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Security Guard 2nd Shift
Nashville Zoo
Nashville, USA
Full-time
Mid
Onsite
$17.37—$17.37 USD
Discovered 4 days ago
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Key Skills for This Role
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Skills:
- Strong customer service skills with a commitment to creating a positive experience for guests, including children, while representing Nashville Zoo professionally.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong conflict resolution and de-escalation skills.
- Sound judgment and the capacity to remain calm and professional during emergencies or high-pressure situations.
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to self-direct tasks while ensuring safety and productivity.
- Strong observation, situational awareness, and problem-solving skills.
- Accurate and timely completion of daily logs, incident reports, and other required documentation.
- Professional demeanor with a commitment to maintaining organizational standards, integrity, and confidentiality.
- Experience working collaboratively with diverse groups of guests, staff, volunteers, and external partners.
- Basic proficiency with computers, mobile devices, and radio communications.
- Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events as needed.
- Education/ Experience/ Licensure:
- Must be at lease 18 years of age.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Required to hold a current State of TN Guard Certification with Dallas Law endorsement.
- Minimum (2) years of experience working in the Security field
- Required to have and maintain a valid driver's license.
- Physical Responsibilities:
- Staff must frequently stand and walk for most of an 8–10‐hour shift and regularly bend, kneel, reach, climb, and perform repetitive motions while cleaning, maintaining grounds, or performing facilities repairs. These roles require frequently lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lbs and occasionally heavier items with assistance, as well as safely navigating ladders, stairs, uneven surfaces, and wet or slippery areas. Adequate vision, hearing, hand dexterity, and clear communication are necessary to operate tools, equipment, vehicles, and radios safely. Work occurs both indoors and outdoors year‐round in all weather conditions, with routine exposure to dust, dirt, chemicals, cleaning agents, noise, and equipment vibration. Positions may involve using power tools, machinery, or motorized vehicles and require adherence to established safety procedures. PPE such as gloves, protective footwear, eye and hearing protection, or respirators may be required depending on the task. Schedules may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime based on operational needs. The role must learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete task independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
- Work Schedule and Availability:
- Full-time employees typically work 40 hours per week; part-time employees typically work 16 hours per week.
- This position requires flexibility in scheduling based on operational needs.
- Employees must be available to work a variety of shifts, including weekdays, evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events.
- Additional hours may be required to support emergencies, severe weather response, or other operational requirements.
- Pre-employment requirements:
- Nashville Zoo is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and maintains a Drug-Free Workplace.
- Employment is at-will and subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment screening requirements, including:
- Criminal background check
- Drug screening
- Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) review with satisfactory results
- In addition, employees in this position are required to participate in annual Tuberculosis (TB) screenings as a condition of employment.
- Pay Range$17.37—$17.37 USD
Qualifications
- Strong customer service skills with a commitment to creating a positive experience for guests, including children, while representing Nashville Zoo professionally.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong conflict resolution and de-escalation skills.
- Sound judgment and the capacity to remain calm and professional during emergencies or high-pressure situations.
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to self-direct tasks while ensuring safety and productivity.
- Strong observation, situational awareness, and problem-solving skills.
- Accurate and timely completion of daily logs, incident reports, and other required documentation.
- Professional demeanor with a commitment to maintaining organizational standards, integrity, and confidentiality.
- Experience working collaboratively with diverse groups of guests, staff, volunteers, and external partners.
- Basic proficiency with computers, mobile devices, and radio communications.
- Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events as needed.
- Must be at lease 18 years of age.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Required to hold a current State of TN Guard Certification with Dallas Law endorsement.
- Minimum (2) years of experience working in the Security field
- Required to have and maintain a valid driver's license.
- Staff must frequently stand and walk for most of an 8–10‐hour shift and regularly bend, kneel, reach, climb, and perform repetitive motions while cleaning, maintaining grounds, or performing facilities repairs. These roles require frequently lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lbs and occasionally heavier items with assistance, as well as safely navigating ladders, stairs, uneven surfaces, and wet or slippery areas. Adequate vision, hearing, hand dexterity, and clear communication are necessary to operate tools, equipment, vehicles, and radios safely. Work occurs both indoors and outdoors year‐round in all weather conditions, with routine exposure to dust, dirt, chemicals, cleaning agents, noise, and equipment vibration. Positions may involve using power tools, machinery, or motorized vehicles and require adherence to established safety procedures. PPE such as gloves, protective footwear, eye and hearing protection, or respirators may be required depending on the task. Schedules may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime based on operational needs. The role must learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete task independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
- Full-time employees typically work 40 hours per week; part-time employees typically work 16 hours per week.
- This position requires flexibility in scheduling based on operational needs.
- Employees must be available to work a variety of shifts, including weekdays, evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events.
- Additional hours may be required to support emergencies, severe weather response, or other operational requirements.
- Nashville Zoo is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and maintains a Drug-Free Workplace.
- Criminal background check
- Drug screening
- Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) review with satisfactory results
- In addition, employees in this position are required to participate in annual Tuberculosis (TB) screenings as a condition of employment.
- Pay Range$17.37—$17.37 USD
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