CONFIDENTIAL	
				
APPLICATION FORM				
				
Application for the post of	Vocations Officer	
				
SECTION 1				
				
Surname		
				
Christian names		
				
Address		
				
Home telephone number		
				
Mobile number		
				
E-mail		
				
Ordained deacon in the Diocese of		In (year)		
					
Ordained priest in the Diocese of		In (year)		

SECTION 2 – PRESENT APPOINTMENT
What is the title of your present role(s)? Please give the date you started and a brief outline of the work.	

SECTION 3 – FURTHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Please give details, with dates, most recent first.	
a) Further education (including theological college or course). Please give qualification obtained with class of degree.	
From	To	Qualification/experience	

b) Other professional/practical qualifications obtained (e.g. teaching, social work, further study).	

SECTION 4 – CAREER AND MINISTRY Please give details, with dates, with earliest first. Please explain any gaps and give a relevant address for each appointment	
	
a) Career before ordination – please give a brief indication, with dates, of the nature of the work and responsibilities	
From	To	Description (nature of work and responsibilities)	

b) Offices held since ordination and any other work done (full and part-time not including present appointment) with details of the nature of the work and responsibilities. Please provide in date order, with earliest first, and explain any gaps.
Please list these, with separate entries for offices held concurrently (e.g. rural dean, chaplaincies etc.). Please indicate major parish features (e.g. type of area, team ministry, ecumenical). Please provide a contact address where the post is not parochial or diocesan.  	
	
From	To	Office and description (nature of work and responsibilities)	Contact address if not a parochial or diocesan post	

c) Responsibilities in the wider Church
Please indicate tasks undertaken for the wider Church, e.g. synodical responsibilities at any level, diocesan committees and working parties served on, ecumenical involvement, or work for a Church voluntary organisation, and how you contributed to progressing their agendas.	
	
From	To	Description	

d) Continuing ministerial education and development
Please list training courses attended and development activities undertaken e.g. mentoring (other than IME) in the last 5 years. Include courses and activities both inside and outside the Church.	

e) Any publications	

f) Theological and ecclesiological
What theological traditions have shaped your ministry and with which do you feel most at ease today?	

SECTION 5 – COMMUNITY AND OTHER INTERESTS
a) Responsibilities in the community
Please indicate your responsibilities in the community, e.g. school governor, political or community service. What did you accomplish?	

b) Other areas of interest
Please indicate your involvement in special areas of concern, e.g. particular issues in contemporary life, international matters, academic or artistic interests. How have these contributed to your ministry?	

	
c) Other interests
Please indicate other recreational interests.	

SECTION 6 – PERSONAL STATEMENT
Please state your reasons for applying for this post. What you write and how you write it will help those making the appointment build up a picture of you. You will want to outline how you meet each of the elements of the person specification, drawing on gifts, skills, knowledge and experience from your previous career, both before and after ordination, responsibilities held and relevant interests. You will also want to set out your thoughts about how you will take forward some of the challenges and issues set out in the role specification and give examples of how you have worked across traditions.	

SECTION 7 – CONFIDENTIAL
This section will be removed by the person administering the application process (please submit your application as a Word document to enable this) and will only be made available to the chair of the interview panel and the bishop.
References:
Please give names, occupations and addresses (primarily e-mail if possible) of three persons to whom reference can be made and the capacity in which they have known you. At least one should be clerical (not the bishop as their reference is sought as a matter of course) and one from a senior lay person – for example a current churchwarden or head teacher of the local school. Referees should have a detailed up-to-date knowledge of your work. Please obtain their permission. If you are a team vicar, priest-in-charge of a daughter church or assistant curate, you should give your team rector’s or incumbent’s name as a reference.

	
We expect to take up references before the interview unless you have indicated otherwise. An Episcopal reference will always be taken up prior to interview. 
Health:
Please specify any special access requirements you may have in order to attend interview e.g. deaf loop system 

UK Border Agency requirements:
Are you free to remain and work in the UK with no current immigration restrictions? Please note that you will be required to produce documentary evidence of your right to remain and work in the UK if you are invited to interview. 
YES / NO	

I certify the information given in this application is correct	
					
Signature		Date		
	
It is important that this application form is completed by applicants.  A Curriculum Vitae is not an acceptable substitute.  If it is completed and submitted electronically a signed copy should also be sent by post.  Please use black ink on hard copies of the form.
A confidential reference will also be requested from your diocesan bishop or area bishop in addition to other references. The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018, (the “DPA 2018”) applies to all references and commendations.
The successful candidate will be required to receive satisfactory references and an enhanced disclosure (which will include a check of the barred lists) from the Disclosure and Barring Service and complete a confidential self-declaration.