Supervisory Cleaner - Hafod Lon School, Penrhyndeudraeth

Supervisory Cleaner - Hafod Lon School, Penrhyndeudraeth

Salary: GBP 9,037.00 - 9,178.00 per year

Details

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. (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 Gwyneth Hughes on  or by email:
Gwyneth Elizabeth Hughes2w .cymru.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
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E-Mail:
Swyddiw.cymru

CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 23/02/2026

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.

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Personal attributes

• Essential:
  
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• Desirable:
  To be able to work as part of a team

Qualifications and relevant training

• Essential:
  
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• Desirable:
  Training in cleaning methods
• Training in Health and Safety, e.g. moving and handling or first aid

Relevant experience

• Essential:
  
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• Desirable:
  Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of being employed as a cleaner.

Skills and specialist knowledge

• 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.

Purpose of the post

• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
• To supervise cleaning staff on site.
• 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.

Responsibility for functions

• Staff
• Equipment

Main duties

General

• In conjunction with the School Catering and Cleaning Team Leader to be responsible for ordering of cleaning materials as and when required.
• Cleaning of a specific area of the site.

Daily Tasks

• Confirming to day to day requirements of health and safety affecting staff and any other persons that visit or use the site.
• Ensure that all cleaning staff follow good working practices in keeping with any Statutory Provisions and Gwynedd Council Policies.
• Supervising cleaning staff on the site. Allocating duties and working arrangements, training and certifying timesheets.
• Ensure that all members of the cleaning team have received induction training, health and safety training before starting work.
• Responsible for ensuring that appointment packs including application forms, right to work in the UK checks and DBS forms have been completed and returned to the Authority.
• Responsible for managing staff absences by completing sickness absence recording form SA1 and return to work interview form SA2.
• Cleaning, washing, sweeping and vacuum cleaning.
• Emptying litter and re-cycling bins.
• Polishing and dusting of designated areas including furniture and fixtures.
• Cleaning toilets and shower areas, replenish toilet paper and soap.
• There is a requirement, when appropriate, to use powered equipment.
• The duties may vary between terms and school closure periods.
• There will, on occasions, be a requirement for you to move between areas.
• 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…