Diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment, with the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation and religion or belief. The information you provide on this form will be used to help us achieve that commitment and will be treated strictly confidentially. We will only use this information to help us monitor and deliver equal opportunity measures. It will not be passed on to anyone involved in the short listing or appointment of this post. With the exception of the disclosure of a disability which may be used to meet our legal obligations and our commitment to the disability confident scheme.

The request for this information and how it is used is within the scope of the Data Protection Act 2018 which allows for the collation and reporting of sensitive data for monitoring purposes. The categories used below are drawn from the 2011 Census data.

As set out in our privacy notice, following the submission of your application the data will be destroyed in line with our published retention and disposal policy. Should you be successful, the relevant information will be taken from this record and used as part of your Human Resources record.