You could do a little introductory letter as your email.

Dear employer,

My name is traveller and I wish to apply for the position of ........ As advertised in ........

Please find attached my curriculum vitea and a cover letter outlining my skills and experience.

I can be contacted on ............. Between he hours of...........

Yours sincerely
I re-read the email and it stipulated that the cover letter should be no more than one page long, so I took that an an indication it should be attached to the email and sent the application off as you suggested above. Thanks everyone for your help, and wish me luck