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 early, late, weekend and bank holiday shifts
Make a positive difference every day
At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Sport England.
Sport England encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for an Elite Sport Caretaker to join their team and help make a positive difference every day.
As an Elite Sport Caretaker, you'll help create and maintain a world-class training environment at one of the UK's leading National Sports Centres. Your work will have purpose, ensuring facilities remain clean, safe, welcoming and ready for use, helping athletes perform at their best while making a positive impact on the sporting community.
Working across elite training environments used by British Gymnastics and GB Archery, you'll take pride in maintaining high standards and supporting a positive experience for athletes, coaches and visitors. Our work touches lives, and your contribution will help create impactful solutions that support growth, achievement and a better future for sport.
What you’ll do as an Elite Sport Caretaker
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Maintain elite training facilities to exceptional cleaning and presentation standards
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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 contributing to a high-performance sporting environment
What we offer
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Free gym membership for you and your immediate family
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Free safeguarding training and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks
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Free swimming lessons and holiday clubs for one child (50% off for additional children)
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21 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
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6% employer matched pension contribution
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Training and development opportunities
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Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom wellbeing app, Personal Trainer discounts
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Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, travel, and gym equipment
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Learn more at www.moreleisure.org/employee-benefits
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].
