Job description
Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital is the largest Girl Scout Council in the country. It provides girls in grades K-12 with opportunities to learn new skills, make friends, and discover the power of girls together. Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital serves members in the Greater Washington Region, with 88,591 members—62,265 girls and 26,325 adult volunteers and lifetime members. With 118 employees, six offices, eight camps, we serve 25 counties in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Together, with the support of our dedicated adult volunteers and parents, the generosity of corporations, foundations and our popular Girl Scout Cookie program, Girl Scouting helps build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. In 2016 Girl Scouts is proud to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, the Gold Award. To join, volunteer or donate, visit www.gscnc.org

PRIMARY AREAS OF WORK:
Under the Membership Area Manager’s supervision and direction, the Membership Specialist is primarily responsible for mastering membership development skills, meeting council goals for recruitment and retention of girl and adult members in Fauquier County, Haymarket, and Gainesville, Virginia, supporting and overseeing volunteers and identifying volunteers for administrative roles and supporting all other Council and GSUSA goals as indicated.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:
Contribute to the overall accomplishment of the Corporate Goals by meeting membership registration goals for girls, demographic representation and other identified elements in an assigned geographic area. This includes:

Develop and implement troop recruitment and retention strategies to meet recruitment benchmarks and troop affiliation goals.
Support volunteer leadership development through regular contact/meetings, timely communication, team building activities, problem solving, conflict resolution and effective liaison with council staff.
Recruit, appoint, orient and supervise certain administrative volunteers with a special emphasis on increasing diversity where need exists.
Work with volunteers to organize troops by recruiting and retaining leaders and recruiting/placing girls in troops.
Managing volunteer administrative roles when volunteer vacancies exist.
Research and analyze and report on demographic factors and statistics to formulate recruitment strategies, develop plans of work to take appropriate action to ensure inclusiveness and attainment of membership goals by all groups. Track saturation rates/market share for assigned area and plan to increase where necessary.
Train registrars and organizers and Welcome Specialists and coordinate the registration process for an assigned area.
Review troop paperwork and submit according to established procedures and deadlines.
Maintain accurate records on membership growth and retention, retention and report as required to managers and council staff.
Increase Girl Scout visibility in the community by identifying resources and forming beneficial partnerships through planning and participating in community activities.
Remain informed and supportive of the initiatives of other departments and effectively communicate changes, council/departmental initiatives, etc. with volunteers.
Identify volunteer needs and provide support to volunteers through communication with various GSCNC departments.
Acquire ability to work with membership database and online registration system.
Support Development by promoting the Annual Giving Campaign.
Participate in additional council and departmental administrative/activity task groups as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree, equivalent related work or extensive Girl Scout volunteer experience.
Volunteer management experience.
Experience in sales or other membership recruitment assignments a plus.
Experience with Microsoft Office package, including Word and Excel.
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills.
Excellent presentation skills and ability to interact effectively in a public setting.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Able to work effectively and achieve goals both individually and as part of a team.
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage resources and projects.
Able to maintain a flexible work schedule consisting of frequent, evening and weekend meetings and activities.
Must have access to an automobile for daily travel within the jurisdiction.
Ability to collect and analyze data.
Ability to manage multiple projects at a time.
Ability to problem solve creatively.
Ability to work independently.
Must be able to lift 35 pounds without difficulty.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Preference may be given to candidates with Girl Scout experience or experience working with volunteers in a leadership role.
Preference may be given to candidates with strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills in Spanish.

How to apply
Interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to:
Betsy West
Staff Recruiter
Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital
4301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite M-2
Washington, DC 20008

OR
hrinfo@gscnc.org