General Kitchen Assistant Syr Hugh Owen School
Salary: GBP 8,975.00 per year
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.
For further information about this post, please contact Kath Joneson on 01286679597.
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, Health and Safety, e.g., moving and handling or first aid, Training in selling skills
Relevant experience
* Essential: None
* Desirable: Experience of being employed in a food production environment
Skills and specialist knowledge
* Essential: None
* 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
* 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
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
* 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
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.
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
Gwynedd Council is an equal opportunities employer.
Closing date: 10:00 AM, 15/10/2025
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