District Executive

District Executive, Scouting America - W. D. Boyce Council

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. Scouting is organized with the conviction that men and women in different communities will work together to serve youth through Scouting.

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The W. D. Boyce Council covers a majority of Central Illinois, from Lincoln to Ottawa, and Peoria to Bloomington. Over 3,000 youth are active in the W. D. Boyce Council.
 

The District Executive selected will:

• 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.
• Achieve progress towards specific goals and objectives which include: program development through collaborative relationships, volunteer recruitment and training, fundraising, membership recruitment and retention.
• 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.
• Have a willingness and ability to devote long and irregular hours to achieve council and district objectives.

Degrees Wanted: Bachelors

Majors Wanted
Business Administration; Business Management; Communications; Human Services; Marketing; Office Professional; Retailing/Merchandising/Sales; Education

Job Targets Wanted
Human Services; Management; Marketing Advertising and Sales

Desired Skills

• Strong marketing, fundraising, and program development background is highly desired.

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

• 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.

Required

• Committed to personal and professional productivity, while maintaining high ethical and

professional working standards.

• 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.

• 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 of employment are subject to criminal, reference and motor vehicle background checks