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:

• Flowood, MS 39232 (Required)

Work Location: In person