DESCRIPTION
At Girl Scouts we know that given the opportunity, EVERY girl can become a leader with the courage to act on her values, develop the ability to make clear decisions, and acquire the self-confidence to make a difference in the world around her. Girl Scouts helps girls grow courageous and strong through girl-driven programs, reflecting the ever-changing needs and interests of girls.
With the Girl Scouts of Western Washington, you will:
· Put your knowledge of non-profit leadership to work supporting our mission of “building girls of Courage, Confidence and Character”!
· Apply your experience working with diverse communities to an organization committed to serving and supporting ALL girls and their families!
· Utilize your management and supervisory skills to inspire and develop a dedicated team!
· Make a difference in the lives of youth in your community!
Girl Scouts of Western Washington (girlscoutsww.org) is seeking a Regional Director to implement an integrated strategy that includes recruitment and retention of members, volunteer management and support of regionally responsive programming. The Regional Director oversee a cross-functional team that ensures that Girl Scouts is marketed and accessible to girls and adult volunteers. This individual ensures that Girl Scouts offers fulfilling, fun, and flexible experiences for the many diverse communities of girls and volunteers in their region – King County. The position is based in Bellevue.
Girl Scouts of Western Washington offers a great work environment, meaningful mission-driven work and excellent health and leave benefits. Employer-paid medical, dental, life/AD&D and LTD are available for employees. Coverage for dependents includes a significant employer contribution. A 403(b) retirement plan with match is available as are voluntary benefits that include vision insurance and a flexible spending account. The generous paid leave includes three weeks of vacation to start plus sick leave. Our paid holidays, include nearly two weeks of paid leave through the Christmas holidays. The organization also actively supports personal and professional development and volunteerism with paid time off for those opportunities.
Girl Scouts of Western Washington strives to be an organization that is welcoming to people from every facet of our community. Girl Scouts of Western Washington values diversity. Girl Scouts is a welcoming, inclusive organization. Girl Scouts is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Essential Functions
With a focus on significant growth, ensure regional success in membership recruitment and retention, programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; align timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic growth goals.
Become involved in and knowledgeable of the region’s diverse racial and ethnic communities. Build relationships within underserved communities.
Lead, coach, develop, and retain GSWW’s high-performance regional staff team. Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the GSWW board, senior management, funders, and other constituents.
Actively engage and energize GSWW’s regional volunteers, committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders.
Actively collaborate with other regions and departments. Engage in open-dialogue, continuous learning, and timely follow-up action.
Responsible for ensuring that Girl Scout members experience quality programming based on the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE). Deliverables should support the organization’s strategic plan and program initiatives, and whenever possible, directly link to the GSUSA National Program Portfolio.
Supervise assigned staff. Recruit, interview, hire, provide training and development as appropriate, evaluate, counsel, provide conflict management and discipline as needed. Provide regular one-on-one meetings with staff and timely support to volunteers. Conduct staff team meetings. Support staff retention and professional growth.
In addition to the above, perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent education and work experience
· Minimum four years’ experience supervising employees
· Minimum three years’ experience successfully managing or supporting volunteers in direct or indirect program delivery
· Previous non-profit experience as a board member or senior manager preferred
· Strong marketing, public relations and / or fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures
· Previous experience leading and regionally scaling a performance and outcomes-based team preferred
· Demonstrated success working in cross-functional teams
· Demonstrated experience developing and operationalizing strategies
· Experience with quality youth program and data-driven program evaluation preferred
· Previous experience developing and cultivating working relationships with volunteer and/or community leaders
· Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills
· Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to organizational planning
· Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people and across multiple organizational channels and departments
· Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed
· Knowledge of youth development strongly preferred
· Demonstrated experience successfully working with a variety of racial and ethnic groups strongly preferred
· Willingness and ability to demonstrate a commitment to support the organization’s efforts to enhance the diversity and cultural and global awareness of volunteers, girls and staff
· Previous work experience utilizing conflict resolution skills
· Availability to work varied hours, including nights and weekends, as necessary
· Ability and willingness to work remotely or from a home office, on occasion
· Skilled in Outlook, Word and Excel, and familiarity with Access or other database system
· Demonstrated ability to multi-task, prioritizes deadlines, work independently, take initiative, highly organized, and maintain confidentiality in a fast paced and challenging work environment
· Valid Washington State driver’s license, vehicle in working condition, proof of insurance, or the ability to fulfill timely and extensive travel requirements across widespread regional geography
· Satisfactory results from criminal background search
· Willingness to maintain membership in Girl Scouts
About Girl Scouts of Western Washington
Girl Scouts is committed to providing leadership development programs that serve every girl. We currently serve over 25,000 girls in partnership with nearly 13,000 volunteers throughout seventeen counties in western Washington. Some girls in our communities face sometimes overwhelming obstacles. We demonstrate our commitment to serving every girl through programs that serve daughters of incarcerated parents, girls in low income schools and girls in low income housing communities, residential care centers, and foster or kinship care environments. In addition to our headquarters, we operate field offices located in Bellevue, Bremerton, DuPont and Everett, as well as six camp properties: Camp Lyle Mcleod and Camp St. Albans near Belfair, Camp Robbinswold on the Hood Canal, Camp Evergreen near Longview, Camp Klahanee near Hoquiam and Camp River Ranch, near Carnation.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
HOW TO APPLY
hr@girlscoutsww.org
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to hr@girlscoutsww.org. Please indicate this position title, your last name and where you saw this posting in the subject line of your e-mail.