Description:

Cadw Custodian (North Wales) Permanent -various locations and working hours 

Salary: TS - £24,421

Cadw is seeking to appoint to a number of Cadw Custodians in the North Wales area. If you have a passion for heritage and want to help people enjoy historic sites, then we need you! 

Cadw Custodians are the face of our business - welcoming the public, dealing with admissions, helping them enjoy their visit safely and choose an appropriate souvenir. 

You will need to be ready for anything and take customer questions in your stride – questions such as ‘who lived here?’, ‘when was it built?’ and perhaps most importantly ‘where are the toilets?’ 

Location - North Wales

Posts Available  Beaumaris Castle, Castell Caernarfon Castle, Castell Conwy, Castell Cricieth, Castell Harlech, Plas Mawr 

• 2 x Custodian, Beaumaris Castle (18 hours summer contract and 12 hours winter contract)
• 2 x Custodian, Beaumaris Castle (18 hours summer contract and 0 hours winter contract)
• 3 x Custodian, Castell Caernarfon Castle (18 hours summer contract and 15 hours winter contract)
• 1 x Custodian, Castell Conwy (18 hours summer contract and 15 hours winter contract)
• 4 x Custodian, Castell Conwy (18 hours summer contract and 0 hours winter contract)
• 1 x Custodian, Castell Cricieth (14 hours summer contract and 12 hours winter contract)
• 3 x Custodian, Castell Harlech (18 hours summer contract and 0 hours winter contract)
• 1 x Custodian, Plas Mawr (31 hours summer contract and 0 hours winter contract)
• 1 x Custodian, Plas Mawr (23 hours summer contract and 0 hours winter contract)
• 1 x Custodian, Plas Mawr (16 hours summer contract and 0 hours winter contract)

Hours of work may include weekends for which a premium rate is payable.

Welsh Language

Welsh Language skills are essential for this role, or the candidate must agree to learn Welsh upon appointment.

We are looking for people who are willing to learn Welsh to a required standard upon appointment to the role of custodian. 

There are several options available to help you learn and develop your Welsh language skills ranging from entry level to proficiency training. Along with weekly lessons, there are also online courses, intensive training and residential training available as well as mentoring and bilingual tools to support you to gain confidence as you use the language daily. A Welsh language learning plan tailored to your individual skills and learning style will be developed on appointment to help you to reach agreed goals.

Salary

Starting salary will be £24,421. This is not negotiable.

Plus

• Civil Service Pension Scheme
• 31 days annual leave
• training and development opportunities
Closing date: 

16:00pm on 11/04/2025