Mobile General Kitchen Assistant

Salary: GBP 8,975.00 - 9,140.00 per year

Mobile General Kitchen Assistant

To prepare and serve the food, and general kitchen duties (16.25 hours a week during the school term)

• S1 point 2 £ 12.65 per hour (£10.59 averaged)
• Weekly Salary - £172.09

The Council will request a Criminal Records Bureau disclosure for the successful applicant and you will receive an email from 'no' to complete a DBS form online.

The applicant will be expected to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We welcome applications in Welsh and English and applications will be treated completely equally.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing Date: 28/01/2026

Application forms from and to be returned to:
Gwasanaeth Cefnogol, Cefnogaeth Gorfforaethol, Caernarfon. Telephone number:

If you would like support to apply, Gwaith Gwynedd is available to help Gwynedd residents get into work - for more information .

Essential

• To be able to work as part of a team (School team and kitchen team)
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

Desirable

• Self motivated, happy disposition.

Essential

• Basic food hygiene or agreement to pass the course within 3 months of appointment
• Full driving licence
• Car owner and prepared to use own car for work (Business use on Car Insurance)

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.

Essential

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Desirable

• Experience of being employed in a food production environment

Essential

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Desirable

• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills

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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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…