HOW TO APPLY

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Director of Resources

Thank you for expressing an interest in this post. If you have read the relevant candidate briefing papers and supporting information, and are interested in applying, please follow the guidelines in the section below.

Your application will be judged solely on its merits. In accordance with RBH’s policy, a disabled person meeting the essential criteria for the post will be guaranteed an interview. Where possible, changes will be made to ensure a disabled person is able to carry out the work. Any appointment will be subject to a medical assessment, satisfactory reference, criminal record check and confirmation of entitlement to work in the United Kingdom.

RBH has a retirement age of 65 years and welcomes applications from anyone under this age. Once in employment, an employee may apply to continue working beyond age 65 in accordance with the Duty to Consider procedure.

Application Process

If you wish to apply for this position, please submit an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) and covering letter, ensuring that you quote reference EMA 118.

Within your letter, we would be grateful if you could state if you are related to a Councillor of Rochdale Metropolitan Council, or a Board Member or existing employee of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing. If a relationship exists, please give the name(s) of the person (people) you are related to.

It is important that your CV highlights supporting evidence of how your previous experience and skills relate to the criteria outlined in the Job Description and Competency Specification. Within your CV, please supply the following:

Full name and postal address;
Work and home telephone number, mobile number and email address (NB most written communication with you will be electronic)
National Insurance number
Confirmation that you have a full current driving licence (with details of ‘live’ motoring convictions)
Details of any criminal convictions other than spent convictions (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974)
Employment history (explaining any gaps)
Education and summary of relevant training (including ICT skills)
Current memberships of relevant professional associations/Institutes and dates
Number of days’ absence from work due to sickness in the past two years
Name and contact address/phone number/email address of ONE referee. RBH will not contact your referee until you are short-listed for the post, and only with your prior permission (see note below)
Current remuneration package and notice period (if applicable).

Reference

In accordance with RBH’s appointment policy, you must not name elected Councillors of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council or members of the Board for Rochdale Boroughwide Housing as your referee. A reference will also not be accepted from a relative or person acting in the capacity as a friend or personal referee.

If you are in employment your referee must be your current employer.

If you are self employed or have never been employed you should name someone who can comment on your suitability for this post. If you have been in full/part time education your referee should be your Head Teacher, Teacher or Tutor. You may wish to advise your referee that they could be required to provide a reference.

If you are unemployed your referee must be your last employer, a person who knows you as a helper or volunteer or in any other professional capacity.

Early Retirement/Voluntary Redundancy

RBH has a policy on the engagement of people granted early retirement or ill-health retirement or having taken redundancy. Within your covering letter, please let us know if this applies to you. If it does, we will discuss this with you if you are shortlisted for interview.

Recruitment Monitoring Form

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing is committed to equality and diversity in employment. RBH positively welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, cultural and ethnic origin, religion, disability and sexuality.

To help monitor the effectiveness of RBH’s recruitment practices and to assess the success of different media in attracting applications, please download and complete the Recruitment Monitoring form and return it with your application. It will be removed and used for statistical purposes only. It will not be made available to anyone directly involved in considering your application.

Returning Your Application

Please submit your application letter and CV electronically along with the monitoring form not later than Monday 20 April at 9:00am to our consultants at EMA to the following email address: responsehandling@emaconsult.co.uk

In your supporting email, please remember to quote reference number EMA118 as above. For your information, EMA’s contact phone number for its recruitment service is 01926 887272.

Your application will be acknowledged and treated in strictest confidence.

A provisional timetable for the selection process is included below; please could you advise if you have any difficulty with the outlined dates and/or any other dates when you are unavailable for assessment. Due to panel availability it will be difficult to offer alternative dates to those advertised.

Assessment and Selection Process

All applications will be considered and assessed by the selection panel against the details included in the Person Specification in order to select an initial long list of candidates. If you have been successful at this stage EMA will contact you via telephone/email.

Initial screening assessments will be held in the Rochdale area on Friday 1 May. If you have not been successful at this stage, you will be notified in writing and offered feedback on the reasons. If you are successful, you will be notified by telephone and/or email immediately after the event.

The final selection will be on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 May. The process is likely to involve occupational skills testing and a stock-tour of RBH's estates on Wednesday 6 May, followed by a presentation and interview on Thursday 7 May. These events will also take place in the Rochdale area. Candidates shortlisted for the final stages will also be asked to complete an on-line personality profiling questionnaire promptly after the screening stage.

We apologise in advance for the tight turnaround between the first and final stages of the selection process and particularly because there is a bank holiday weekend in between.

We strongly recommend that you provisionally reserve these three dates in your diary in the event that you are successful. Due to the number of panel members involved in the selection process, it will be difficult for RBH to offer alternative dates.

EMA’s Pledge to Applicants and Candidates

All applicants and candidates will be provided with full feedback at each stage of the process.

Timetable

The information outlined below has been agreed with RBH. Occasionally it is necessary to amend the recruitment timetable due to unforeseen circumstances.

Process

Date

Advertisements Appear

27 March and 3 April – Inside Housing
27 March – Public Finance

Advertised Closing Date for Applications

Monday 20 April – 9:00am

Initial Screening Interviews
(Rochdale area)

Friday 1 May 2009

Final selection (Rochdale area)

Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 May 2009

Consultant Contact Details

The EMA Director for this assignment is Kathy Hampden. If you have any queries about the position or the selection process, or if you would like an informal and confidential discussion with our consultants, please do not hesitate to contact Kathy directly on 07753 606065 or by email to kathy.hampden@emaconsult.co.uk

Thank you for your interest in this position.