Cheekwood Gardening School Manager (Full-Time)

Job Description

Job Description

Description : 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 will have the opportunity to explore a wide range of roles tailored to your skills and interests. Whether you are enthusiastic 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 will find yourself in a supportive environment where every day brings new opportunities for personal and professional growth, amidst the backdrop of picturesque setting.

What does the Gardening School Team do and why join?

The Gardening School Team at Cheekwood focuses on integrating outdoor gardening into a classroom format where individuals learn about plant growth, sustainability, and eco-friendly practices.

What will you be doing?

This role will involve managing the gardening school’s schedule, coordinating instructors, managing class registration, and developing new programs. This candidate will also maintain relationships with local instructors and ensure the website is current while also keeping up to date on gardening trends and programs.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Manages all aspects of The Cheekwood Gardening School, including but not limited to scheduling classes and instructors, benchmarking like organizations, recruiting and assessing instructors, working with marketing to share information about the school, keeping the website up to date, and planning long-term for growth.
• Create and maintain relationships with area instructors.
• Oversee class registration and manage waitlists.
• Lead preparation for classes to include setup and material prep.
• Propose and implement new programming to elevate The Cheekwood Gardening School
• Knowledgeable about the types of programming offered by like institutions.
• Maintain all Gardening School-related information on the website to ensure information published is always up to date.
• Ensure the overall schedule is current to prevent conflicts.

Departmental Support

Requirements : Education

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

Experience

Equipment to be used

Benefits

The well-being of Cheekwood employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, we offer one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees :

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.