Cleaner Cae Top School Bangor

Educators; Bangor; Hybride; GBP 6 300 - 8 600; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Gwynedd Council is seeking a cleaner to join the school cleaning team in the Bangor area. The role requires bilingual Welsh/English literacy and the ability to follow instructions in both languages.

Responsibilities include cleaning tasks across designated areas, maintaining hygiene, and adhering to Health and Safety policies. The position is part of a bilingual service delivery and may involve working across different terms and school schedules.

Qualifications

• Linguistic requirement: Welsh language level noted as essential in the Person Specification.
• Desirable: Training in Health and Safety (e.g., moving and handling or first aid).
• Desirable: Experience as a cleaner.

Responsabilités

• Cleaning, washing, sweeping and vacuum cleaning.
• Emptying litter and recycling bins.
• Polishing and dusting of designated areas including furniture and fixtures.
• Use of powered equipment when required.
• Adjusting duties per term and school closure periods.
• Cleaning toilets and shower areas, replenishing toilet paper and soap.
• Move between areas as needed.
• Report any concerns in line with Health and Safety policies.
• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon footprint.

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Formation

Health and Safety training

Description du poste

Salary: GBP 7,459.00 - 7,459.00 per year

Details

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.

( Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)

CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 04/11/2026

The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.

Person Specification

Personal attributes

• Essential: -
• Desirable: To be able to work as part of a team

Qualifications and relevant training

• Essential: -
• Desirable: Training in Health and Safety, e.g. moving and handling or first aid

Relevant experience

• Essential: -
• Desirable: Experience of being employed as a cleaner.

Skills and specialist knowledge

• Essential: -
• Desirable: Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills

Language requirements

Listening and Speaking - Entry

Able to pronounce the names of places and people correctly. Able to follow instructions and understand simple conversation through the medium of Welsh and English on familiar matters and respond to simple requests for information

Reading and Understanding - Entry

Able to read and understand short and simple letters, e-mails, leaflets, and signs in Welsh and English on familiar everyday issues, in order to convey them to someone else.

Writing - Entry

Able to write a simple message requesting or giving information about familiar everyday issues in the workplace.

Job Description

Purpose of the post

• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
• To undertake, as part of a team, the cleaning of designated areas within the school premises to ensure that they are kept in a clean and hygienic condition.

Responsibility for functions

• Equipment

Main duties

• Cleaning, washing, sweeping and vacuum cleaning.
• Emptying litter and recycling bins.
• Polishing and dusting of designated areas including furniture and fixtures.
• There is a requirement, when appropriate, to use powered equipment.
• The duties may vary between terms and school closure periods.
• Cleaning toilets and shower areas, replenish toilet paper and soap.
• There will, on occasions, be a requirement for you to move between areas
• Responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special circumstances

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