- Supporting statement page and attachments
Tell us about your skills and experience. Use the space provided to give examples of how you meet the job description and person specification. These don’t all have to be work-based – we’re interested in any relevant situations and examples that demonstrate your suitability for the role.
Warning: the supporting statement page will time-out after 30 minutes and any unsaved work will be lost. Remember to save your work regularly by selecting the 'save and summary' button at the bottom of the screen. If you are copying and pasting from another source such as Microsoft Word, please copy and paste from Word/the source into a notepad type application first, such as Notepad (Windows OS) or TextEdit (Mac OS) and then copy and paste from that into the form. Please note, some formatting may be lost and may need to be re-done.
Attachments are only applicable for academic and research positions. You can submit details of research publication, grants and a CV. The maximum number of attachments accepted is two and the maximum file size is 5MB. Please make sure each attachment is clearly labelled with your name, e.g. JSmithCV.doc
Documents need to be attached separately by selecting the'browse' button. Attach the first document and select 'save and summary'. This returns you to the summary page, where you can navigate back to the supporting statement and select 'browse' again to attach your second document. Check the documents have been successfully attached by viewing the summary page.
Anyone applying for a job with us must provide details of at least two referees covering at least three years’ employment history. One of your referees should be your current/most recent employer. If you’ve only had one employer, you must provide details of at least one other referee (who isn't related to you), who’s prepared to support your application.
If you’re applying for an academic post, you must provide contact details for an academic referee.
If you are a student or school leaver, you should provide an alternative educational referee such as your Tutor or Head of School.
If you are self-employed you can provide alternative referees such as a Business Partner; Accountant; Supplier; a professional individual working in the same industry or a long-term customer.
We won’t contact referees unless you’re being considered for interview.
If you’ve used the online system recently, your referees' details should be saved below the blank fields. Please check and if necessary, update these details by selecting 'edit'. Once you’ve finished, click on 'save and summary'. The information entered in the 'permission to contact referees' field won’t have been saved, so you'll need to re-enter this information.
Professorial Applicants
As well as the usual employment references, if you are applying for a professorial role you will need to be prepared to provide the details of three academic references, two of which must be international, by the specified deadline if you are shortlisted.
- Equality and Diversity monitoring page
As a University we appoint people based on merit regardless of ethnic origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality (within current legislation), marital status, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs on matters such as religion or politics.
You must answer every question on this page by selecting the appropriate option in each drop-down list. If you advise us that you have a disability, we will work with you to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and your workplace where applicable. Please note, ahead of coming for an interview with us you may find it helpful to check our campus accessibility guides hosted by
AccessAble.
Any information you provide on the equality and diversity page will be treated in strictest confidence. Please see notes in our
important legal information for further details on this.
To submit your application, you must tick the box agreeing to the terms of the declaration on this page. Select 'save and summary' to save the details you’ve entered and return to the summary page.
- Submitting your application
When you’re happy with your application and have checked thoroughly that all the details are correct, make sure all the icons on the summary page are green to show that you’ve filled in all the mandatory fields. You can then select the 'submit application' button. Remember to check the closing date before you submit your application, applications received after the closing date won’t be considered.
Once you’ve submitted the form, you won’t be able to make any further changes. If you’re unhappy with your submitted application for any reason, you should contact Recruitment Services, who’ll delete your submitted application. You’ll need to start your application again by creating a new application to submit before the closing date.
If you wish to see the application you’ve submitted, click on 'my applications' on the left-hand menu, where you’ll be able to request a PDF of the document. This will be emailed to your registered email address.