Why Cheekwood?
Working at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens offers you the opportunity to work for one of the most beautiful places in Nashville. Formerly the home of Mabel and Leslie Cheek, Cheekwood now serves the public as a botanical garden, arboretum, and museum with period rooms and art galleries. At Cheekwood, you'll have the opportunity to explore a wide range of roles tailored to your skills and interests. Whether you're passionate about horticulture, art curation, historical preservation, or one of our many other career opportunities, you would have the chance to thrive and make a meaningful impact here. Working in such a place that cherishes its rich history, vibrant art scene, and serene gardens offers a unique blend of fulfillment and inspiration. You'll find yourself in a supportive environment where every day brings new opportunities for personal and professional growth, amidst the backdrop of pictureque setting.
What does the Cheekwood Security Team do and why join?
At Cheekwood, the security team manages the safety and protection of the grounds. Their main objective is to ensure a secure environment for visitors while upholding the integrity of the gardens and facilities. This involves monitoring and patrolling the grounds, implementing safety protocols, and providing assistance to visitors when needed. The security team collaborates in coordinating special events within the garden and contributes to generating revenue to sustain the garden's mission and ongoing initiatives. Joining the Cheekwood Security team offers a unique opportunity to work in a peaceful and beautiful environment while ensuring the safety and protection of both visitors and the property assets, such as art collections and outdoor exhibits. It provides a chance to interact with diverse groups of people, from garden enthusiasts to tourists, and offers the satisfaction of contributing to the preservation of a cultural and historical site.
What will you be doing?
The chosen candidate will join our security team to support the Safety and Security Manager. As a Security Attendant, you'll safeguard the art collection, report any issues to the Security Manager, and maintain a professional appearance when helping the public. You'll also respond quickly to incidents, stay in touch via radio, and file accurate incident reports. Additional tasks may be assigned to support the security team. If you're passionate about security and look for a wonderful work environment, we welcome your application.
Requirements
- Responsible for protecting the works of art by ensuring that no one touches the collection and reports any problems promptly to the Security Manager.
- Maintains a clean uniform and appearance to reflect a professional image.
- Provides positive interactions with the public answering questions and giving directions. Attendants are required to always maintain a calm friendly and professional demeanor, in all situations, while providing exceptional customer service.
- First responder to incidents as needed. Attendants will know the location of every fire extinguisher and first aid kits. Incident response time should be quick while maintaining continual radio contact with the Security Base. Incident reports will be completed accurately and turned in immediately to the Security Manager.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Valid State of Tennessee Security Unarmed Guard License. Must maintain a valid unarmed security license from the State of Tennessee and a valid Drivers License at all times. Dallas Law Training also required.
- Must have the ability to multi-task and endure long periods of standing and walking in all types of weather conditions.
- Daytime, evening, and weekend shifts are available.
- Security level experience in the Entertainment or Hospitality Industry is a plus.
Part-time Benefits
- Membership & Discounts: As an employee, you receive a Cheekwood membership, which entitles you to unlimited admission during regular Garden hours and a limited number of free tickets to special events. Members also receive discounts classes, ticketed events, and purchases at the Gift Shop. Your Cheekwood membership also include reciprocal admission for named members to more than 300 gardens though the American Horticultural Society.
- Reciprocal Admission: As an employee of Cheekwood you have free general admission access to many local cultural, historical, and art institutions as part of the employee admission program.
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA) Statement
Cheekwood is committed to embracing, pursuing, and celebrating inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility among our board, staff, leadership, partners, vendors, volunteers, members, supporters and visitors. We will be steadfast in our efforts to welcome people of all races, nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, religions, political affiliations, ages and abilities. We recognize we have much work to do and pledge to pursue new and previously underrepresented ideas, artists, advisors, partners, instructors, innovators and audiences so that all voices can be heard, respected and supported.
**Cheekwood employees have an opportunity to participate in an active and ongoing IDEA Committee promoting inclusivity and engagement.