Vacancy Application Form

West of England Music and Arts – job application form

You can save this form as you progress and continue at a later date. Just click any of the orange ‘Save & Resume' buttons and follow the instructions.

Although you can save as you go, you may also like to gather the following information before starting.

Your national insurance number
Your education history (post 16)
Details of any qualifications relevant to the role
Your employment history, covering all dates since leaving education
A personal statement, demonstrating your suitability for the role
Contact details of your referees
A range of declarations and consents as required by recruitment and safeguarding law

If you need help completing this form, please contact us.

Application type

Which post are you applying for?

Music Teacher / Music Leader (open advert)

Creative Practitioner, Wellbeing Practioner, Access Support Worker

Other advertised role

What is your specialism? (enter which instruments you teach or curriculum phases etc)

Which post are you applying for?

Which post(s) are you applying for? (tick as many as you wish)

Access Support Worker

If applicable to the post for which you are applying, please state the number of hours you wish to work? (eg Full Time, 3 days per week, 10 hours per week etc)

If the job advert stated an interview date, please tell us any times on the advertised interview date(s) when you are not available.

Where did you see or hear about this vacancy?

Personal Information

Title

Legal First Name

Preferred First Name

Last Name

Please list any other names by which you have been known (eg maiden name), or enter NONE if appropriate

Your National Insurance Number

Email

Phone Number

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

Town / City

County

Postcode

Education and Qualifications

Please tell us about your education and qualifications. Start with the most recent and work backwards chronologically and include all formal post-16 qualifications (eg college/sixth form onwards).

You can list all courses/subjects taken at the same time (eg A-Levels) on the same line. Just list your grades in the same order as you list the subjects.

If you need more lines, click the + button on the right of a line to add a line below. You can delete a line by clicking the ‘-‘ button.

Qualifications

Dates (from – to)	Establishment	Course(s) / Subject(s)	Qualification(s) / Grade(s)

Please list any accreditations/memberships etc not shown above

Employment details

Please detail all employment since leaving full time education. Start with the most recent employment and work backwards in order.

If you have been self-employed you can use the first text box to tell us about this work.

All employment must be listed in the employment section.

If there are any gaps in your (self)-employment, you must tell us why in the last box.

Self Employment

If you have been self-employed and it's clearer to tell us about this work in free text (rather than the employment section below), please give brief information here, including dates, a sample of who you have worked for and what type of work you were doing. Please then complete the first line under ‘current employment' stating the dates and self-employment. Also declare any employment below this.

Employment

Current employment start date

Current employer

Current job title

Give a brief description of the duties you perform in this role

Please continue giving further employment history, in chronological order starting with the most recent.

Please give start and end dates, name of employer, your job title and a brief description of your duties.

You must account for all dates since leaving education, either through employment history or by telling us about any gaps in your employment (eg raising family).

Please enter one employment on each line.

To add another employment history, click the + on the right of the last line to create a new entry. You can click the – button to remove a line. Please add your employment history in order, starting with the most recent.

Previous Employment Details

Previous/other employment dates

Previous/other employer

Previous/other job title

Give a brief description of the duties you performed in this role

If there are any gaps between the dates you have given in your employment history above, please explain them. If none, please write ‘none'.

Supporting Statement

This section is an important part of your application. We need you to give specific information to support your application so that we can shortlist in a fair and unbiased way.

Please make sure you read and respond to the job description and person specification in your personal statement as these are the criteria we use to assess your application.

We recommend that you provide as much evidence as possible to show how your skills, abilities, knowledge and experience meet the selection criteria in the job description/person specification or job family.

You should, wherever possible, give actual examples from your experience.

Supporting Statement.

Additional Questions

Do you need a work permit or to be on a registration scheme to work in the UK?

Yes

No

Please give details

Do you have any interests or relationships/family which might conflict with your application or employment

Yes

No

Please give details

Have you previously been employed or sought employment with West of England Music and Arts

Yes

No

Please give details

Referees

You must provide details of 2 referees, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.

If you are applying for a role working with Children and/or vulnerable adults, both should be people who can comment on your work with these groups. If you are unable to provide this, please offer other referees, but we may need to seek further information about your previous work as part of our pre-employment checks.

First referee name

Their organisation and job title

Their Email

In what capacity and how long have they known you

May we contact your first referee prior to interview?

Yes

No

Second referee name

Their organisation and job title

Their Email

In what capacity and how long have they known you

May we contact your second referee prior to interview?

Yes

No

Online checks

As part of our recruitment and due diligence process, WEMA carries out an online check on all shortlisted candidates for paid roles and volunteer roles. This involves a search of publicly available information online, including a search engine query of your name and a review of any publicly visible social media profiles.

For roles working directly with children or vulnerable adults, the check is carried out in line with paragraph 225 of Keeping Children Safe in Education. For other roles, the check is carried out as part of our wider due diligence on suitability.

We will not log in to any platform, ask for passwords, or attempt to view private content. The check is carried out once, as a snapshot, by a member of staff. Any matters arising will be discussed with you at interview.

Information collected during this check is held securely and processed in line with our Data Protection Policy. For more information, please contact us at dpo@wema.org.uk.

Please tick:

I understand that, should I be shortlisted for interview, a check of my online presence will be undertaken

Declarations

I confirm to the best of my knowledge and belief that the information given on this form is correct. I understand that any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, medical assessment and criminal record checks. Any misleading statement or deliberate omission may disqualify this application and lead to instant dismissal if employment has started.

I confirm and understand the above statement

I consent to the necessary enquiries and checks being undertaken in order to confirm that the information included in this application form is correct, to verify the authenticity of my qualifications and to ascertain whether I have any relevant criminal record which may make me unsuitable for the post applied for, including the on-line ‘Status Check' using the DBS's Update Service and an External Validation Service check of my identity if I am unable to produce the ID required under the DBS's ID checking guidelines.

I give my consent

I understand that if I am successful in my application, any information contained in this form together with any obtained in relation to it, will be retained during the course of my employment and for a reasonable time after the employment ends

I confirm the above statement

I confirm I have no objections to an application to the Disclosure and Barring Service for information about any previous criminal record, which I may or may not have and I confirm that I will sign the necessary application form giving an authority to make this search

I confirm the above statement

I acknowledge that all paid positions which require a DBS check are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As such, I understand I will be required to disclose details of any criminal convictions, cautions and bind-overs, whether spent or unspent.

I understand the above statement

It is a criminal offense to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (and vulnerable adults, if relevant to the post you are applying for). Please tick to confirm you understand this statement.

I understand the above statement

Signature (please print name)

Date

Submit your application

Please make sure you have completed all sections fully and accurately.

Then, click submit to send your application.

You will be taken to a confirmation page, which includes a link to complete our anonymous equality monitoring form.