General Kitchen Assistant Ein Harglwyddes School

Educators; Bangor; Hybrid; GBP 9,500 - 12,000; Full time

Job summary

Gwynedd Council is seeking a General Kitchen Assistant to support the Cook in Charge with the preparation of simple food, food service, and dining room setup. You will also wash equipment and keep the kitchen and dining areas clean.

The post requires basic food hygiene, good interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work in a bilingual Welsh/English environment. The appointment is permanent, with a salary of GBP 10,518 per year and the closing date 10 September 2026.

Qualifications

• Basic food hygiene required or prepared to pass within 3 months of appointment.
• Desirable: training in food production or food service.
• Training in Health and Safety (e.g., moving and handling, first aid).
• Training in selling skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of simple food and to serve the food.
• Wash equipment and keep the kitchen and dining room clean.
• Maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and wear clean overalls.
• Comply with Health and Safety and Food Safety policies.
• Follow instructions from Cook in Charge or Deputy.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

Basic food hygiene

Health & safety training

Food production training

Food service training

First aid training

Job description

• Subject: Not supplied
• Hours: Not supplied
• Contract: Permanent
• Salary Type: Per annum
• Salary: GBP 10,518.00 per year
• Language:Any
• Closing Date:10 September, 2026 12:00 AM

Details

Job Advertisement

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 Kathleen Devenport Jones on [e-mail] or 01286679597.

Interview date to be confirmed.

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, 10/09/2026

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.

Responsibility for functions

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

• 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.