Mobile General Kitchen Assistant

Gwynedd Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Gwynedd Council is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support school kitchens, covering absences on short notice and assisting the Cook in Charge with food preparation and dining room service.

The role requires basic food hygiene training, a full driving licence, and the ability to use your own car for work. Welsh and English language skills are essential for daily operations and communication.

Qualifications

• Basic food hygiene or agreement to pass within 3 months of appointment.
• Full driving licence.
• Car owner and prepared to use own car for work (Business use on Car Insurance).
• Training in Health and Safety (e.g. moving and handling or first aid).
• Training in selling skills (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Go to kitchens at short notice to cover staff absences and assist the Cook in Charge.
• Prepare simple food and provide food service; set up and clear the dining room.
• Wash equipment and keep the kitchen and dining area clean and safe.
• Maintain cleanliness of dining room and kitchen and manage equipment when facilities are multi-purpose.
• Comply with Health and Safety and Food Safety policies and report concerns as required.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Welsh/English language listening

Education

Basic food hygiene

Full driving licence

Car owner willing to use own car

Job description

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package. 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.) We are keen to consider applications from individuals who may currently have language skills at a lower level than the linguistic needs of the post, but the successful candidate will be required to commit to learning or develop to the language level of the post within a reasonable timeframe. The Council will provide support to achieve this. The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate. CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 10/08/2026.

Person Specification

Personal attributesEssentialTo be able to work as part of a team (School team and kitchen team)DesirableSelf motivated, happy disposition.Qualifications and relevant trainingEssentialBasic food hygiene or agreement to pass the course within 3 months of appointmentFull driving licenceCar owner and prepared to use own car for work (Business use on Car Insurance)DesirableTraining 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 experienceEssential-DesirableExperience of being employed in a food production environmentSkills and specialist knowledgeEssential-DesirableGood interpersonal skillsGood communication skillsLanguage requirementsListening and Speaking - EntryAble 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 informationReading and Understanding - EntryAble 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 - EntryAble 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 go to kitchens at short notice to cover staff absences. 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

EquipmentMain 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’s 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.
• There will be occasions when the individual will be required to transport meals to another school and to serve the food.