Scoutreach Executive
Position Overview
Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. Scouting America believes and understands that helping youth puts us on a path towards a more conscientious, responsible, and productive society.
Today’s professional Scouters are a diverse group of adults sharing a dynamic career offering independence, achievement, and stability. This is work that makes a difference, work that calls one to continual learning and challenge, work that offers solid compensation, benefits, and advancement.
Responsibilities
Give leadership to the development and maintenance of quality Scouting programs targeting underserved populations in accordance with the mission statement of Scouting America.
The Scoutreach Executive provides leadership to the Nevada Area Council’s Scoutreach Program as well as other projects and campaigns, as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Give leadership to the effective staffing, organization, development, and implementation of Scoutreach operations.
- Analyze and deploy the staff resources necessary to align and accomplish the council’s strategic objectives for quality program delivery.
- Recruit and lead the volunteer Scoutreach Committee to maximize their efforts and better serve the Nevada Area Council.
- Create and leverage strategic partnerships with outside organizations that deliver maximum value to the Nevada Area Council
- Coordinate Marketing efforts to ensure that Scoutreach is visible in the Council through multiple channels in ways that excite supporters, volunteers, and families.
- Seek opportunities to expand by identifying potential new chartered partners in targeted areas.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Qualifications
- An energetic interest in service that permeates through personality, thinking, building relationships, interacting with stakeholders, storytelling, and implementing strategy.
- Ability to tailor communications that effectively connect with diverse audiences.
- Exceptional interpersonal, leadership, supervisory, and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities; ability to navigate complex situations, helping to resolve ambiguity and inspire colleagues to their best performance.
- Outstanding communication skills. Good listener who includes and engages others and can modify his/her approach to the audience; superior written and oral communications; adept at public speaking.
Benefits
All councils are equal opportunity employers and offer a competitive salary, based on the council’s geographic location.
Starting Salary $44,000
Professional Scouting offers benefits to include major medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, accidental death, retirement plan, plus compensation for authorized and approved business-related expenses, including phone and mileage reimbursement.
We also offer a generous vacation policy and holiday observances.
If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to Doug Ramsay at Doug.ramsay@scouting.org
