... Michael Fleary, Angela Dalgleish, Teacher of Sport Receptionist Since joining HNC in 2009, I have been made to feel more than I thoroughly enjoy welcome in settling in to my role. I received a letter of introduction working at Huddersfield from my induction mentor in the summer and information on of New College. It is a very what my first year would consist. caring and supportive college for both students On my first day, the organisation of the induction process was and staff. I was allocated very apparent. Receiving an induction file with a calendar of a mentor right from the training dates and other events helped ease me in to the college. start; this made me feel A very simple event, which I found to be very useful, was the start very welcome. The of year staff briefing, which allowed other staff to see my face and also for me to meet other induction training was thorough and well organised. members of staff around the college. This may seem an obvious type of event to run, but Personal development is always encouraged. As isn’t something I’ve always experienced with other employers. receptionist, I am a member of the support staff but here at Huddersfield New College both support and I was a newly qualified teacher when I joined the College and although I found the start teaching staff are all one team. Staff and students of my first year challenging, I felt much supported by my team and other colleagues. are very friendly. My job as receptionist is very busy There have always been people to turn to for advice and there is a tremendous ethos in and no two days are the same, which I like. I really the department of sharing resources and other good teaching practice, which has been enjoy helping students and visitors to the college. reassuring and has prevented me from reinventing the wheel where certain subject areas It’s a happy and enjoyable place to work. have already been delivered by others in the past. The College organises a wide range of staff wellbeing and social activities, and these help to improve the atmosphere around the campus and in-turn help improve the quality of what Dominic Phillips, we do as teachers. The sports team is very diverse but a very fun crowd to be part of, and I Former Vice President have definitely been made to feel welcome even before my first official day of work. of the Student Union Huddersfield New College is not only for me Matt Darlington, a fantastic place to learn Exams Assistant and study, it is also a friendly workplace. In my I started working at Huddersfield New College in January 2011, time at the College I was shortly after graduating with a History degree from York University. the Vice President of the Needless to say I feel very lucky to have found such an interesting College’s Student Union, and rewarding job in these tough times. The work is always varied a Student Diversity Champion and a Governor.