Mobile Cook-in-Charge

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.) For further information about this post please contact Margaret Rosemary Hughes on margaretrhughesw.cymru Application forms are available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
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Swyddiw.cymru CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 10/08/2026 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.

Personal attributes

Essential

To be able to work as part of a team (School team and kitchen team)
No history of food related illness ( D-7 Kitchen Manual – Pre-employment questionnaire)
Desirable Self motivated, happy disposition.

Knowledge of healthy food and nutrition

To be sociable and treat people with respect

Of clean and tidy appearance

Good personal hygiene

Qualifications and relevant training

Essential

Basic food hygiene

Nutrition and diet qualification or complete a level 2 course within 3 months of employment.

Full driving licence

Car owner and prepared to use own car for work (Business use on Car Insurance)
Desirable Staff supervisor qualifications

Craft cooking qualification

Training in food production skills

Training in food service skills.

Training in Health and Safety, e.g. moving and handling or first aid.

Training in selling skills.

Relevant experience

Essential

Cooking in a commercial kitchen or kitchen similar to a school kitchen

Desirable

Experience of being employed in a food production environment

Menu planning, ordering food and writing recipes

Recording and reporting catering costs

Quality assurance systems

Skills and specialist knowledge

Essential

Taking part in group work and effectively communicating in a group

Desirable

Good interpersonal skills

Good communication skills

Marketing food business

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.

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 because of the absence of the Cook in Charge. To prepare, supervise and organise food production and service in a kitchen. Occasionally assist with functions and provide kitchen staff one to one training.

Responsibility for functions

• Staff
• Equipment Main duties
• Provide food – to include menu planning, ordering food, managing food quantities, prepare and cook food.
• Comply with Health and Safety requirements and Food Safety that affects staff and other persons who may be using, visiting the site.
• Ensure that good work practices are used by all Catering Staff and that the requirements of any relevant statutory provisions and Gwynedd Council Policies are met.
• Arrange and supervise the food service including serving the food.
• Supervise kitchen staff. Allocate duties, organise work and provide training.
• Ensure that every member of kitchen…