District Executive Position - Territory Manager

Position: District Executive Position – Territory Manager

Position location: Mississippi Riverlands Council serving 28 counties in Central and Southwest Mississippi. Home Office is located in Flowood, Mississippi and service center in Meridian, Mississippi. Executives live in the area they serve.

Council Website: www.bsa-jackson.org

Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun-in-the outdoors. 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, train, guide, and inspire them to become involved in youth programs.
• 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 roles.
• Be a good role model and recognize the importance of working relationships with other professionals and volunteers.
• Provide quality service through timely communication, regular meetings, training events, and activities.
• Recruit volunteer leadership for finance campaign efforts to meet the organization's financial needs.
• Lead and support fundraising efforts to secure adequate financial support.
• Ability to work flexible hours to meet your objectives.

Desired Skills:

· Non-profit, fundraising, or sales experience is a plus.

· Scouting experience, a plus, but not necessary.

· 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 mid 40s and up based on experience, 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: Mississippi Riverlands 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