Problem opening online PDF link/file

Every time I try to open a PDF link, I get an error message saying it's not opening because it's either not a supported file type or it's damaged. I have tried opening it with Google chrome and Mozilla Firefox to no avail. I also considered whether or not I had the wrong Adobe Reader version but I believe it's up-to-date. If anyone could shed some light on this issue, I'd be very grateful.
Noelie

Hi Gilad and Pat!
Your suggestions were helpful and it's worked for some of the files that were not opening but the 'application form' which is the most important one is still not working.
@Pat: I am using the 11.0.5 Adobe Reader version
The link address is:
https://jobsfiles.civilservice.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA1MD AwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTI4OTQwMSZ2ZXJpZnk9YjVlYWVmZWYyYzk4MjNj NTc3M2U2ZDYwYTMwYzJhNGEmcmVxc2lnPTEzODc2NzgxOTktZDI4ZDg4YjA1NTM0MjM1OTQ1YzYyODYxMGQ5Y2IyMj I5OWRmNDlhNQ==
The website: https://jobs.civilservice.gov.uk/company/nghr/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTM4MzE3NSZ2dF90ZW1wbGF 0ZT0xMzA0Jm93bmVyPTUwNTAwMDAmb3duZXJ0eXBlPWZhaXImYnJhbmRfaWQ9MCZ2YWNfbmdoci5uZ2hyX3NhbGFye T0xNjY2MzYmdmFjX25naHIubmdocl9yZWdpb249MTY2NjQ1JnJlcXNpZz0xMzg3NjA1ODc4LTA1ODIzNTZkY2U4YjI yMWFkNTRiYjg5ZWRiN2UwYzU0MWM4OGY4MTQ=
(Although I'm not sure if you have to be logged in as a user to access the page, the first link might work)

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