Guidance Notes

Thank you for your interest in working for North Wiltshire District Council. These guidance notes will assist you in completing your application form, which is the first step in our recruitment process.The information you provide on your application form will be used to decide whether you will be shortlisted for interview. Your application form is therefore very important.

Job Description

The Job Description lists the main duties of the post, together with details of the competencies (skills), experience, qualifications, knowledge and abilities required to do the job.The Assessment Criteria listed within the Job Description details how each of these areas will be assessed. It is important that you identify the competencies, experience, qualifications, knowledge and abilities that will be assessed by application form, as you will need to provide evidence that you meet these criteria.
Remember:

We will require two satisfactory references before a job offer is confirmed; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. If you are at school/college or are leaving university please give details of the name and address of your head teacher or tutor. Please remember to check that your referees are actually available to provide a reference, as failure to do this could cause a delay in confirming your appointment.

We also require medical clearance before a job offer is confirmed. If you are invited to interview, you will be asked to complete a medical questionnaire. This form is kept in a confidential envelope and is only seen by the Council’s Occupation Health Physician.

Eligibility to work in the UK

Please indicate whether you require a work permit.  If you do you will need to provide us with a relevant document as specified by the Asylum & Immigration Act I996 confirming your entitlement to work in the UK.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring

North Wiltshire District Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunities in employment as well as service provision.To ensure that our Equal Opportunities Policy is effective we ask you to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring form attached to the Application form. This part of the form is confidential and will be detached from the application form on receipt. It is not seen by those responsible for shortlisting and interviewing applicants.  The information will not be used for selection but will be used for statistical monitoring purposes and to ensure no discrimination takes place.

Disability

The Disability Discrimination Act I995 defines a disabled person as a person "with a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial or long term adverse effect on their ability to carry out day to day activities". Under the Act, the Council has an obligation to ensure that:

The Council is committed to fulfilling these obligations. In order to do this we will need to ask you questions about your disability at various stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please remember that although you are not obliged to tell us about your disability, any details you provide will help us to help you demonstrate the full extent of your skills and abilities.  It also helps us to establish what adjustment we may need to make to enable you, or to assist you, to do that job.

Any information you give us will be treated in the strictest confidence.

If you are unable to meet some of the shortlisting and assessment criteria because of your disability please address this in your application.  If you meet all other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.  This could include adjustment to premises and equipment or job duties.

If you require assistance in completing the application form or need to make your application in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact Human Resources on 01249 706337, or email jobs@northwilts.gov.uk