We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity within the arts. The information collected through this recruitment Diversity and Equality Monitoring Form will be used to help us understand the demographic profile of those seeking to work for the British Ceramics Biennial and to help us to see where we must do better to reach a diverse pool of candidates.

The questions in this form are submitted anonymously. By answering these questions, you will help us make sure we're serving everyone in our community. Some of the questions are structured to allow us to compare our data against the wider UK population via publicly accessible data sources such as the UK Census.

Anything you tell us will be kept confidential and anonymous. The information will be held by the British Ceramics Biennial in accordance with UK GDPR regulations.

Category Definitions

Modern Professional Occupations
E.g. Teacher/lecturer, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, welfare officer, actor, artist, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer

Clerical and Intermediate Occupations
E.g. secretary, personal assistant, clerical worker, office clerk, call centre agent, nursing auxiliary, nursery nurse

Senior Managers and Administrators
Usually responsible for planning, organising and co-ordinating work for finance such as finance manages, chief executive etc

Technical and Craft Occupations
E.g. motor mechanic, fitter, inspector, plumber, printer, tool maker, electrician, gardener, train driver

Semi-Routine Manual and Service Occupations
E.g. postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, receptionist, sales assistant
Routine Manual and Service Occupations
E.g. HGV driver, van driver, cleaner, porter, packer, sewing machinist, messenger, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff

Middle or Junior Managers
E.g. office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager, publican

Traditional Professional Occupations
E.g. solicitor, accountant, medical practitioner, scientist, civil/mechanical engineer

Short Term Unemployed
Claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for a year or less

Long Term Unemployed
Claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year