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Application, interview and shortlisting process

Completing the application

How do I apply for a job?

All of our vacancies are on Crisis Jobs, a secure recruitment portal.

Once you have registered, you will be asked to provide some personal details as well as information about your work experience.

You will also be required to answer a few screening questions, to demonstrate how you meet the person specification for the job.

Can I apply by sending my CV?

Unfortunately, we don’t accept speculative applications or hold CVs on file. All of our roles are advertised on Crisis Jobs, and you can register on this site to receive job alerts for roles you may be interested in.

What should I do if I can’t complete an online application?

If you would like to apply in a different format, please contact the Talent Acquisition team by email at jobs@crisis.org.uk for further information or support. In your email please provide details of your requirements or suggestions about how we might best support you.

How can I maximise my chance of being shortlisted?

It is important that you complete all sections of the online application form to ensure that the recruiting panel understand your interests, skills, behaviours, knowledge and experience.

Support your statements with specific examples that show how you meet the person specification. A strong application will also be in line with the Crisis values.

Do I need to submit my entire employment history?

We appreciate you may have worked in a variety of different roles, some of which may not be relevant to the role you’re applying for.

If you don’t feel detailing a specific role will enhance your application, you may choose not to include it in the Employment section of your application. We would encourage you to include any employment you refer to in your application questions.

The person specification requires a particular qualification or experience that I do not have. Is it still worth me applying?

The person specification has the key knowledge, skills, experience or behaviours needed to carry out the job successfully and you will be scored based on any information you provide.

If you don’t quite meet the criteria, for example if you have an understanding of something rather than experience of doing it yourself, you may still pick up points for explaining your understanding or how you might approach it.

However, some of the person specification points, are critical to the role so if you don’t meet those requirements, you are unlikely to be shortlisted.

Shortlisting and feedback

How quickly will I know if I have been shortlisted?

Each recruitment process will be different depending on how quickly the shortlisting panel can review applications, but if you have not been shortlisted, you will receive an email from us confirming that.

If I am not shortlisted, can I get feedback on my application?

Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we receive, we are not able to offer feedback on your application if you are not shortlisted for interview.

Can I get feedback after my interview?

We appreciate that information about where you did well or less well can be useful, so if you are not successful following interview we are able to provide feedback.

Reapplying

I recently applied for a role and was not successful, but have seen the role re-advertised. Is it worth me applying again?

If the gap between advertising has been short, we would normally advise that candidates need not apply again.

Where can I get help?

If you have any questions please contact the Talent Acquisition by emailing jobs@crisis.org.uk for further information or support.

Current vacancies

All of our current vacancies are listed on Crisis Jobs online. Register to save your details and get email alerts.

Search and apply for roles

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact the Talent Acquisition team by emailing jobs@crisis.org.uk for further information or support.

 
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