Manager of Girl Leadership & Highest Awards

Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, support an important mission, and get hands-on experience working with an iconic brand? Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP), a top ten Girl Scout Council in the country, is looking for a Manager of Girl Leadership and Highest Awards to join the Mission Delivery team.

At GSEP, staff members are committed to building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts is the pre-eminent leadership development organization for girls. And with programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to do something amazing.

Here’s how you can help!

The Manager of Girl Leadership and Highest Awards will successfully manage the delivery of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE) to girls in communities throughout GSEP’s footprint, with oversight of older girl leadership programming and opportunities.

As the Manager of Highest Awards, this role includes management of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Award end to end processes from girl and volunteer awareness through award completion. Managing the Highest Awards processes include recruiting, training and managing volunteers to support girls in the Highest Awards program (coaches, committee members), designing, adjusting and implementing Highest Awards trainings for girls, caregivers, and troop leaders, designing and implementing programming to provide Highest Awards prerequisites for girls, and more. Additionally, this role will oversee other leadership opportunities and programs including scholarships, service bars and other leadership awards and recognitions, older girl focus and advisory groups, destinations and travel, Girl Advisory groups, and Take the Lead. This role collaborates closely with the Calling All Girl Bosses programming. Additionally, this role will support other Girl Experience programming including year-long programs and events, Camp for a Day, and other Girl Experience support as needed.

Key partnerships include Girl Experience, Fund Development, Marcomm, Strategy and Evaluation, Community Engagement, and Volunteer Experience teams.

Essential Qualifications :

• 5 years or more of experience in youth development, education, project management or related field.
• Experience in managing staff and / or volunteers.
• Valid driver’s license, car, and proof of current insurance.
• Computer skills – Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience working with databases. Use of Salesforce and Looker a plus.
• Ability to understand and monitor budgets and perform metrics.
• Ability to lift and carry a minimum of 25 pounds.
• Education – Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

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This is the perfect opportunity for self-motivated, fast working, and data and project driven individuals who want to work in a unique environment, find inspiration in working with the Girl Scout brand, and are motivated by our mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.