Job Position

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 toward 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.

Are you interested in a challenging position working with a top-notch quality team of professionals and volunteers in a unique environment?  Then we are looking for you.  We are looking for someone with organizational and interpersonal skills, a love for the outdoors, and travel to be our next District Executive.  Do we have perks?  You bet!  In addition to your own office space, we have some of the best scenery in the country.  Do you like fishing?  We have salmon and halibut of trophy size.  How about hunting?  We have some of the best hunting opportunities you’d ever see.  We have moose and caribou, not to mention the largest bear you can see in North America.  We are home to the tallest mountain and 3^rd longest river in the United States.

• 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 areas. 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 roles.
• 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.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university OR equivalent work/life experience

• Must be comfortable with public speaking and interacting with diverse audiences.
• 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.
• A willingness to enjoy all that the Last Frontier has to offer – the Northern Lights, mountain vistas, wildlife, world-class hunting and fishing, theater, concerts, and more.
• Must be willing to accept and meet the Boy Scout of 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 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.

All Boy Scouts of America/Scouting America councils are equal-opportunity employers.  In addition to offering a competitive salary starting at $55,000-58,000 based on experience, Professional Scouting offers benefits to include major medical, prescription coverage, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, accidental death, a Match Savings plan, plus compensation for authorized and approved business-related expenses to include phone and mileage reimbursement.  We also offer a generous vacation policy and holiday observances.