Salary: GBP 2,224.35 per year
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package. For more information, please click on this Information Pack
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.
For further information about this post, please contact Kathleen Devenport Jones on 01286679597 or kathleendevenportjones@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Interview date to be confirmed. Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH. Tel: 01286 679076. E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Closing Date: 10:00 AM, 15/10/2025
If you are successful and shortlisted 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.
If you would like support to apply, Gwaith Gwynedd is available to help Gwynedd residents get into work.
Person Specification
Personal attributes
* Essential: To be able to work as part of a team
* Desirable: -
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
Main duties
* Cleaning, washing, sweeping, and vacuum cleaning
* Emptying litter and re-cycling bins
* Polishing and dusting of designated areas including furniture and fixtures
* There is a requirement, when appropriate, to use powered equipment
* Cleaning toilets and shower areas, replenish toilet paper and soap
* 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
* 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
Gwynedd Council is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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