This has gone round on facebook, and some of us have made a protest by sending in spoof applications - ranging from 'since you are taking the piss by posting this, I am taking the piss by applying' right through to carefully-crafted excellent applications that only gradually reveal themselves as satire. The more of us who do this (with fake names on fake email accounts) the better it might be.....! ;-)
Academic work should be paid, and not privilege those who have private income and can afford to 'volunteer' their way into a high-powered career path.