Elite Sport Caretaker | Lilleshall

Job Req ID:  300050
Posting Start Date:  28 Mar 2025
Location: 

Near Newport, Shropshire, GB, TF10 9AT

Contract Type:  Full Time
Job Advertisement: 

Location: Lilleshall National Sports & Conferencing Centre

Job type: Permanent, Full Time

Working Hours: 39 per week, 5 out of 7 days including weekends, mainly evening / overnight shits

Salary: £26,500 to £28,000 per annum + excellent benefits

 

  

Here at Lilleshall our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for an Elite Sport Caretaker to join the site.

  

Lilleshall is one of Sport England`s National Sports Centres and is home to a number of National Governing Bodies of Sport. Lilleshall provides excellent facilities to Britain’s leading sports men and women.  We are also a Conferencing and Event Centre, boasting a large number of recently refurbished rooms and outdoor spaces for weddings, corporate events and team-building days.

 

As the Elite Sport Caretaker, the successful candidate will maintain a high standard of cleaning throughout the building, at all times to an elite level, to make sure we deliver a world class training environment for our British Gymnastics Facility and the GB Archery facility by ensuring their elite training facilities are clean, safe and prepared ready for use. The buildings are used by pathway athletes up to Olympic athletes and have several areas/roles that would be incorporated such as maintenance and general upkeep of the equipment by following the relevant reporting processes. This role will create a strong partnership with stakeholders and will be considered part of the high-performance team.

 

About You 

 

To be considered for this role, you will have similar work experience or be able to demonstrate capability in this area, as well as experience of working in a busy environment and in dealing with high volumes of customers, adults and children.

 

You will have good communication and customer care skills, good attention to detail and health and safety awareness, ability to use initiative, literate with ability to complete necessary records and lastly have a desire to become part of, and work with, a high-performance (sport) team who are under pressure to deliver results

 

If you feel you meet the above criteria, then please apply today!

 

Why Serco

 

A place you can make an impact: Working within Leisure means that you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that the communities we serve receive exceptional service and you’ll help to provide our local communities with a safe and fun environment to stay healthy and connected to others.

 

A place you can count on: It takes a diverse team to support our Leisure business and we’re big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, undertake additional training or progress into senior management you’ll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career.

 

A place for you : Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service for our customers and we welcome those who take similar pride in their work.

 

 

What we offer

  • Free Gym membership
  • Staff meal, physio discounts
  • Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
  • Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment, online shopping, mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
  • Interesting, varied, and enjoyable work
  • A company that recognises your contribution
  • All Leisure Benefits - Employee Benefits (moreleisure.com)

 

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Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.

 

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