Registration ensures that site users are aware of the Terms Of Use for the website and it also provides access to a personalised area of the website, 'My Applications', which enables you to more easily manage your application with the University.

My Applications

• Submitted applications are automatically saved and are available for printing.
   
• You can monitor the progress of your application.
   
• Once you have submitted your first application, it becomes available to re-use as a basis for future applications, which means that you will not need to re-enter all of your information again.
   

All information is held securely and cannot be viewed by the University until you have submitted your application.

Job opportunties at the University may arise at any time of the year and so you may like to be alerted when we are advertisng a particular type of role by subscribing on the vacancy page.

All applicants are required to apply for vacancies by completing an online application form, this form will vary depending on the nature and level of the role being recruited to.

Once you have submitted an online application to the University, the information you have input will then be available for you to use for any future applications.

For every post advertised you must ensure that you complete a separate online application form. You cannot use one online application form to apply for more than one job. Information related to personal details, eduction/training and referees will be saved for you to resubmit or amend to suit subsequent applications.

All applications must be made on on line, on our user friendly system.  If however you have specific requirements related to a disability please contact employee.recruitment@sunderland.ac.uk.

In the majority of cases a standard application form is applied to all vacanies and all information for submission should be included in that document.  By exception depending on the nature of the vacancy we will allow you to upload documents. This will be made clear during the application process.

Unfortunately, once you have submitted your application form online you cannot change your details. 

Your referees must be able to assess your suitability for the post.  

One of the nominated referees should be a manager from your current or most recent employment. If you have just completed full-time education, your course tutor, or other academic staff member familiar with your work, could be selected. Family members or personal friends should not be named as referees.

The University of Sunderland is an equal opportunity employer. The information gathered on the form is used to assist us in monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of our Equal Opportunities policy. The information collected will be stored and processed in accordance with Data Protection Principles for the purpose of preparing anonymised statistical reports.  The information will not be made available to the selection panel and will not, therefore, be used in any part of the recruitment decision making process.

Once we receive your application online we will send you an email to confirm receipt. 

The time that we will take to respond to candidates will vary from post to post depending on how many applications we receive. However, all candidates will be notified as to the outcome of their application within a few weeks of the closing date.

In exceptional circumstances where the shortlisting process takes longer than expected, candidates will be contacted.

In compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 the information contained in your application is used to shortlist and select for each position you apply for. If you are sucessful in your application, your application and equal opportunities information will form part of your manual and computerised personal file and your personal data will be used for employment and payroll processing purposes. For candidates who are not successful in their application, the information is usually kept for a period of one year after the closing date and then destroyed. Only collated, anonymised data from the Equal Opportunities Monitoring section is kept after that period to enable effective monitoring to take place.  In a small number of cases we are required to keep recruitment information longer than one year, until informed by the UK Border Agency that it can be destroyed.

By completing and submitting an application, you consent to the University processing such personal data as may be necessary for the proper administration of its recruitment and selection processes.