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 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 adults who share a dynamic career that offers 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 Scouting professional is assigned to a territory within the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council that covers the counties of Lackawanna and Wayne, and parts of Pike, Susquehanna, and Wyoming. The territory is sustained and successful through the ability to promote, supervise, and work with local volunteers.
- Work with a volunteer board of directors and other community business leaders to identify, recruit, train, guide, and inspire them to become involved in youth programs.
- Be responsible for extending programs to community-based organizations through volunteers.
- Secure adequate financial support for programs in the assigned service area.
- Achieve net income and participation objectives for assigned camps and activities.
- Ensure that all program sites are served through volunteers, regular leaders’ meetings, training events, and activities.
- 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.
- Have a willingness and ability to devote long and irregular hours to achieving council and area objectives.
- Achieve progress towards specific goals and objectives, which include: program development through collaborative relationships, volunteer recruitment and training, fundraising, membership recruitment, and retention.
- Collaborate with adult volunteers and oversee the achievement of training for their respective roles.
- Outgoing personality who is looking to network with other professionals.
- A strong background in marketing, fundraising, communication, and program development is highly desired.
- Must be comfortable with public speaking and interacting with diverse audiences.
- Self-motivated individuals with solid time management skills and strong organizational skills.
- Committed to personal and professional productivity while maintaining high ethical and professional working standards.
- Non-profit, fundraising, sales, or marketing experience is a plus.
Materials & Equipment Used:
- Motor vehicle, computer, copier, telephone, fax machine, and audio-visual equipment.
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is preferred.
- Must be willing to accept and meet Scouting America’s leadership and membership standards and subscribe to the Scout Oath and Law.
- Attained 21 years of age or older unless prohibited by any applicable law.
- People-oriented, having the ability to work well with adult volunteers, community and business leaders, and representatives of other organizations.
- Able to work varied hours when necessary to achieve positive objectives.
- Believe in Scouting America and subscribe to its principles and standards.
- Schedule varies with occasional nights and weekends.
- 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.
Mental Demands:
- Reading, detail work, confidentiality, stress, problem solving, language, training, math, reasoning, verbal communication, written communication, customer contact, multiple concurrent tasks, frequent interruptions in a fast-paced, continually changing environment.
Scouting America is seeking a full-time professional. This is a task- and goal-oriented position that promotes Scouting in the territory and council. Candidates will preferably live in the service territory and have opportunities for promotion based on successful performance. Scouting America offers several practical benefits for the full-time territory manager. In fact, Scouting America offers a benefits package considered to be among the best in the nonprofit sector. The package includes major medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage in addition to long-term disability, accident, life insurance, mileage reimbursement, and a retirement plan. The starting salary is based on experience.
How to Apply:
To apply to be a territory manager for a youth organization that has been in existence for 115 years, you can submit a resume and cover letter to Clark R. Garthwait at [email protected] .
Salary or Salary Range: $46,000/based on experience.
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Refer to this link for BSA career information: https://www.scouting.org/careers/working-with-us
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