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Field Director

Scouting America and Careers
Bethesda, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/8/2026
Position Overview

Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The Boy Scouts of America believe and understand 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
  • Recruits, develops, and maintains an effective executive team.
  • Maintains a professional working climate that attracts, keeps, and motivates top-quality volunteers and staff.
  • Assures Districts has a long-range strategy that achieves its mission and makes consistent progress.
  • Assures the flow of funds from the districts helps the council to achieve its mission.
  • Assures that executive visits are made to heads of institutions annually to review leadership and quality items.
  • Evaluates the performance of district executives and maintains records of their work performance.
  • Position will have a key council assignment and exposure to executive board operations.
Education
  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 to 7 years of management experience.
Qualifications
  • A sense of ownership of the Council’s path and success; proven ability to communicate it, inspire donors, volunteers and staff with it, and commitment to grow it.
  • Strong interpersonal, written communication and verbal presentation skills.
  • Proven FOS success and skills in community organization. Individuals should understand the process to identify potential upper-level prospects and have skill set to engage other volunteers to approach potential prospects.
  • Ability to supervise staff utilizing effective back-dating and work scheduling.
  • Effective in managing membership and new unit organization to achieve growth on a consistent basis with attention to retention of units and youth.
  • Ability to manage functioning districts at a high level of operation and effectively utilize the annual nominating committee process.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with top corporate and community leaders.
  • Well organized, detail oriented and staff leadership skills.
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment with passionate and committed people.
  • Excellent analytic skills with a proven commitment to accuracy and timeliness.
  • Must be able to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
  • Must possess a focus on continuous improvement and growth, both within the organization and within self.
  • Flexible schedule frequently required for evening/weekend events. REQUIRED
  • Fiscal management/budget development.
  • Team player, positive attitude, and willingness to learn.
  • Hold a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, from an accredited institution. HIGHLY DESIRED
  • Valid driver’s license and ability to be insured. REQUIRED
Benefits

All councils are equal opportunity employers and offer a competitive salary, based on the council’s geographic location. Professional Scouting offers benefits to include major medical, prescription coverage, 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.


Salary or Salary Range: $69,000 – $74,000


Use Google Chrome or Firefox when applying. Please keep your manager and SE informed of your resume submission and interest in this position.

Refer to this link for BSA career information: https://www.scouting.org/careers/working-with-us

https://hrgateway.intranet.mybsa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/BSAinfo/talent_mgmt/pdf/Profession-with-a-Purpose-Flyer-2021.pdf


How to Apply: michelle.windsor@scouting.org

Use Google Chrome or Firefox when applying. Please keep your manager and SE informed of your resume submission and interest in this position.

Refer to this link for BSA career information: https://www.scouting.org/careers/working-with-us

https://hrgateway.intranet.mybsa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/BSAinfo/talent_mgmt/pdf/Profession-with-a-Purpose-Flyer-2021.pdf

Salary : $69,000 - $74,000

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