Position: Para-professional (Program Aide)
BSA Code: Job Code 7604
Status: Part-time, Non-exempt, Hourly
Compensation: $20 hourly, up to ten hours available per week
Location: Camden, N.J. – On-Site at Assigned Schools/Programs
Area of Focus: Children and Youth, Community Building/Renewal, Community Service
The Program Aide will serve as a key leader for after-school Scouting programs in the Garden State Council. A Program Aide will engage Scouts in active and imaginative activities and will draw in and manage parents and potential leaders. In conjunction with our partner organization, Program Aides will work directly with our youth members to teach them life skills including physical fitness, environmental conservation, active citizenship, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) awareness. Program Aides need to be self-starters, self-motivated, be able to work independently and have a desire for community involvement.
A passion for helping young people develop into responsible adults, and a high comfort-level for working directly with children are essential skills for this position.
Responsibilities Include:
- The effective operation and supervision of the Scouting program within selected schools
- You are required to wear a Scout uniform shirt or staff shirt at all meetings and activities involving youth. (to be provided)
- Willingness to learn weekly program content & deliver that content to our youth members
- Ability to commit to a weekly schedule of program from the months of September-May
- Coordinating weekly program content with professional staff members
- Maintain weekly records such as attendance, advancement, and membership applications
- Ability to work in a team-setting with other program aides
Additional Qualifications:
- High School diploma
- Must be 18+
- Youth-oriented, having the ability to work well with children
- Should be organized, self-motivated and a team player
- Must live locally & be able to arrange transportation to and from program locations
- Scouting experience a plus
- Available each week at least three days between 2-5pm Monday through Friday
The BSA is committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful retaliation, such as those that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or familial status, genetic information, citizenship status, protected activity (such as opposition to or reporting of prohibited discrimination or harassment), or any other status or classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. This policy of equal employment opportunity applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including without limitation advertising, recruiting, hiring, training, evaluation, promotion, transfer, work assignments, compensation, benefits, disciplinary action, termination, or any other term, condition, or privilege of employment.
To apply or if you require additional information, email Colby Broaddus at Colby.broaddus@scouting.org.
Job description
Organization: Garden State Scouting, Boy Scouts of America
Position: District
Executive Position location: Burlington County, Westampton, New Jersey (NJ)
Position Overview
Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold our community’s future leaders by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The BSA 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
- 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 membership recruitment and retention, fundraising, volunteer recruitment and training, and program development through collaborative relationships.
- 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 long and irregular hours to achieve council and district objectives.
Qualifications - Strong marketing, fund-raising and program development background is highly desired.
- Non-profit, fundraising 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.
- Must be willing to accept and meet the BSA’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 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.
Benefits
All councils are equal opportunity employers. In addition to offering a competitive salary, Professional Scouting offers benefits to include major medical, prescription coverage, dental, vision, life-insurance, short and long-term disability, accidental death, a defined benefit retirement plan, plus compensation for authorized and approved business related expenses to include phone and mileage reimbursement. We also offer generous PTO policy and BSA holiday observances.
The BSA is committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful retaliation, such as those that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or familial status, genetic information, citizenship status, protected activity (such as opposition to or reporting of prohibited discrimination or harassment), or any other status or classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. This policy of equal employment opportunity applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including without limitation advertising, recruiting, hiring, training, evaluation, promotion, transfer, work assignments, compensation, benefits, disciplinary action, termination, or any other term, condition, or privilege of employment.
To apply or if you require additional information, email Patrick Linfors at Patrick.Linfors@scouting.org.