Please upload a short, up-to-date CV, ideally no more than two pages. This should include your employment history, starting with your most recent role, and give a brief outline of your key responsibilities and achievements. You should also include any qualifications, professional memberships, or training relevant to the role.

We are interested in understanding your career experience rather than the style or layout of your CV, so please focus on clarity and relevance. It will be used to provide background and context to your responses to the application questions. The selection panel will focus mainly on your written answers, but your CV helps us build a fuller picture of your experience.

To support a fair and unbiased process, applications are reviewed anonymously wherever possible. Please avoid including personal information such as a photo, date of birth, gender or marital status.

This online form replaces the traditional personal statement. Instead, we would like you to answer a few short questions based on the role's Person Specification. Your answers will help us understand how your skills, experience and approach align with what we’re looking for.

Please read each question carefully and, where possible, give clear, specific examples, drawing on work, volunteering, education, or other relevant experiences.

We recommend writing your answers in a separate document first, then pasting them into the form once you’re happy with them. Each response should be concise and relevant (no longer than 1,000 characters for each one).

Please list two referees in the areas below. We will not contact these referees until an offer of a role has been made.

I certify that the information given is, to the best of my knowledge, true and complete, and understand that any misleading or false information may be sufficient cause for rejection or, if employed, dismissal.

I consent to the National Centre for Circus Arts using and keeping my personal data for the purposes set out above.

I consent to the National Centre for Circus Arts obtaining references and checking information provided.

I understand that should my application proceed to an interview, I will be required to produce evidence of my eligibility to work in the UK.

I understand that should my application be successful, two written employment references will be required, and that if requested I will be required to produce evidence of my qualifications and previous experience.

I understand that should my application be successful, I will be required to complete a DBS check, and that any relevant and/or unspent criminal convictions may be discussed in order to assess job-related risks.