Security Associate

The California Academy of Sciences is a globally renowned scientific and cultural institution located in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Home to a world-class planetarium, aquarium, research center, and natural history museum—all under one living roof—our mission is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration.

Our extensive collections span plants, animals, fossils, and cultural artifacts from across the globe and throughout history. We are a diverse team of leading biodiversity scientists, educators, storytellers, designers, and communicators who work collaboratively to advance knowledge and inspire action through science and storytelling.

When you join the California Academy of Sciences, you become part of a mission-driven community that values curiosity, collaboration, and innovation. Whether you're working behind the scenes in research or engaging the public on the museum floor, your work will help connect people to the natural world and empower them to protect it.

This Security Officer position heavily emphasizes guest interaction and customer service. The Security Officer reports to a Security Shift Supervisor and provides security, safety, and guest services in public and non-public areas of the Academy. The position requires good observation, discretion, professional writing, speaking, and public relations skills. The physical ability to stand at indoor and outdoor posts, operate doors, and climb stairs is required. Ideal candidates must be available to work weekends, evenings, and holidays, the California Academy of Sciences is open to the public 365 days a year.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills 
• Ability to interact well with Academy guests, staff, volunteers, and visitors 
• Ability to work well with a team
• Ability to listen to accept feedback gracefully and integrate it
• Ability to keenly observe and accurately report irregularities 
• Ability to take appropriate action in emergency situations
• Ability to attend and successfully complete regular training in guest interaction, security officer policies and procedures, first aid, emergency response procedures, and other training as required by Academy policy 
• Basic computer skills
• Communicate via two-way radio

The physical demands and work environment described here represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Employees of this position are frequently required to: 

• Stand at a post for long periods of time 
• Patrol the main floor 
• Conduct building rounds 
• Sit at a post 
• Be posted outdoors while exposed to various weather conditions
• Reach out with hands and arms
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds
• Must be able to perform repetitive motions 10% of the time

Interested candidates should submit a resume and application through our Careers Page portal.