Position: District Executive Position – Territory Manager
Position location: Andrew Jackson Council serving 23 counties in Central and Southwest Mississippi
Home Office located in Flowood, Mississippi
Council Website: www.bsa-jackson.org
Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun-in-the outdoors. The Boy Scouts of 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 men and women 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.
The District Executive selected will:
- Work with a volunteer board of directors and other community and business leaders to identify, recruit, train, guide, and inspire them to become involved in youth programs.
- Achieve progress towards specific goals and objectives which include program development through collaborative relationships, volunteer recruitment and training, fundraising, membership recruitment and retention.
- Be responsible for extending programs to religious, civic, fraternal, educational, and other community-based organizations through volunteers.
- Secure adequate financial support for programs in assigned area. Achieve net income and participation objectives for assigned camps and activities.
- Recruit leadership for finance campaign efforts to meet the financial needs of the organization.
- Ensure that all program sites are served through volunteers, regular leader meetings, training events and activities.
- Collaborate with adult volunteers and oversee achievement of training for their respective role.
- Be a good role model and recognize the importance of working relationships with other professionals and volunteers.
- The executive must have communication skills and be able to explain the program’s goals and objectives to the public.
- Provide quality service through timely communication, regular meetings, training events and activities.
- Have a willingness and ability to devote long and irregular hours to achieve council and district objectives.
Desired Skills:
- Strong marketing, fund-raising and program development background is highly desired.
- Non-profit, fundraising or sales experience is a plus.
- Must be comfortable with public speaking and interacting with diverse audiences. Excellent people skills, enthusiastic, punctual, responsible, and creative.
- Self-motivated individual with solid time management skills and strong organizational skills in management, budgeting, and planning.
- Committed to personal and professional productivity, while maintaining high ethical and professional working standards.
Requirements:
- Must be willing to accept and meet Scouting America’s leadership and membership standards and subscribe to the Scout Oath and Law.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (transcript with the date degree
- conferred stated is required for employment).
- Attained 21 years of age or older unless prohibited by any applicable law.
- Ability to work varied hours when necessary, evening activities and weekend work is frequently required to achieve positive objectives.
- Ability to travel for training at least once a year for one to two weeks.
- A Scouting background is helpful but not required for employment.
- Offers for employment are subject to criminal, reference, and motor vehicle background checks.
Compensation:
All councils are equal opportunity employers. In addition to offering a competitive salary that ranges from the low to mid 40s, Professional Scouting offers benefits to include major medical, prescription coverage, dental, vision, life-insurance, long-term disability, accidental death, a defined benefit retirement plan, plus compensation for authorized and approved business-related expenses to include mileage reimbursement. We also offer a generous PTO policy and ten holiday observances.
How to apply: Qualified candidates must submit cover letter and resume with salary history to:
Ken Kercheval, Scout Executive/CEO at ken.kercheval@scouting.org
or mail to: Andrew Jackson Council 2506 Lakeland Drive, Suite 320, Flowood, MS 39232
Only the most qualified candidates will be contacted.
Additional information on a career as a District Executive can be found at this link:
http://www.scouting.org/Careers/WorkingWithUs/EssentialSkills.aspx
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Travel reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Evenings as needed
- Weekends as needed
Travel requirement:
- Travel
- Up to 50% travel
- Up to 75% travel
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Canton, MS 39046 (Required)
Work Location: In person