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Equal Opportunities Form

The New Vic is committed to promoting theatre as an activity for all.


In order to achieve this, the New Vic undertakes to ensure that all job applicants, employees and participants are treated equally and encouraged to develop and maximise their true potential irrespective of their background.


The questionnaire is not obligatory but, by completing it, you will help us monitor the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policies.


The questions and categories below are issued by Arts Council England. They used the following sources in creating these categories: the Office for National Statistics for ethnicity categories; the recognised social model for disability categories and best practice guidance published by Stonewall for sexuality categories.


The information provided will be detached from your application by a member staff not involved in the selection process and used for monitoring purposes only.


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We welcome and support applications from applicants with a disability as currently this group is under represented across our workforce.


– A disability is a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.


– Neurodiversity refers to the natural range of difference in human brain function, but in a workplace context, it’s an area of diversity and inclusion that refers to alternative thinking styles, such as dyslexia, autism, ADHD and dyspraxia.


– A long-term health condition may be a medical condition that you were born with or one that has developed over time which does not cause a substantial or long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.


Which of the following do you identify as:

Which of the following categories best describes the occupation of the main/highest earner in your household when you were age 14?

Which of the following categories best describes the current alignment of your occupation within the New Vic?
Do you have any unspent conditional cautions or convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974?
Do you have any adult cautions (simple or conditional) or spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020?
If your answer is YES, please give details in the box bellow of any unspent convictions you are required to disclose under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please contact us if you require further clarification or if you would like a copy of our policy for rehabilitation of offenders. This information will be treated in the strictest confidence.
If you are a citizen from the United Kingdom, Switzerland or one of the following European Economic Area (EEA) countries, you currently have the right to work in the UK. For EEA and Swiss nationals commencing employment from January 2021, you will need to either have successfully applied under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) for settled or pre-settled status or be eligible for a visa under the new UK immigration system. Irish nationals are not required to apply through the EUSS and will continue to have the legal right to work in the UK under the Common Travel Area rights and privileges. If you are a citizen from the United Kingdom, Switzerland or one of the following European Economic Area (EEA) countries, you currently have the right to work in the UK. For EEA and Swiss nationals commencing employment from January 2021, you will need to either have successfully applied under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) for settled or pre-settled status or be eligible for a visa under the new UK immigration system. Irish nationals are not required to apply through the EUSS and will continue to have the legal right to work in the UK under the Common Travel Area rights and privileges.


Are you able to legally work in the UK?

Successful candidates will be required to provide evidence of the right to be employed in the UK. If you have any questions about your status to at the New Vic, please get in touch with our Administration team.


Thank you for completing the form. We would appreciate hearing your feedback on this form, if you have any.


This form will be processed in accordance with the data protection legislation, further details can be found in the Privacy Notice for employees which can be found in the New Vic Policies Booklet issued with your employment documentation.