Job Opportunities in United Kingdom

Personal attributes

Essential

Desirable

To be able to work as part of a team

Qualifications and relevant training

Essential

Desirable

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

Relevant experience

Essential

Desirable

Experience of being employed as a cleaner.

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 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

• Equipment

Main duties

• 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 accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special circumstances

• -