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Application FormPrivate and Confidential

Reference: A245/      

Position: Legal Adviser

Closing Date: 12.00pm, Monday 30th November 2020

Please read the accompanying Guide for Applicants before completing this Application Form.

Completing Your Application

All sections of the Application Form should be completed in black ink, preferably in typescript or using block capitals.

You should use this form to highlight relevant and appropriate experience and/or examples to demonstrate the way in which your application meets the essential and desirable criteria outlined in the person specification.

Applicants should submit this form only; supplementary material (such as CVs) will not be considered. Application Forms received after the above closing date will not be considered.

There is also an Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form which must be completed and returned with your application form.You can return your completed application by email to Recruitment@co-ownership.org or you can return it by post to:

The Monitoring Officer, C/O Human Resources, Co-Ownership Housing, Moneda House, 25-27 Wellington Place, Belfast BT1 6GD.

Please note that all personal information contained on this form will be treated in strictest confidence and in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Co-Ownership is an equal opportunity employer.

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Section 1 Personal Details

Surname:Please include any former surname in brackets

( )

Forename(s):Please underline name by which you are knownTitle:Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr, Rev etc.Address:For correspondence

Co. Postcode:Telephone:Please provide a daytime contact number

(mobile)

(home)

(work)

Email:

Permanent Address:If different from correspondence address above

Co. Postcode:

National Insurance Number:

How did you first hear about this vacancy?Please tick one box below.

Belfast Telegraph

Sunday Life

NIjobfinder.co.uk

Co-Ownership Housing website

Law Society website

NIFHA website

NI Jobs

Agency: (please state)

Other: (please state)

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Section 2 Referees

Please provide the name and contact details for two referees. At least one of your referees should be your current employer (if you have one, otherwise your most recent employer) and have knowledge of your work in a supervisory/managerial capacity and can be contacted for a report. You should not name as a referee anyone who is related to you.

Referees will not be contacted until a conditional offer is made.

Name: Name:

Position: Position:

Company Name: Company Name:

Address: Address:

Postcode: Postcode:

Telephone: Telephone:

Fax: Fax:

Email: Email:

Section 3 Other Information

If your application is short-listed and you are invited to interview then we will supply you with a declaration form to declare relevant criminal convictions as defined within the Rehabilitation of Offenders (NI) Order (1978) or all convictions as defined within the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (NI) (1979) – (amended by 1987, 2001, 2003 and 2009 Orders).

Full guidance and definitions are supplied with the declaration form but applicants should be aware of the existence of these forms and the necessity to complete them as accurately as possible. If you are concerned and would like to seek further guidance, then you are advised to contact Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NIACRO) (in confidence) on 028 90 320157.

Do you have access to a form of transport to meet the requirements of the role?

Yes No

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Section 4 Interview Arrangements

If invited for interview, with reference to the timetable given in the Guide for Applicants please give details of any periods/dates you will be unavailable.

Please give details of any special arrangement required at interview.

Section 5 Education

Please give details of schools, colleges, universities or other institutions attended by specifying dates, courses and qualifications. Please include title, class and division of any degree obtained.

From To e.g. Grammar, Secondary, Further Education, College,

University

Subject Type of examination and Grade/Classification (e.g. NVQ,

GCSE, O-Level, HND)

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Date Course Attended Qualification/Accreditation

Please outline details of any current studies.

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Section 6 Experience

This section should contain an outline of your career to date including your current employment. In the Career Narrative section please provide your job title, details of who you report to, the number and type of employees managed, your normal duties, key accomplishments and any other pertinent detail. Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

Current EmploymentEmployer:

Business Type:

Address:

Co. Postcode:

Telephone:

Current position:

Date appointed to current position (DD/MM/YY):Current gross annual salary:

Bonuses payable:

Date of last salary increase:

Date next increase due:

Substantial fringe benefits including holiday entitlement:

If you were offered the position when could you start?

Notice period:

Career Narrative:Please outline duties and responsibilities in your current position. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

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Previous Employment

Please give details of previous posts you have held in chronological order, beginning with the most recent. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

Name, Address and Business of Employer

Position Held Career Narrative (Brief Descriptor of

Duties)

Dates Reason for LeavingFrom

(DD/MM/YY)To

(DD/MM/YY)

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Please use this box to provide any further details to ensure you have accounted for all periods of time since leaving full time education.

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Section 7 Information for Shortlisting and Interview Purposes

In this section we would like you to provide information which will aid the shortlisting process in particular and support the interviewing process. In each of the following sections please state how you meet the particular experience, understanding, knowledge and qualities sought, giving examples and specifying dates as appropriate. Please ensure this section of the form is completed fully and thoroughly to aid selection decision making. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

Essential Criteria 1:

Please demonstrate your QUALIFICATIONS as follows:

A recognised professional qualification as a Solicitor entitling the post holder to practice in Northern Ireland.

Current practising certificate from the Law Society

Evidence of CPD as required by Law Society

Word Count: Maximum 300 words

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Essential Criteria 2:

Please demonstrate your EXPERIENCE as follows:

5 years’ post qualification experience in Northern Ireland in the field of Residential Conveyancing law and practice, Civil and Property Litigation and practice. In addition, with reference to specific examples, please outline your previous experience in the law and practice of Mortgage, Land law and Contract Law.

(Please ensure you include dates in the format DD/MM/YY – DD/MM/YY).

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Word Count: Maximum 750 words

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Essential Criteria 3:

Please demonstrate your EXPERIENCE as follows:

Please demonstrate, with specific examples, your ability to lead and manage a team to deliver successful results/outcomes.

(Please ensure you include dates in the format DD/MM/YY – DD/MM/YY).

Word Count: Maximum 500 words

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Essential Criteria 4:

Please demonstrate your EXPERIENCE as follows:

Please demonstrate, with specific examples, your previous experience of working on a change project to support the digitisation of services.(Please ensure you include dates in the format DD/MM/YY – DD/MM/YY).

Word Count: Maximum 500 words

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Skills Criteria 1:

Please demonstrate your SKILLS as follows:

Please demonstrate, with specific examples, your ability to make decisions and to assess risk on behalf of the organisation. (Be specific about detail and level of experience including value of monies involved and dates etc)

Word Count: Maximum 500 words

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Skills Criteria 2:

Please demonstrate your SKILLS as follows:

Please demonstrate, with specific examples, your ability to prioritise and organise work in order to respond to urgent competing demands while meeting deadlines.(Please be specific about nature and complexity of examples).

Word Count: Maximum 500 words

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Skills Criteria 3:

Please demonstrate your SKILLS as follows:

Please demonstrate, with specific examples, your ability to draft, review and evaluate contractual documentation with a wide range of service providers and stakeholders. (Be specific about detail and level of experience including value of monies involved and dates etc)

Word Count: Maximum 500 words

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Desirable Criteria 1&2:

Please demonstrate your EXPERIENCE as follows:

1. 7 years’ post qualification experience in Northern Ireland in the field of Residential Conveyancing law and practice. and

2. Experience of Company law and corporate structure; Insolvency; Data Protection; Housing law; Procurement law; and Charity law.

(Please ensure you include dates in the format DD/MM/YY – DD/MM/YY).

Word Count: Maximum 500 words

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Section 8 Data Protection

I understand and accept that the information I have provided in this form will be processed by Co-Ownership in accordance with its Data Protection Registration, for the purposes of making this appointment.

Section 9 Declaration

The statements given by me on this application are to the best of my knowledge and belief true. I understand that, if it is subsequently discovered that any statement is false or misleading, or that I have withheld relevant information, my application may be disqualified or, if I have already been appointed that appointment may be revoked.

Signature: Date:

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Completed application and monitoring forms should be returned to arrive not later than the closing date:

12.00PM MONDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2020

By email to: Recruitment@co-ownership.org

OR

By post to: The Monitoring Officer, C/O Human ResourcesCo-Ownership HousingMoneda House25-27 Wellington PlaceBelfastBT1 6GD

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Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form

Private and ConfidentialMONITORING REFERENCE NUMBER: A245/

Guidance Notes:

Co-Ownership fully supports equality for all people and is committed to the fulfilment of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The Act requires Co-Ownership, in carrying out its functions, to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity between

persons of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation

men and women generally persons with a disability and persons without persons with dependants and persons without.

Recruitment is monitored to ensure that our equal opportunity policy is effectively implemented. The information you give will be treated in the strictest confidence and protected from misuse, and will not form part of your application. Appointments will be made solely on the basis of merit.

Please complete and return this monitoring form with your application form.

National Insurance Number:Please provide your NI Number

Community Background:Please tick the appropriate box belowI am a member of the Protestant community background

I am a member of the Roman Catholic community background

I am a member of neither the Protestant or Roman Catholic community background

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Religious Belief:Please tick the appropriate box below to indicate what religion, religious denomination or body you belong toRoman Catholic

Presbyterian Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

Methodist

Other Christian (please specify)

Buddhist

Hindu

Jewish

Muslim

Sikh

Another religion (please specify)

None

Gender:Please tick the appropriate box below I am male

I am female

I am transgendered

Marital Status:Please tick the appropriate box belowSingle

Married

Divorced

Civil Partnership

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Co-habiting (but not married)

Separated (but still legally married)

Widowed

Nationality:Please complete the boxes belowMy country of birth is:

My nationality is:

Race:Please tick the appropriate box belowWhite

White European

Chinese

Irish Traveller

Indian

Pakistani

Bangladeshi

Black Caribbean

Black African

Black Other

Mixed ethnic group

Any other ethnic group (please specify)

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Sexual Orientation:Please tick the appropriate box belowHeterosexual

Gay

Lesbian

Bisexual

Prefer not to answer

Political Opinion:Please complete the box below in your own words

NonePrefer not to answerDependents:Please tick the appropriate box belowDo you look after or give any help or support to family members under the age of 18?

Yes No

Do you give help or support to any other dependents because of a long-term physical or mental-health problem or issue related to old age?

Yes No

Age:Please give your date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY)

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Disability:Under the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) a “disabled person” is defined as a person with:

“A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities”.

Day to day activities are normal activities carried out by most people on a regular basis. The effect of the disability must have lasted at least 12 months, or is likely to last at least 12 months or for the rest of the life of the person affected.

Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

Yes No

If YES, please state the type of impairment which applies to you. People experience more than one type of impairment, in which case you may indicate more than one. If none of the categories apply, please mark ‘Other’ and specify the type of impairment.Physical impairment, such as difficulty using your arms or mobility issues which means using a wheelchair or crutches.Sensory impairment, such as being blind/having a serious visual impairment or being deaf/having a serious hearing impairment.Mental health condition, such as depression or schizophrenia.Learning disability/difficulty, (such as Down’s syndrome or dyslexia) or cognitive impairment (such as autistic spectrum disorder).Long standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease, or epilepsy.Other (please specify)

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