posted March 4, 2025
Butler
Compensation: NA
Job Description

The Butler at Cheeca delivers direct, bespoke service to guest’s staying in the modern, and classical Floridan-style suite services to ensure each home are stocked with the necessary foods and drinks that the Cheeca Casitas guests would expect from an upscale service perspective. The finest amenities paired with the personal attention provided by the Butler, with an anticipatory approach, but never intrusive style of service. The objective is that the Butler will help to a create memorable experience that results in a yearning to return.
The Butler position is to ensure each Casita guest, attention to detail cleaning, and availability from the Butler to provide restaurant, and watersports reservations, and to ensure that Casita’s guest would expect from a luxury stay experience
The Butler position will also assist with the Banquet and Catering teams to have all necessary items available to them so they may properly set-up and tear-down meal services, or any Group-planned event initiated from the Sales team.
The Butler position is also to maintain proper communication with Guest Adventures, Housekeeping, Concierge, and the Front Desk to ensure all guest requirements are met.

The Butler contacts the guests prior to Arrival and offers pre-arrival services (towels, extra water, ask if they require anything during their stay)
- Contacts the guest prior to arrival and offers pre-arrival service.
- Greets guests by name upon arrival and physically escorts them to their Casita.
- Offers to initiate beverage and dining services.
- Provides a property orientation for all Cheeca Lodge facilities, and available attraction for their comfort.
- Partners and collaborates with other departments to fulfill requests
- Travels locally to fulfill requests
- Assists guest with unpacking groceries
- Assists guests with laundry services
- Arranges for personal services, such as hair styling, facials, and massage.
- Coordinate housekeeping reports to include Turndown, and any other Housekeeping requests, and coordinates with Casita Maintenance.
- Coordinates and executes guest onsite and off-site activities
- Reports deficiencies or safety hazards to Engineering and Housekeeping, and coordinates Casita maintenance
- Maintains confidentiality of guest room information and activities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience working in a forward-facing service position in a luxury resort or hotel setting,
- Driver’s License – some local travel may be required
- Ability to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.
- Maintained confidentiality of guest information and their activities.
- Exceptional interpersonal and customer relations skills.
- High mindfulness in matters concerning guest requests, reporting, cleanliness, and presentation of Casita.
- Maintain diligence regarding the grounds surrounding the Casitas and call-in requests for Housekeeping and/or maintenance to address any issues.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Possess the ability to effectively communicate in English, in verbal and written forms.
- Strict diligence to details
- Knowledge of local offers, attractions, and town events.
PREFERRED:
- Knowledge OF Forbes service standards
- AAA Five-Diamond Standards
- Professional Butler or Household Management experience.
Cheeca Lodge and Spa
214 Room Hotel
WELCOME TO CHEECA
A Legendary Tropical Hideaway
Since 1946 the historic Cheeca Lodge & Spa has enchanted guests with world-class fishing, exceptional accommodations, and gracious hospitality. Come experience this lush oceanfront retreat, considered the premier luxury resort in the Florida Keys.
The Legend of Our Grand Florida Keys Hotel Resort
You've found it...the crown jewel of Islamorada Florida Keys hotels.
Hardy Keys pioneers called Conchs chose this very beach to carve out a tenacious living in the isolated beauty of the undiscovered Florida Keys. Here, they formed a Methodist congregation and built a two-room school house and a cemetery. Cheeca has preserved this Pioneer Cemetery, where members of the founding families of Islamorada are buried. You can explore it today; it is a designated historical site. The Angel with the Broken Wing watches over the grave of Etta Pinder, who died in 1914. Here lies the first footprint of Islamorada – "Purple Isle" in Spanish.
The early 1940's brought electricity and fresh water. Mrs. Clara Mae Downey from Olney, Maryland, opened the Olney Inn in 1946. She described this early bellwether of Cheeca as "different – rather comparable to the tropical estate of a gifted host." Clara's first guest was President Harry Truman, who cherished his time loafing around the pool and wondering amidst the resort's 22 quaint bungalows.
Fast horses, high society and a healthy dose of Keys vivacity marked the reign of the Twitchell Family in the 1960's. Cynthia, better known as "Chee," was an heiress to the A&P grocery chain and owner of a top thoroughbred racing farm. "We took my nickname, combined it with my husband Carl's, and came up with "Cheeca," she recalled. The Twitchells completely refurbished the property, adding the main lodge, the oceanfront villas, tennis courts, golf course and Cheeca's trademark wooden fishing pier. Chee raised miniature tarpon and her beloved seahorses in the aquariums throughout the resort. "Suzy the Seahorse" became Cheeca's mascot and logo, gracing the resort's menus, brochures, towels and linens.
Avid outdoorsman and Coca Cola magnate Carl Navarre purchased Cheeca Lodge in 1976, hosting his Fortune 500 friends in for sunny days of sportfishing and golf. Celebrities flocked to the hotel and famous guests were reeling in giant bonefish right off the resort's pier. The "Sportfishing Capital of the World" was born, seducing wealthy adventurers from around the world.
In 2005, Cheeca Lodge underwent over $30 million dollars in renovations, restoring the property and its surrounding grounds to their original grandeur, ensuring that we will be a cherished destination for generations to come. Following a fire on New Year's Eve 2008, the Main Lodge was completely rebuilt once again, with a fabulous open-air lobby, a spectacular oceanfront banquet room with panoramic views, and an exclusive indoor / outdoor lounge area for club members.
81801 Overseas Highway
Islamorada, FL 33036
Website www.CheecaJobs.com
Managed by Northwood Hospitality
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