From the recruitment homepage you can search for a vacancy by selecting the role you wish to apply for from the vacancy list.
     

You can register on line to receive regular vacancy alerts from the Home Page of the On Line recruitment system.

By registering your details, you will be able to maintain and update your details quickly.

You will also be able to:

- Search and apply for jobs online
- Receive new vacancies sent directly to your app or email address 
- Add vacancies to your Jobs basket to apply for later
- Receive reminders about closing dates for applications you've not yet completed
- Save your application form at any stage and complete it later
- Store your last application online to save time filling in future application forms (as you will be able to cut and paste the details from one to the other)
- Follow your job applications progress online
- Keep track of your interview dates

Vacancies go live on the system on Monday each week. If you have registered to receive vacancy alerts, you will be notified as soon as a vacancy matching your requirements is placed.

Public computers are available in all  Bradford Council Libraries  - a number of these will provide free WiFi – details on which can be found here. You will need a Library membership which is free and easy to obtain to regular use the facilities. Just ask at any Library reception.

Your email address will be your User ID and you will be asked to supply a password (when you register on the system).

It is important that you do not lose or forget these as you, will need them to access your application form.

Internal applicants are not allowed to use their work email to apply for vacancies.

If at any time you decide to change to your password then click on the “change password at the bottom of the Home Page.

On the Home Page where you log in, click on the link that says “Forgotten your password?” You will be asked to enter your email address. You will receive an email which provides your password details.

As you are completing your online application form, please bear in mind that our system has automatic time-outs built in. You will be logged out of the system after 60 minutes of inactivity (i.e. not clicking on links or 'save and exit' buttons on the sections of the application form) and you may lose information which has not been saved. Therefore, please save your information regularly by clicking 'Save'. 

We also recommend that you compose your answers to longer questions, (i.e. those with free text areas) off-line in a word processing package and then copy and paste your answers into the form. This ensures that you can spell check your text and that you have a backup version of your answers.

You can take as long as you like to complete your application form as long as you submit it by the closing time on the closing date.

You can start to complete the application form, save it and go back to finish it at your leisure. Please note the closing date for all vacancies within the Council is one minute before midnight, therefore you must submit your application form before 23.59.

Mandatory questions are displayed in bold and marked with an asterisk, also if the field is mandatory and you do not complete it the system will not permit you to progress until you have completed that field with the necessary information.

The Application Form is divided into several sections. You need to complete each section with the necessary information - don’t be afraid to repeat yourself from one section to another if you think it is necessary to cover all your skills and experiences. This ensures that you can spell check your text and that you have a backup version of your answers.

Yes, if the time for submitting the application has not expired and you have not submitted the application form already for the job, then you  can revisit your form as many times as you need to before submitting it. It is not necessary to complete the application form in one visit.

If you are applying for more than one job, then you must complete a separate on line application form for each vacancy in line with the requirements outlined in the job profile for that post. The Recruitment and Selection Panel will be looking for different criteria for each job (as outlined in the job profile), so you need to address this in the information you include in the application form.

However, the account that you have set up will have retained your previous data and therefore you do not need to duplicate general information about yourself i.e. name and address etc.

Yes, the system will allow you to save your application at any stage and will also advise you how much of the application you have completed.

Yes, the system has an alert facility which will advise you how long the period is before the closing date so that you do not miss the deadline.

After submitting your application you will receive an acknowledgement email. Your application will be considered following the closing date. If you are successful you will be invited for an interview, however the length of this process is dependent on the job you have applied for. Please note that if you do not receive a reply within 4 weeks of submitting your application then please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In compliance with the Data Protection Act, your details will remain on record for 18 months.  

If the post for which you are applying for has been designated by the Authority as requiring a disclosure check, you will be required to apply for and disclose a DBS check as a requirement of the post.

Certain positions within the Council, particularly posts within the Department of Children’s Services and Adult and Community Service are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, and in addition some are subject to provisions concerning the protection of children and vulnerable adults. In these circumstances, failure to disclose any previous convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Council. Any information given will be treated as confidential and will only be used in relation to the particular post applied for. You should note, however, that the information you have provided to us will be checked with the Police, since we have a legal duty to protect our client groups when making appointments in certain defined areas – this is known as a disclosure check.

You need to complete on the application form the details for the required number of referees, this is usually two. These referees need to be people who can confirm that you have previous experience of carrying out the duties of the post to which you have applied for from previous jobs or voluntary work.
You must ask them if they are willing to be a referee and whether they would be prepared to complete a reference form for you if required.
If you are currently in employment, one of the referees needs to be your present employer, or if you are a student, one of the referees should be your school/college tutor.

If the post for which you are applying for has been designated by the Authority as requiring a disclosure check, you will be required to apply for and disclose a DBS check as a requirement of the post.

Certain positions within the Council, particularly posts within the Department of Children’s Services and Adult and Community Service are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, and in addition some are subject to provisions concerning the protection of children and vulnerable adults. In these circumstances, failure to disclose any previous convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Council. Any information given will be treated as confidential and will only be used in relation to the particular post applied for. You should note, however, that the information you have provided to us will be checked with the Police, since we have a legal duty to protect our client groups when making appointments in certain defined areas – this is known as a disclosure check.

You need to complete on the application form the details for the required number of referees, this is usually two. These referees need to be people who can confirm that you have previous experience of carrying out the duties of the post to which you have applied for from previous jobs or voluntary work.

You must ask them if they are willing to be a referee and whether they would be prepared to complete a reference form for you if required.

If you are currently in employment, one of the referees needs to be your present employer, or if you are a student, one of the referees should be your school/college tutor.

Please do not attach any references with your on line application form. If you wish to withhold permission to contact referees, you should give clear instructions on the application form.

This data is retained for a longer period as it is anonymous and therefore there is no link to the provider. We need to retain this data to ensure that any statistical returns around recruitment can be provided to central government bodies etc. Again this is anonymous data and therefore there is no risk to the individual.

In the first instance please send a recruitment query to the HR Admin Team via the email link at the bottom of your home page.