Lancashire County Online - Apply for a job vacancy

Personal information is to identify you in case we wish to shortlist you. Please ensure it is accurate as this is our only way of contacting you. You must enter your National Insurance number on the application in order for your application to be considered. If you do not have a National Insurance number but are able to work in the UK without a restriction, you will need to provide full details for verification at interview before any job offer can be made.

If you are called for an interview, you will be asked to provide evidence of your qualifications.

List your schools/colleges and qualifications. Do not miss any identified in the person specification or you may disqualify yourself. If you are awaiting results, give the expected grade if possible. Make clear that this result is still uncertain. Whilst a specific qualification may have been requested, it is recognised that a number of equivalent qualifications may have preceded or replaced the example given, and if you feel this is the case, please list on the qualifications page.

We will accept qualifications, e.g. degrees, obtained from abroad if they are demonstrably equivalent to UK qualifications.

List your previous employment, including voluntary work, starting with the most recent. You should try to make the information you give as full and accurate as possible.

If this is your first job after leaving education, please list any part-time, casual and unpaid work, especially if there is a link to the post for which you are applying. Please indicate the reasons for any gaps in employment records, unless legally exempt.

You must account for any gaps in employment if you are applying for a job that involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults.

Give details of your present or last employer – give a contact name, full address including postcode, the exact date of appointment, and (if appropriate) the date you left. Try to give an actual salary/grade, not an approximate. Your notice period is important. If you are not presently working but have commitments that prevent you from immediately taking up the post, please give your earliest start date. If this is your first job after leaving education, give the school/college’s name and address in place of the employer’s name and address, and your date of leaving. Disregard the other items.

List any training that is relevant to this post, even if it was undertaken outside your formal employment.

Please give details of current professional membership or apprenticeship. List your membership or professional bodies/associations. If membership of a professional body is a requirement for this post, make sure you state it here or you may disqualify yourself.

Your referees should be two people who can comment on your ability to do the job for which you are applying. If you are currently in employment one referee should be your present employer. If you are a student, one referee should be your tutor. If you are unemployed, please give details of your last employer. Do not use referees who you live with, unless they are your current or last employer. We will only request references for the successful applicant. If you are the successful applicant and have asked us not to contact your referee, this will delay confirmation of an offer of appointment, as it is against Council policy to confirm an appointment without satisfactory references. Completing these details is part of the application process. If you fail to complete or disclose it, we will not consider your application further.

Please read the terms of your application. Your signature is required, it will be asked for at interview. Confirm that the information you have supplied is complete and truthful and that you agree to the information being processed and used by the Council for the purposes of recruitment, monitoring and, if appropriate, subsequent employment. Your signature also confirms that you understand that, to prevent and detect possible fraud, we may share this information with other appropriate organisations; and that to give false information would lead to you being disqualified from consideration or if appointed may result in your dismissal.

Carefully read the information in the Person Specification and identify examples of work you have done, or activities from outside work, that demonstrate how you have identified,  addressed and learnt from challenges or problems that may now help you to meet similar demands in the job you are applying for. It is important that you address each of the essential requirements in the Person Specification in completing this section. Use the list of essentials as headings to identify how you consider you meet each one. We will only consider you for shortlisting if you give evidence that you meet the essential requirements. Carefully read the Person Specification and the Job Description. Identify any skills or competencies you have which are relevant to the post for which you are applying. These need not be skills you have developed as a direct result of past work – they may be something from your hobbies or interests that you can use to help you do this job. If you have any other information that you feel may help us in making a decision about your suitability for this post, then tell us in this section.

Lancashire County Council strives to be an equal opportunities employer and challenges all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination. If you disclose a criminal conviction, formal caution or binding-over order, this will not necessarily disqualify you from consideration for employment unless the nature of the offence(s) and the work you will be doing is covered by the exemption provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 or other legislation restricting and governing those working in particular areas of employment. The Council is registered with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and for appropriate posts makes background checks on potential employees. This may disclose details of cautions, reprimands and final warnings as well as convictions. Please see below for definitions of criminal convictions.

Definitions

Conviction - A person is found guilty of an illegal act/offence through Court prosecution. They may have pleaded Guilty or Not Guilty.

Caution - Imposed by the Police on an adult as an alternative to prosecution for an offence. The offender MUST have admitted guilt before the caution can be imposed. Used for less serious offences or where culpability is lower.

Reprimand - Imposed on a young Person (14 – 18 years) as an alternative to prosecution for an offence. The offender MUST have admitted guilt before the caution can be imposed. Used for less serious offences or where culpability is lower.

Final Warning - The next level of seriousness from a reprimand, issued to a young person (14 – 18 Years) who has admitted the offence. Slightly more serious than a reprimand, but not serious enough to warrant prosecution.

NB.  Cautions, Reprimands and Final Warnings are not convictions but the offender would have to admit to the offence to be issued with the sanction. They all remain on the person’s criminal record and would be cited in future criminal proceedings in the same way as convictions.

Some posts require you to have a driving licence, access to a car or both, and not giving this information may disqualify you from further consideration. However in certain circumstances consideration may be given to applicants who as a consequence of disability are unable to drive. You only need to complete this part if it is relevant to the post.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities.

A disability is a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and adverse long-term effect on an individual’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. This can also include people with a past disability or people with a severe disfigurement.

If a disability or health problem prevents you from carrying out some aspects of a post, you are not excluded from applying, as it may be possible to adjust some of the duties.

If as a result of a disability you have difficulty completing the form, you may submit a CV. We can on request provide information in large print, in Braille on tape or electronically.

Applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum essential requirements are guaranteed an interview.

Date of Birth

This information is required for monitoring and legal purposes.

Gender

Under current UK legislation this is your sex as registered at birth.

Ethnic Origin

Please select the appropriate box as you define your ethnic/cultural/racial origin.

Marital Status

This information helps to ensure that consideration of marital status does not influence our appointments.

Media Type

Advertising and recruitment are expensive, and as a public body using public funds we wish to ensure that this activity is appropriately carried out at minimum cost. Information on the places our applicants use when job hunting helps us to achieve better, more targeted and cost-effective recruitment in the future.

Please note that we will NOT show the monitoring information to members of the Selection Panel. It will be used solely for monitoring purposes. Completing this section and others on this monitoring page helps us to ensure that our policies and procedures do not discriminate.

You must not canvas (ask someone to apply influence to help you get an appointment) councillors or other employees of the Council to gain you an unfair advantage. Such actions may result in your application or subsequent employment being challenged.

Short listing and Interviews normally take place within 28 days of the closing date unless otherwise stated in the advertisement. If you have not been contacted within 28 days of the closing date, you should assume your application has not been successful.