District Executive

Position: District Executive

Position Location: Hot Springs, AR

Website: https://www.naturalstatecouncil.org/

In search of motivated individuals with great personalities to join our team!!! Competitive salary and benefits provided. 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 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

Responsibilities

• Work with a volunteer board of directors and other community and business leaders to identify, recruit, and train them to advance and grow our youth programs.
• Achieve progress towards specific goals and objectives which include: membership recruitment and retention, fundraising and product sales, program development and delivery through volunteer recruitment and training.
• 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.

Desired Skills:

• Strong marketing, fundraising and program development background is highly desired.
• Non-profit, fundraising or sales experience is desirable.
• Must be comfortable with public speaking and interacting with diverse audiences. Excellent people skills: charismatic, enthusiastic, punctual, and responsible.
• Self-driven individual with solid time management skills and strong organizational skills in management, budgeting, and planning.
• Competency in Microsoft Office 365 programs, social media platforms, and Canva.
• 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 engage with volunteers and to achieve positive objectives.
• Ability to travel for out-of-state training at least once a year.
• A Scouting background is helpful, but not required for employment.
• Offers for employment are subject to criminal, reference and motor vehicle background checks.
• Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the service area: Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike and Saline counties.

Compensation:

All councils are equal opportunity employers. In addition to offering a competitive salary of $40,000, 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 phone and mileage reimbursement. We also offer generous PTO policy and holiday observances.