Job Application
To apply for any of the Job positions, simply select the position you want and complete the application form.
We will contact you with additional information once you have submitted the application form.
Guidance Notes on Submitting Your Application
These notes have been produced as a result of the experience of candidates. We hope you find them helpful.
The job description gives a full list of the duties which will be required of the post holder. The person profile contains details of the experience, qualifications, skills and abilities we consider are necessary to carry out those duties. What you say on your application form will be matched only against those criteria.
The equal opportunities monitoring form is separated from your application as soon as it is received. It is used only for statistical purposes so that we can assess whether our recruitment practices are attracting a range of people from all groups within society, including those who are traditionally discriminated against.
It is essential that you show on your application, how your current and previous work, training, voluntary activities or life experience equip you for the post.
It is essential to complete every section of the form. PLEASE DO NOT ENCLOSE a C.V. as listing points from your current job description is not likely to be sufficient.
Look through all the information you have been sent before you start writing anything. Think about whether, as a minimum, you satisfy all the “Essential Criteria” of the person specification. If you do not, you are unlikely to be selected for interview.
Identify the selection criteria set out in the person specification and address each of these points directly.
Be specific and direct about your experience: give examples, use positive statements e.g. “I organised….” “I taught….”
Where you have not got a lot of practical experience, try to show your awareness by stating how you could deal with situations using other experiences in life or other areas of work.
It is not only your successes that are of interest. Opinions and evaluation on ‘why things went wrong’ can display your insight to the panel.
Equal opportunity is at the centre of Lighthouse Women’s Aid, in both our recruitment practices and service delivery. Keep this dimension foremost in your mind as you fill in your application form. Try to keep suggestions in this area practical, talk about your work or other experience of equal opportunities policy and implementation.
If you do things outside your work which demonstrate your skills and experience, then say so – relating them to the criteria on the person profile. Examples may include budgeting in your household, home management or being involved in the community or voluntary activities.
Use a separate sheet for your supporting statement if you wish – don’t try and cram it all into the space provided. Please keep what you write relevant and concise. As a rough guide, two more A4 typed sheets or three sides of hand-written text should cover it!
Keep a copy of your application.
Write or type clearly on white paper – your form will need to be photocopied. Please leave margins of at least an inch on either side of your pages, otherwise edges may not photocopy well.
Completed application and equal opportunities forms should be returned to the Administrator
Lighthouse Women’s Aid, 238 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 9AD - Please mark your envelope ‘Private and Confidential’.
If you have any feedback on our application pack, we would be delighted to receive it. We keep our processes under continual review and find your comments most helpful.
If you have any reason to believe that your application for employment has not been fairly considered, you should inform the HR Department who will ensure that the matter is fully investigated and inform you of the outcome.