References

We will ask you, as part of your application, to provide two referees.

Your first referee should be your current or most recent employer. The referee should also be in a line management position relative to you or alternatively a suitable contact in Human Resources (Personnel) may be provided. Your second referee may be a previous employer, tutor, volunteer coordinator or other appropriate individual.

Neither referee should be a relative or someone you expect to be involved in the recruitment process at Birkbeck. If a referee happens to be a panel member (for either short-listing or interviewing), then you will be asked to provide an alternative referee.

These referees will be provided with a copy of the full job description and will be asked to comment on your suitability to undertake the job. In addition they will be asked to comment on your attendance record and any disciplinary matters. All referees will be advised that the reference provided may be disclosed to you as part of an information request under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.

References will normally be taken up once you have been invited for interview. We recognise that you may have reservations about us contacting either referee, but particularly your current employer, at this stage of the selection process. You will therefore have the opportunity when providing your referees contact details to indicate if you would prefer us to not contact the referee until a conditional offer of employment has been made.

All efforts will be made to source a reference from the details you have provided but it may be necessary to request you to provide alternative referees if we are unable to obtain a full reference.

Any employment offer will conditional upon Birkbeck obtaining two satisfactory references.