Caretaker

Fleetwood Town Football Club; Fleetwood; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Fleetwood Town Football Club is seeking a part-time caretaker to maintain Poolfoot Farm, ensuring a clean, safe and welcoming environment for customers, teams and visitors. The role includes preparing pitches, routine cleaning and minor repairs, with a proactive presence on site.

You will work around the day-to-day upkeep, assist with events, and collaborate with the General Manager to maintain high standards across Poolfoot Farm. A reliable, hands-on approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance or groundskeeping.
• Ability to perform routine cleaning and minor repairs.
• Comfort with assisting customers and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and presentation of buildings, entrances, walkways, and external areas.
• Regularly check the site and report maintenance issues or hazards.
• Prepare pitches and sports areas before use; set up and store equipment.
• Carry out general groundskeeping tasks: litter picking, sweeping, weeding.
• Assist with events, tournaments, camps and other activities.
• Follow health and safety and data protection policies.

Skills

Maintenance

Cleanliness

Health & safety

Customer service

Job description

Fleetwood Town Football Club are looking to recruit a caretaker to help maintain Poolfoot Farm and ensure the site is safe, clean and ready for customers, teams and visitors.

Job title: Caretaker
Location: Poolfoot Farm
Department: Facilities
Job Type: 25 Hours a week
Reports to: General Manager

About the role

The successful candidate will support the day-to-day upkeep, cleanliness and general maintenance of Poolfoot Farm.

The role will include preparing pitches and sports areas, maintaining equipment, completing routine cleaning and carrying out minor repairs. The caretaker will also provide a helpful and professional presence around the site.

Main responsibilities

The successful candidate's duties will include:

• Maintaining the cleanliness and presentation of buildings, entrances, walkways, communal spaces and external areas.
• Regularly checking the site and reporting any maintenance issues or hazards to the General Manager.
• Preparing football pitches and sports areas before use.
• Setting up, moving and storing goals, nets, corner flags, cones, barriers and other sports equipment.
• Checking sports equipment regularly and repairing, replacing or reporting damaged and missing items.
• Carrying out general groundskeeping duties, including litter picking, sweeping, weeding and tidying.
• Keeping equipment stores, containers and maintenance areas clean and organised.
• Helping to set up and dismantle pitches, tournaments, football camps, events and other activities.
• Cleaning toilets, changing areas, public spaces and other parts of the facility.
• Completing basic maintenance and minor repairs within the scope of the role.
• Monitoring fencing, gates, signage, bins, site furniture and other facilities for damage or defects.
• Managing bins and waste areas and keeping customer-facing spaces free from litter.
• Making sure equipment is returned to the correct storage area after use.
• Supporting seasonal and ad hoc grounds maintenance work.
• Assisting customers, teams and visitors with basic queries when required.
• Completing daily or weekly maintenance, cleanliness and equipment checks.
• Working with the General Manager and wider Poolfoot Farm team to identify improvements across the site.

The post holder will be expected to follow all Fleetwood Town Football Club and Poolfoot Farm policies and procedures, including health and safety and data protection requirements.