Join the Fun: Become an Outreach Field Specialist!
Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho (GSEWNI) is looking for Outreach Field Specialists to provide after school activities in the Pasco and Richland school areas for the 2023/2024 school year.
(Additional school locations TBD). The Outreach Field Specialist works with girls in various school grades to plan, develop and build projects that are related to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience curriculum (STEM, Outdoor, Entrepreneurship, and Life Skills).
Our Mission: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place
Wage: $17.00-$18.00 per hour depending on experience
Part-time hours (10-15 per week): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 2:30-5:30 and Wednesday 12:30-2:00 and 2:30-5:00, during the school year
Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho (GSEWNI) is a non-profit dedicated to empowering girls through the Girl Scout four pillars: life skills, STEM, outdoors, and entrepreneurship! We cover a massive area of 29 counties that stretches over 67,000 square miles, spanning from Central and Eastern Washington to Northern Idaho. Our headquarters is in Spokane, Washington, but we've got awesome staff in the Tri-Cities, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
With the power of 2,000 amazing adult volunteers, we're on a mission to serve around 5,000 girls from kindergarten to 12th grade. Girls are our heart and soul, and we're all about helping them become future leaders. Girl Scouts is THE go-to place for girl power, shaping strong leaders for a new era. We're here every day, making the leadership landscape awesome for girls, now and in the future!
> Are you ready to embark on an exciting part-time journey with Girl Scouts that's all about making a positive impact in your community? If you're passionate about empowering young girls, sparking their curiosity in STEM, unleashing their adventurous spirits in the great outdoors, fostering their entrepreneurial skills, and helping them develop essential life skills, then we want you on our team! As an Outreach Field Specialist, you'll team up with our Outreach Field Coordinator to bring the magic of Girl Scouting to Outreach Girl Scout Troops in Pasco and Richland for girls grades K-8th. Your mission? To ignite the spark of curiosity, teamwork, and leadership in these amazing girls.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Outreach Field Assistant works with the Outreach Field Coordinator to deliver program to Outreach Girl Scout Troops. Programs are in the categories of STEM, Outdoors, Entrepreneurship, and Life skills as they relate to the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and Girl Scout badge and journey curriculum. Must be willing to provide transportation – driving 12 passenger van.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF POSITION:
- Unleash the Girl Scout Magic: Use our engaging curriculum to lead girls through exciting activities that cover everything from STEM wonders to outdoor adventures, entrepreneurship dreams, and crucial life skills. Let your creativity shine!
- Monitor and propose exciting materials for upcoming activities. Preparedness equals success!
- Infuse every meeting with Girl Scout principles, allowing girls to take the lead, get hands-on, and explore the world together. Your role? Provide the perfect blend of guidance and support.
- Be a role model for teamwork and creative problem-solving, and create opportunities for our girls to apply these skills themselves.
- Seamlessly collaborate with co-leaders and our awesome GSEWNI staff. Together, we're unstoppable.
- Keep things organized by completing essential paperwork like attendance records and rosters. Every detail counts.
- Spread the Girl Scout love by fostering positive relationships with parents and other community members. Girl Scouts rock, and you're the messenger!
- Embrace any other exciting duties that come your way as part of our dynamic Girl Scout team. Adventure is in our DNA!
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
- Previous GSUSA experience, preferred
- Experience working in small and large group settings with children.
- Reliable transportation required.
- Available for evening work and occasional weekends
- Ability to travel to multiple locations; within city limits.
- Ability to lead activities through Zoom meetings which may require facilitation of Zoom meetings while on site at Girl Scouts.
- Willingness to subscribe to the principles of the Girl Scout movement, including acceptance of the Girl Scout philosophy and willingness to maintain membership in the Girl Scouts USA.
Physical Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to:
Occasionally lift objects up 30 pounds, repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers. Rarely climb, pull, stoop, kneel, crawl, twist and crouch. Must be able to stand or sit for long periods of time and work in inclement weather. Clearly see 20+ feet, with or without corrective lenses and differentiate between colors (no color blindness).
Mental & Other Skills/Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the:
- Multi-Tasking Ability: ability to handle many diverse tasks/projects at one time; ability to prioritize and complete them on time.
Work Environment:
While performing the essential duties/responsibilities of this job, the employee is exposed to a school environment at a local Elementary School and local Community Center. Secondary work environment consists of the employee exposed to typical office environment conditions and noise levels. Adaptability to a fast-paced, multitasking environment is crucial, given the nature of GSEWNI's mission and daily work. based on the nature of GSEWNI mission and daily work.
If you're ready to make a difference, create unforgettable memories, and inspire the next generation of leaders, then apply now to be an Outreach Field Specialist and help us write the next chapter in the Girl Scout adventure book. Together, we'll change lives, one badge at a time!
The management of this organization believes that every employee has the right to work in surroundings that are free from discrimination. It is our policy to hire, compensate, promote, train, transfer, discipline, discharge, and make all other employment-related decisions without consideration of an employee's race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law. All employees of this Council are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. All staff are provided a safe and inclusive work environment
