Sales Executive

Job Description

Job Description

Sales Executive Position Overview

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Need to live in assigned district in Eastern North Carolina (Preferably Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, or Halifax Counties)
• 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 possess 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.

Education

Preferably the candidate must a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (transcript with the date degree conferred stated) but equivalent work/life experience can and will be considered.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience in team building and strategic planning.
• 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.

Benefits

All Scouting America councils are equal opportunity employers. In addition to offering a competitive annual salary range of $46,000, Professional Scouting offers benefits to include major medical, prescription coverage, dental, vision, life-insurance, long-term disability, short-term disability/salary continuation, accidental death, a BSA Match Saving Plan, plus compensation for authorized and approved business-related expenses to include phone, auto and mileage reimbursement.

We also offer generous vacation policy and eleven National holiday observances.

How to apply: Qualified candidates must submit a resume and cover letter (optional) through the hiring site platform.

The vision of the East Carolina Council is to be the Beacon for Scouting in eastern North Carolina; recognized as a premier organization because of its appeal to youth from all diverse communities and the leadership excellence of the council’s adult volunteers and employees.The council will be so highly visibly and effective in delivering cutting-edge programs and exciting fun adventures that inspire lives of character, leadership and service that organizations, families and communities will seek to provide financial and volunteer support.

Company Description

The vision of the East Carolina Council is to be the Beacon for Scouting in eastern North Carolina; recognized as a premier organization because of its appeal to youth from all diverse communities and the leadership excellence of the council’s adult volunteers and employees.The council will be so highly visibly and effective in delivering cutting-edge programs and exciting fun adventures that inspire lives of character, leadership and service that organizations, families and communities will seek to provide financial and volunteer support.