Elite Sport Caretaker
Location: Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 9AT.
Salary: £6,672 - £10,600.14 per annum plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Part time 16 hours per week, flexible to work different shifts including earlies, lates, weekends and bank holidays.
Ready to impact a better future?
As an Elite Sport Caretaker in our Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre, you’ll help create and maintain a world-class training environment for elite athletes at one of the UK’s leading National Sports Centres. Your work will ensure training facilities remain clean, safe, well-presented and ready for use, supporting athletes as they strive to achieve their goals.
At Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre, our work touches lives at every level of sport – from emerging talent to Olympic athletes. By maintaining exceptional standards across the British Gymnastics and GB Archery facilities, you’ll play an important role in supporting high-performance sport while helping us deliver a positive impact on athletes, visitors and the wider sporting community.
What you’ll do as an Elite Sport Caretaker
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Maintain elite training facilities to exceptional cleaning and presentation standards at all times
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Ensure facilities are safe, prepared and fully operational for athletes, coaches and visitors
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Carry out routine maintenance, equipment checks and general upkeep activities
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Follow reporting procedures to identify and escalate maintenance, safety or facility issues
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Build positive working relationships with athletes, coaches, governing body representatives and colleagues
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Support the delivery of a world-class environment that enables high-performance sporting achievement
Does this sound like you?
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Experience in a cleaning, caretaking, facilities or similar operational role, or the ability to demonstrate relevant capability
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Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high standards
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Good communication and customer care skills
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Awareness of health and safety responsibilities within a busy environment
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Ability to use initiative, complete records accurately and work independently when required
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A genuine interest in being part of a high-performance sporting environment and contributing to positive outcomes
What we offer
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Holidays: 20 days, 21 days after 1 years’ service + bank hols
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Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
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Free Gym membership
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Staff meal, physio discounts
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Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment, online shopping,
mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships. -
Interesting, varied, and enjoyable work
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A company that recognises your contribution
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All Leisure Benefits - Trust and Serco Leisure Employee Benefits
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colleagues including veterans, LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
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Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
For support with your application, please contact [email protected].
