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District Executive (Area Manager/Sales & Marketing)

The Great Trail Council, Scouting America is a premier employer located in Stow, Ohio.  The Council has an opening for a District Executive (Area Manager) serving Medina County.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base Salary $40,000 - $45,000
  • Car allowance: $350/month
  • Phone allowance: $50/month
  • Professional Scouting offers benefits to include major medical, prescription coverage, dental, vision, life-insurance, long-term disability, accidental death, and a defined retirement plan.
  • A generous PTO policy and 11 holiday observances.

Responsibilities

The professional Scouter is assigned to a district or service area within a local council (or metro area).  Your district or service area is sustained and successful through your ability to promote, supervise and work with local volunteers.

  • 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 & 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 irregular hours to achieve council and district objectives.

Desired Skills

  • Strong marketing, fundraising, and program development background is highly desired.
  • Non-profit, fundraising, customer service, management, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Materials & Equipment Used

Motor vehicle, computer, copier, telephone, smartphone, audio-visual equipment

Physical Activities & Requirements

Physical requirements include reaching, standing, walking, lifting, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, computer keyboarding, and safely driving a motor vehicle.

Must be able to sit and work at a computer keyboard and be able to perform repetitive stretching motions. While in office, work is usually sedentary.

Occasional heavy lifting of boxes, files, and equipment. While working at events and camps, position has more physical requirements, including standing/walking for extended periods of time, lifting of boxes, files, and various equipment.

Needs to maintain current driver’s license and automotive insurance and drive own personal motor vehicle for council business.

Mental Demands

Reading, detailed work, confidentiality, stress, problem solving, language, training, math, reasoning, verbal communication, written communication, customer contact, multiple concurrent tasks, frequent interruptions in a fast-paced environment, continual change.

Working conditions

The employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions while in the office.

When visiting council camps or events, the employee may be exposed to some adverse environmental conditions.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and cover letter to Shannon Sinex at shannon.sinex@scouting.org