General Kitchen Assistant Ardudwy School

Educators; Harlech; Remote; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Full time

Job summary

Gwynedd Council is recruiting a General Kitchen Assistant to support the Cook in Charge in preparing and serving simple meals in a school dining environment. You will help maintain cleanliness, assist with dining room setup and ensure safety practices are followed.

Applicants should be able to work as part of school and kitchen teams, with basic food hygiene training or willingness to complete it within 3 months. Welsh/English language skills are essential.

Qualifications

• To be able to work as part of a team (School team and kitchen team).
• Basic food hygiene or agreement to pass the course within 3 months of appointment.
• Training in Health and Safety, e.g. moving and handling or first aid.
• Experience in food production environment is desirable.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills are desirable.

Responsibilities

• To work under the direction of the Cook in Charge or the Deputy.
• To assist in the preparation of simple food and to serve the food.
• To keep the kitchen and dining area clean and well maintained.
• To carry out general kitchen duties including washing dishes and setting/clearing equipment.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety policies and reporting concerns.

Skills

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Basic food hygiene

Job description

Salary: GBP 12,551.00 - 12,551.00 per year

Details

Job Advertisement

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information

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.)

For further information about this post please contact Gwyneth Hughes via e-mail [e-mail]

Application forms are available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]

CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 16/11/2026

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

If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

Person Specification

Personal attributes

Essential

To be able to work as part of a team (School team and kitchen team)

Desirable

Self motivated, happy disposition.

Qualifications and relevant training

Essential

Basic food hygiene or agreement to pass the course within 3 months of appointment

Desirable

Training in food production or food service skills.

Training in Health and Safety, e.g. moving and handling or first aid.

Training in selling skills.

Relevant experience

Essential

-

Desirable

Experience of being employed in a food production environment

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 assist the Cook in Charge in the preparation of simple food, food service, setting up and clearing the dining room. Wash the equipment and clean the kitchen and dining room.
• This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Responsibility for functions . e.g. staff, budgets, equipment

• Equipment

Main Duties

• To work under the direction of the Cook in Charge or the Deputy.
• To assist in the preparation of simple food and to serve the food.
• To keep all the kitchen and dining room area clean, including the building fabric of the kitchen and the dining room when it is only used as a dining room.
• When the dining room is used for more than one purpose, clean the floor move every trace of food using a damp mop if necessary.
• To carry out general kitchen duties including washing dishes, setting and clearing equipment and dining room furniture.
• Where there is no Assistant Cook the General Kitchen Assistant will be in charge of the kitchen in the absence of the Cook in Charge at the appropriate pay grade.
• To maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and wear suitable clean overalls.
• To comply with Gwynedd Council Health and Safety Policy and Food Safety Policy.
• Any other relevant duties following a reasonable request.
• 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 . e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements etc.

• There will be occasions when the individual will be required to work to provide refreshment outside normal hours of work such as in service training days.