Mobile General Kitchen Assistant

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.) We are keen to consider applications from individuals who may currently have language skills at a lower level than the linguistic needs of the post, but the successful candidate will be required to commit to learning or develop to the language level of the post within a reasonable timeframe.

The Council will provide support to achieve this. The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate. CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 10/08/2026.

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

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.

Relevant experience

Essential-Desirable

Experience of being employed in a food production environment

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.

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 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.

Responsibility for functions

Equipment 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.
• 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…