Wigan and Leigh College

Application Form
This form must be completed in full. If you are writing your application, please do so in black ink. Completed
application forms will be used by Wigan & Leigh College to select candidates for appointment. We are happy to
receive a copy of your CV for additional information but please avoid answering questions with “see CV”.

Application for the post of: HE Engineering Lecturer

Department: HE
Closing date: -

PERSONAL DETAILS
Title Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms / Dr / Other (please specify)
Surname Jennings

Forename(s) Noel Anthony

Previously used name(s)

Address 100 Lance Lane Wavertree Liverpool

Postcode L15 6TZ

Email address [email protected]

Telephone numbers (Home) 0151 722 6812 (Mobile) 07722 295244

National Insurance number NS 313655 C

The College is positive about the employment of disabled people. If

you have a disability, you may, if you wish, indicate this by ticking
this box. Any applicant who has ticked this box, and who meets the
essential criteria for the post, will be given an interview.

If you have ticked the box, please detail below any special equipment, adaptations or other support that you will
need in order to be able to attend for interview and aptitude tests.

Work Eligibility: (please tick one box)

X I am eligible to live and work in the UK
I am not currently eligible to live and work in the UK
If No, please note that the College is unable to employ anyone who does not have the right to live and work in
the UK legally.
Are you related to anyone at Wigan and Leigh College or to any member of the College / NO
Corporation?
If yes, please give details…
Are you disqualified from work with children, or subject to sanctions imposed by a
/ NO
regulatory body?
If yes, please give details…

Do you have any special requirements in relation to the College's application and / NO
recruitment process?
If yes, please give details…

SAFEGUARDING
Do you have any adult cautions (simple or conditional) or spent convictions that are not / NO
protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order
1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020?”

“Do you have any unspent conditional cautions or convictions under the Rehabilitation / NO
of Offenders Act 1974?”

Are there any other matters that may be relevant to your suitability to work for the
College? (There is no obligation to disclose a protected caution or conviction as / NO
defined by the Exceptions Order 1975 or any circumstances ancillary to that protected
caution or conviction).
If ‘yes’, please submit details of the conviction/caution, reprimand or warning including date, Court, nature of
offence and sentence imposed in an envelope marked “Confidential” to the Vice Principal, Corporate Services.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 you may be entitled to
answer 'no' to this question even if you have, in the past, been subjected to criminal proceedings resulting in
conviction(s). However, certain types of employment are excluded, under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
1974 (Exemptions) Order, 1975, from the protection of the Act. It is therefore, suggested that you take the
appropriate advice if you are in any doubt as to the correct answers to give. A Disclosure & Barring Service
check at Enhanced level will be relevant to this post.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (2013) provide that certain spent
convictions and cautions are 'protected' and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be
taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found
on the Ministry of Justice website.

Information collected about criminal convictions, offences, cautions, reprimand and warnings are
processed inline with our safer recruitment practices and GDPR Regulations. To learn more about this
please follow the link below:
https://www.wigan-leigh.ac.uk/application/files/8015/2717/9063/Staff_Privacy_Notice.docx.pdf

Where did you first see this vacancy advertised? (please tick one box)
Wigan and Leigh College website Manchester Evening News
AoC Jobs Reed
X Word of Mouth FE Week
Jobcentre Plus or www.jobseekers.direct.gov.uk TES
FE Careers Other
CURRENT / MOST RECENT EMPLOYMENT (PLEASE DELETE AS APPROPRIATE)
If you are currently unemployed, please give details of your most recent employment
Name of current/most recent employer JJFox Agency – Wigan and Leigh College
Company Name JJFox
Company Address 2 Adam St, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham England
Postcode TS18 3HQ
Telephone number 01642 614106
Current/latest job title Operational Excellence Coach
Date appointed January 2022
Salary 41,000
Employment end date (if applicable) October 2023
Reason for leaving (if applicable) Decided to return to work in HE setting
Notice period (if applicable) n/a
Please give details of duties/responsibilities...
Plan and deliver Pearson HE Engineering Units at HNC and HND level. General programme administration.
Pastoral duties as Tutorial Group facilitator.

OTHER PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE:

(Please state reasons for any gaps in employment)
Name of previous Post held / Full Time From To Reason for leaving
employer / Source Experience Part Time post
of experience gained or Month Year Month Year
Voluntary
Aegion Corrpro – Operational FT Sept 2022 October 2023 Return to work F.T. in
Planning, Excellence HE Education
developing and Coach
delivering training
matrices for Field
Operations
Personnel
TTE Ltd – Plan FE and HE FT Sept 2019 July 2022 Go into industry
and deliver Lecturer
learning and
assessment for
Pearson FE and
HE Engineering
programmes
Wirral Metropolitan FE and HE FT Sept 2018 July 2019 Go to work for
College Programme another provider –
Coordinator took a short break for
a house renovation
project

Petrofac Training Training FT Dec 2013 August 2017 Project completion

Services – various Specialist
International
Training Projects
supporting Oilfield
Operations.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education and qualifications obtained: Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates, Teaching and/or Membership of
Professional and/or other Bodies (mention subjects, class, distinctions where applicable).

Institution Qualification Achieved Date awarded

EXPERIENCE
Please describe the extent of your experience in relation to the role for which you are applying and indicate how
this will help you in your application:
I have worked in education for approximately 20years. My first role was as a teacher in an overseas government
education programme in Thailand. On return to the UK in 2001 I took a long-term role as a supply teacher with
West Derby Boys Secondary School. I was based in the Maths and Science department where I taught GCSE
Maths at Key Stage 3 and 4, and Physics at Key Stage 4. Furthermore, I also taught Design Technology, CAD
and CAM at Key Stage 4. Transferring to teach in Knowsley Borough Council, in Newstead, a Pupil Referral
Unit, I was the Science Coordinator for Key Stages 3 and 4 and shared in good practice sessions across the
borough with the Heads of Science Community. I also supported the centre to achieve the best attainment on
record, supporting students in BTec Applied Science Curriculum. During this period, I decided to go to night
school and study HNC Engineering. I went on to remain in Newstead for 3 years while obtaining my HNC. But
following that I decided to take a role as an Engineering Manager in the Port of Liverpool, Produce Terminal. My
children were young at this time and I wanted a break from working in education. The role was very varied and
involved supervisory and active participation in the operation and maintenance of company assets in the cold
storage and packaging plant. MAC Group had contracts to supply fruit to all major supermarkets, and the
Northern operation was set up and ran for over 1 year. However, due to austerity and changes in the company’s
operation, which was mainly focused in Felixstowe and Paddock Wood, Kent, the company then decided to
mothball the Northern site. As Engineering Manager, I was privy to company Management meetings and
decided that I would change my role to work with a local biofuel’s provider. The main focus of my HNC in
Operations Engineering had been related to plant and process engineering, and I was comfortable to make this
transition. I had also been involved with a company, Tradebe, Willacy Oil Services, during my HNC, as I had
been given a project by them to analyse the application of various tricanter centrifuges for regional operation in
oil processing from temporary storage, pontoons. Working with the CEO of MBP EU, David Magnusson and
Head of UK Operations, Joe Platt exposed me to many company processes and products. I was involved in the
strategic business analysis of various tank farms for storage and site processing of company products. I
completed market analysis and presented findings at business meetings with clients and industry partners. I also
prepared contracts for products and services and used the company ERP system to manage supply logistics.
During this period, and after winning the company several lucrative contracts, the CEO and UK Manager
encouraged me to continue with my Professional Development and undertake a master’s degree in petroleum
engineering at Salford University. Several of the companies’ products had the potential to go into the oil industry
as additives to Drilling Mud, and it was in the company’s interest to develop this high earning market potential.
During my time at Salford, and as a mature student, I was appointed as Student Coordinator. I worked closely
with the lecturers Mohammed Nagib, Ali Kadir and with Gasim Nasr. I helped set up several special interest
groups, such as the Drilling and Production Engineers Simulation Labs, and I worked on several projects for the
PhD Candidates. Some of which involved me using 3D CAD skills to help provide drawings and designs for
Spray Nozzles for CO2 Sequestration processes, or pressure vessels for oil sludge removal from production
tubing. I was also instrumental in setting up the Society of Petroleum Engineers Salford Chapter. With key
events seeing the University host guest industry speakers and several trip to the Royal Geological Society in
London.
After completing my Master’s Degree, and wanting to get further experience in the industry I took a project role
in China. I was a appointed as a University Lecturer, in the International School, where I prepared students for
STEM Degree programmes in the UK. I also was attached to the Coal Mine Disaster Group – a key state lab and
supported the ongoing research into developing safe systems for gas production from Coal Bed Methane CBM
sites in the region. I also supported the International Student football Team as the Coach, running 3 training
sessions per week and supporting the Team during matchday, if there was no conflict with work priorities. During
my time at Chongqing University, I was also asked to assist in editing technical papers written by colleagues for
international publication. On completion of which several colleagues invited me to be on the review panel for
master’s Thesis students.
In 2014 I returned to the UK and went straight into employment as a Technical Writer and Trainer for the
Newcaflex Project. Newcaflex was the development of a $50 million site for production of subsea pipeline for the
oil and gas industry. During my time on this project, I worked closely with the design and commissioning teams
from all disciplines. I was attached to the Instrumentation and Control Team in Brasil during factory testing of the
equipment. In Newcastle, I was placed in the Industrialisation Team at Technip, to work with the electrical,
control and mechanical maintenance engineers, to ensure operations and maintenance procedures were
validated. I worked with equipment providers during commissioning and supported 3 rd party vendor training by
providing teams with Pre-Vendor and Post-Vendor training to ensure equipment strategies were in place.
Towards the end of the Project in 2014 Technip offered me a position to work at the plant at a Lead Trainer, and
the equipment provider Brastec also encouraged me to join them on a further project in Texas. However I had
already secured a position with Petrofac Training Services on the ExxonMobil West Qurna 1 Project in Iraq. My
motivation to work in Iraq was quite high. The work was well paid, and I had written technical papers about the
pipeline infrastructure in the country during my MSc and had studied with several Iraqis on the programme who
had become friends.
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REFEREES
You are asked to give the names and addresses of two employment referees, one of whom must be your
current or most recent line manager. However, if this is your first job, you should provide the name and
addresses of two educational referees, one of whom must be from the educational establishment at which you
are currently studying or at which you last studied. The names and addresses of relatives, friends or colleagues
should not be provided for this purpose. If you currently have, or have had, a role that involves you
working with children on either a paid or voluntary basis, it is necessary for the College to have a
reference from this organisation.
Employment Reference 1 Reference 2
(Must be your current or most recent employer)
Name Name

Address and Address and

Postcode Postcode

Email address Email address

Tel No Tel No

Relationship Relationship
to you to you
(Please indicate if you do not wish your current employer to be contacted)

DECLARATION
I certify that the information given on this form is correct. I understand that any willful omission or
falsification may lead to the disqualification of this application or dismissal if appointed to the post
applied for.
Signed: Date:

If you have not had any response from the College in respect of this application within 4 weeks of the closing
date you may assume that you have been unsuccessful.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory checks, including those required under the provisions of the
Protection of Children Act and Part V of the Police Act 1997, eg, completion of a DBS Application Form. A
criminal record or caution will not necessarily bar you from employment.

To comply with legislation, you are required to obtain a DBS check for your role. We will be asking Protocol
National Ltd /Esafeguarding Ltd to undertake this process on our behalf.

For further details of the DBS Service please see https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

This form must be returned either in an envelope marked “Private and Confidential” to: Vice Principal –
Corporate Services, Wigan & Leigh College, PO Box 53, Parson’s Walk, Wigan, WN1 1RS, or by e-mail
to [email protected] no later than the closing date for the post.

The College processes your personal data in line with GDPR Regulations. To learn more about this please
follow this link
https://www.wigan-leigh.ac.uk/application/files/8015/2717/9063/Staff_Privacy_Notice.docx.pdf

Thank you for expressing an interest in the post. If your application is not successful on this occasion, please
do not let this deter you from applying for any future vacancies.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND DIVERSITY MONITORING FORM

Wigan & Leigh College is committed to equal opportunities in employment and ensuring that
all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of
gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour,
nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. This form is intended
to help us maintain equal opportunities best practice, to monitor and evaluate the
effectiveness of external and internal job advertising, recruitment and employment practices
and identify barriers to workforce equality and diversity.

All questions are optional. You are not obliged to answer any of these questions but
the more information you supply, the more effective our monitoring will be. All
information supplied will be treated in the strictest confidence. It will not be placed on
your personnel file nor included as part of the selection process.
Thank you for your assistance.

Post title & reference: _________________________________________________

Where did you hear about this job (please tick)?

Newspaper Friend Recruitment

(please company
specify)
College Other
website (please
specify)

Gender:
01 Male 03 Prefer not to say
02 Female

(If you are undergoing gender reassignment, please use the gender identity you intend to
acquire.)
Gender identity:

Do you identify as transgender/transsexual?

Yes
No
Prefer not to say
Marital status:
01 Single 05 Widowed
02 Living with Partner 06 Civil Partnership
03 Married
04 Divorced

How would you describe your sexual orientation?

01 Gay woman/lesbian 04 Bisexual

02 Gay man 05 Prefer not to say
03 Heterosexual/straight

If you are lesbian, gay or bisexual, are you open about your sexual orientation?
Yes Partially No
At home
With colleagues
With your
manager
At work generally

Age
What is your age (please tick)?
16–17 18– 22– 31– 41–50
21 30 40
51–60 61– 66– 71+ Prefer not to
65 70 say

Religion or belief
Please describe your religion or other strongly-held belief.
I would describe my religion or belief as: .................................................
I have no particular religion or belief
Prefer not to say

Ethnic group
How would you describe your nationality and/or ethnicity (please tick)?

A B C
White: Mixed race: Asian or Asian
British:

British - English, White and Black Indian

Scottish or Caribbean
Welsh

Irish White and Black Pakistani

African

Other White White and Asian Bangladeshi

background
Other Mixed Other Asian
background background

D E
Black or Black Chinese and
British: other groups:

Caribbean Chinese Prefer not to say

African Other ethnic

group
Other Black
background

Disability
The Equality Act 2010 defines a disability as a "physical or mental impairment which has a
substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day
activities". An effect is long-term if it has lasted, or is likely to last, more than 12 months.
Do you consider that you have a disability under the Equality Act (please tick)?

Yes No
Used to have a disability but Don't know
have now recovered
Prefer not to say

If yes, please state the nature of your disability ______________________________

If you have a disability, are there any adjustments or aids that may assist you in carrying out
the duties of this post? ______________________________________

Please sign below indicating your understanding and agreement that the above information
will be used for the purpose of equality and diversity monitoring only.

Name:

Signature: Date: