Supervisory Cleaner Caretaker - Bro Llifon School

Salary GBP 11,296.00 - 11,426.00 per year

Details Job Advertisement Wanted as soon as possible. To work as an important member of the cleaning team. Duties to include keeping designated areas clean and hygienic. 20 hours a week during the school term. Weekly Salary - £216.60 - £220.00.

The Council will request a Criminal Records Bureau disclosure for the successful applicant. 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.

Application Information Closing Date: 16/02/2026. Application forms from and to be returned to: Gwasanaeth Cefnogol, Cefnogaeth Gorfforaethol, Caernarfon. Telephone number 01286 679076. If you would like support to apply, Gwaith Gwynedd is available to help Gwynedd residents get into work.

Person Specification

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

Qualifications and relevant training

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

Relevant experience

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

Skills and specialist knowledge

• 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.

Job Description 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.

Main duties

• 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 and security of the premises at the end of the cleaning period.
• Supervise cleaning staff on site, including certifying job sheets.

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.
• Allocating duties and working arrangements, training and countersigning 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.
• Unlock all gates and disable the alarm.
• Unlocking of entrance doors and all classrooms doors half an hour before the morning opening of the establishment as required by the Headteacher.
• During heating periods as specified by the headteacher, to ensure that the heating system is operating at the required level.
• To report to the headteacher any fault or irregularities observed in individual heaters or in the general heating system.
• Cleaning and clearing of all outside covered areas, porches and hard‑paved areas of potentially dangerous or unsightly litter.
• To purchase and distribute paper towels, toilet rolls and liquid hand soap throughout the establishment as required.
• Report to the headteacher any damage found to school property, defects in fittings or bad smelling drains etc.
• At the close of the establishment to ensure that all lights are switched off and heaters/central heating systems are set at the correct stand‑by setting.
• Close and secure main gates as appropriate at the end of the school day.

Periodic Tasks

• To maintain drain traps and gutters in a clean condition and clean grease traps weekly.
• Empty outside litter bins to plastic bags and dispose as with inside litter.
• To monitor consumption of electricity, gas and water.
• To maintain boiler houses in a clean and tidy condition and free of combustible materials.
• To maintain all hard surface play areas, delivery bays, parking areas, paths and roadways free of weeds, loose stones and clear of all litter.
• To clear snow on pathways to main entrance as appropriate and to spread rock salt.
• Replace light bulbs and fluorescent fittings if competent to do so.
• To open and close for evening lettings by mutual agreement.
• To undertake minor repairs e.g. boarding of small broken windows.
• To undertake weekly testing of fire equipment, taps, showers and water sprinkler if required.
• To undertake the work of monitoring Biomass system by emptying waste, if appropriate.

Responsibility for self‑development

• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace.
• 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.
• 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.