Parts and Service Assistant - Bala, United Kingdom - Gwynedd Council

Gwynedd Council
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Bala, United Kingdom

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Job title:
Parts and Service Assistant


Directorate:
Highways and Municipal


Service:
Highway Works


Closing date:
23/02/2023 10:00


Job type/Hours:
Permanent | 37 Hour


Salary:
£22,369 - £24,054 a year


Pay Scale:
GS4


Location(s):
Ffordd y Bala Depot,


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.

For further information about this post please contact
Kev Sheret/Kerry Williams on

Interviews will be held week commencing 27/02/2023.

Application forms and further details available from, Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH


Tel:




CLOSING DATE:
10.00 AM, THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY, 2023.

Personal attributes:


Essential:

Confident phone skills

Ability to work alone or as part of a team


Desirable:

Wish to develop personal skills within new fields


Qualifications and relevant training:


Essential:


Desirable:

5 GCSE including mathematics

Experience of using 'Microsoft Office'


Relevant experience:


Essential:

Experience within the vehicle/equipment parts field (purchasing or selling)


Desirable:

Respond to enquiries by the public or clients

Experience of managing stores


Skills and specialist knowledge:


Essential:

Good computer skills

Experience of inputting information into computer programmes


Desirable:

Experience of processing invoices. Willing to learn new processes


Language requirements:


Essential:


Listening and Speaking - Foundation Level:

Able to maintain a simple conversation through the medium of Welsh and English in the everyday context of the post, using specific vocabulary that arises regularly, in order to present information.

Able to present simple information through the medium of Welsh and English that hasn't been prepared beforehand and respond to questions.


Reading and Understanding - Foundation Level:


Writing - Foundation Level:


Purpose of the post:


  • Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
  • Assist the Senior Fleet Officer by ordering vehicle and machinery parts as well as undertaking administrative work in the Fleet Service's workshops

Responsibility for functions:


  • The staff associated with the identified duties. Any equipment, vehicle, machine or goods relating to the duties noted.

Main duties:


  • Assist the Senior Fleet Officer to provide an effective, efficient and economical service with specific consideration to the following:
  • Purchase parts for the workshops; day to day use for a variety of vehicles and machinery
  • Keep necessary information for the administration of the workshops
  • Process, input and keep any information that's relevant to the work of the workshops in the Fleet Management System and any relevant computer system
  • Contact clients to coordinate the service
  • Manage the stock level in storage rooms, including carrying out stock level inspections and general administration of the storage rooms
  • Respond to enquiries from clients
  • Monitor the dates of safety and service inspections as well as dates of vehicle tests
  • Responsibility for selfdevelopment.
  • 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:


  • There will be a need to work outside working hours to respond to the needs of the service and to emergencies.
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