Job Position

The Scouting America’s Indian Waters Council is a premier employer in South Carolina with offices and operations based in Columbia and Florence. The Council has an opening for a District Executive.

The District Executive position is assigned to a territory within the Midlands of South Carolina and 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 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 the 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 the 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.
• Have a willingness and ability to devote irregular hours to achieve council and district objectives.

Desired Skills

• Strong backgrounds in marketing, fundraising, and program development are 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.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

• 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
• Ability to work varied hours when necessary, evening activities and weekend work is frequently required to achieve positive objectives.
• Ability to travel for employee development training at least once a year for up to one week.
• A Scouting background is helpful but not required for employment.
• Offers for employment are subject to criminal, reference, and motor vehicle background checks.

Up to $75,000+ in total annual compensation & benefits, including car allowance, up to $1,500 403(b) Match (equivalent to a 401(k) plan), and excellent medical coverage, PTO time, and paid holidays.

Submit your resume and cover letter to Douglas Stone at douglas.stone@scouting.org