APPLICATION FORM EDUCATION SUPPORT OFFICER (ESO 1)

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APPLICATION FORM EDUCATION SUPPORT OFFICER (ESO 1) Please carefully complete all sections of this form and return it before the closing date to: The Administrator, Armagh Planetarium, College Hill,

1 APPLICATION FORM EDUCATION SUPPORT OFFICER (ESO 1) Please carefully complete all sections of this form and return it before the closing date to: The Administrator, Armagh Planetarium, College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DB. Personal Details Late submissions will NOT be considered. Surname: Former Surname: Other names: National Insurance Number: Your home address: Telephone No. (Including STD code): Mobile No: address: By completing this form you are agreeing to complete the necessary paperwork so that Armagh Planetarium may process a disclosure certification on your behalf. Do you require a work permit to take up employment in the UK? If yes, please give reasons YES / NO If selected for interview, you will be required to provide documentary proof of your elegibility to work in the UK. Please detail your absences from work due to illness in the last 2 years including dates. ESO Job Application Form Nov

2 Employment History (Please list your current/last employer first and provide reasons for gaps in employment) Name of Dates Employer From To Position & Duties (Include reasons for leaving/wanting to leave & notice period required by current employer.) Salary & Benefits ESO Job Application Form Nov

3 ESO JOB SPECIFICATIONS ESSENTIAL CRITERIA 1. Please list details of your secondary level educational qualifications (GCSEs, A-Levels or equivalent) Examination Subjects Grades Year (Applicants should note that documentary proof of all academic qualifications must be provided before any appointment to the post can be confirmed) 2. Do you hold a current full driving licence? Do you have any endorsements on your licence? YES / NO If YES, please provide details. 3. Please demonstrate with specific examples that you have a full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint. ESO Job Application Form Nov

4 4. The Planetarium requires staff to be flexible, including working unsocial hours. Can you confirm that you can work flexible 7 day rotas including weekends: Saturday YES / NO Sunday YES / NO Public Holidays YES / NO Evening work YES / NO And occasional travelling and staying overnight as necessary throughout Ireland YES / NO (During the normal full-time rota this means that staff work 5 weekdays, plus a full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and a further 5 weekdays with the following weekend days off). 5. Please provide a detailed example of a time when you had to explain a difficult concept in a simple way. 6. Provide a detailed account of an event that you organised or that you helped to organise for a large group of people in a formal or informal setting. ESO Job Application Form Nov

5 ESO JOB SPECIFICATIONS DESIRABLE CRITERIA 1. Do you have a degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematical subject? YES / NO Please provide full details of any tertiary level qualifications which you have. Title of your degree (BA, BSc Hons, PGCE, Diploma, MSc, PhD etc.) Awarded in (History, Physics, Geography, Maths and so on) Grade (First, 2.1, 2.2, 3 rd class) Year when awarded Which degree awarding institution? 2. Can you demonstrate an interest in astronomy and science, e.g. external courses taken, professional or amateur society membership etc? 3. Please provide detailed examples of your experience of marketing or advertising. 4. Please provide detailed evidence of your experience working in a science centre or tourist attraction. ESO Job Application Form Nov

6 5. Please provide detailed evidence of your working knowledge of telescopes. Please outline your career aspirations and why you would like to be considered for the position of Education Support Officer at the Armagh Planetarium. ESO Job Application Form Nov

7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Use this space for any further information that will support your application. ESO Job Application Form Nov

8 REFEREES Please provide the name, contact address, telephone or fax number, mobile phone number, and address of two people who have supervised you, either in your employment, or in your education, and who are in a position to assess your character, reliability, skills and experience. (One must be your current/most recent employer. Referees must not be related to you.) Name: Address: Name: Address: Occupation: Telephone/mobile phone no: address: Occupation: Telephone/mobile phone no: address: May we approach your current employer for a reference if we consider you for appointment? YES / NO NB Only applications that contain all of the requested information will be considered. It is your responsibility to provided clear evidence to substantiate any claims, qualifications that you hold. Any candidate who provides false information or wilfully to have suppressed any material fact will be liable to disqualification or, if already appointed, instant dismissal. COMPLETED APPLICATIONS (INCLUDING POSTAL APPLICATIONS) MUST REACH THE ADMINISTRATOR, ARMAGH PLANETARIUM, COLLEGE HILL, ARMAGH, BT61 9DB (TELEPHONE ) by CLOSING TIME AND DATE: 4pm on Thursday 24 th November 2011 Late applications will not be accepted. Please ensure that your Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form is included with your returned application in a separate sealed envelope. DECLARATION I confirm that the information I have provided on this form is factually accurate and correct and I understand and accept that any false statement, misrepresentation, or omission may render me liable to dismissal if engaged. If offered an appointment, I agree to undergo a pre-employment medical examination if required and to provide documentary proof of all qualifications. By signing and returning this application, I consent to the Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium using and keeping information about me, including information provided by me, third parties such as referees, and details relating to any AccessNI check. You have applied for a post which is governed by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (NI) Order If you are offered an appointment as an Education Support Officer at Armagh Planetarium, you must consent to an enhanced disclosure check through AccessNI. By signing this you have given your permission for this check to be carried out. Any offer of employment is conditional upon a satisfactory outcome of this check. Do you have a criminal record which would preclude you working with children and vulnerable adults? YES / NO Signed: Date: How did you hear of this vacancy? Newspaper advert (which paper?) NI Jobs website Word of mouth Armagh Planetarium website Other website Other ESO Job Application Form Nov

9 THE GOVERNORS OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM CONSENT TO ACCESSNI ENHANCED DISCLOSURE CHECK FORM (Return with your application form) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT AND CONSENT TO ACCESSNI ENHANCED DISCLOSURE CHECK BY APPLICANTS FOR POSTS INVOLVING WORK WITH CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS You have applied for a post which is governed by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order Before appointing anyone to such a post, it is our policy to ask for an enhanced disclosure check to be carried out by AccessNI. This check is to make sure that individuals who might be a risk to children and vulnerable adults are not appointed. CONSENT TO ACCESSNI ENHANCED DISCLOSURE CHECK Do you have any prosecutions pending or have you ever been convicted at a court or cautioned by the police for any offence? YES NO If yes, please list below details of all pending prosecutions, convictions, cautions, or bind-over orders. Give as much information as you can, including, if possible, the offence, the approximate date of the court hearing and the court which dealt with the matter. (please continue overleaf) ESO Job Application Form Nov

10 Have you ever been the subject of an Adult or Child Abuse investigation? YES NO If yes, please list full details below. If possible please provide the approximate date/s. NAME: POSITION APPLIED FOR: ANY SURNAME PREVIOUSLY KNOWN BY: PRESENT ADDRESS: POST CODE: PREVIOUS ADDRESSES: (within the last 5 years) POST CODE: DATE OF BIRTH: PLACE OF BIRTH: I understand that an AccessNI Enhanced Disclosure Check (as specified above) must be carried out before an offer of appointment can be confirmed. I am aware that spent convictions may be disclosed. I declare that the information I have given is accurate and I consent to the check being made. SIGNATURE: DATE: ESO Job Application Form Nov

11 THE GOVERNORS OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (Return with your application form) Please note that this form is regarded as part of your application and failure to complete and return it will result in disqualification. Post: Education Support Officer Ref: For Official Use Only It is the policy of the Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium to ensure that all eligible persons have equal opportunities for employment and advancement in the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium on the basis of their ability, qualifications and aptitude. The Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium select those suitable for appointment solely on the basis of merit without regard to an individual s religious belief, political opinion, trade union membership, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, colour or ethnic origin. In order to ensure that the equal opportunity policy of the Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium is effectively implemented, applications for employment are monitored in terms of gender and community background. Gender Please tick as appropriate Male Female Community Background The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (the Order) outlaws discrimination on the basis of religious belief or political opinion. The information below is required in connection with the requirements of the Order. The use and confidentiality of community background information is protected by the Order. It will be used only for monitoring the effectiveness of the equal opportunities policy of the Governors and to comply with statutory obligations of the Order. Please indicate your community background by ticking the box below: I have a Protestant community background I have a Roman Catholic community background I have neither a Protestant nor a Roman Catholic community background ESO Job Application Form Nov

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