Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Job Description
Please note, this position serves the Boston metro-area including the cities of Malden, Everett, Chelsea, Winthrop, Somerville and Cambridge. It requires the selected candidate to be located in or near this region as it is not a remote position.
Are you mission-driven and seeking a fulfilling career?
If you thrive on community connections and empowering girls and women for leadership, consider this role!
As a Membership Recruitment Specialist, you’ll engage and sign up new members, helping girls and young women achieve positive change. For over 100 years, Girl Scouts has empowered girls to lead, break barriers, and create positive change. Girl Scouts’ powerful girl-focused space fosters collaboration over competition, and inspires our members to go beyond dreaming to actual doing.
In this sales-oriented role, you'll meet with students, parents, educators, and community groups—both in-person and remotely—to showcase the transformative impact of Girl Scouts locally and globally. This is a mobilized hybrid work role that includes time in a home office, visits to the main office, and travel up to 90% within your assigned region.
Explore the Dynamic Responsibilities of This Role:
- Travel and create meaningful and lasting connections with recruitment outlets, members, caregivers, schools, faith-based communities, community organizations and other contacts.
- Create, design, schedule, promote and conduct events bringing parents, students, caregivers, potential scouts, and teachers to learn more about Girl Scout membership and its benefits. Often time, this will include providing a sample of the Girl Scout experience.
- Recruit adult members offering them key leadership volunteer opportunities within a troop.
- Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams and local volunteers to deliver impactful and memorable events.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Work experience in a similar role, including membership sales, retail sales, community organizing, recruitment or similar relevant/transferable experience.
- Able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends for events.
- Have access to reliable transportation/motor vehicle and possession of a valid driver's license is highly preferred.
- Bi-lingual in English and Spanish or Portuguese is a huge plus.
Work-Life Harmony: Encouraging “me” time, we offer generous paid time-off benefits – paid vacation, sick leave, paid holidays and more!
We’ve Got You Covered: Full benefits, including medical and dental. Benefits at no cost to employees include Group Life/AD&D Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Employee Assistance Program.
Investment in Your Future: Plan for your retirement with our 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan. We also support your career growth with paid time for training and other development opportunities.
Special Girl Scout Perks: Take advantage of discounts on Girl Scout merchandise at the Council Shop. Eligible family members can enjoy discounted rates for up to two (2) weeks at GSEMA summer camps. Experience the outdoors and connect with the Girl Scout spirit through outdoor activities and staff camp days.
Explore more about these benefits and join us in shaping a brighter future at GSEMA. Visit our Careers page at GSEMA Careers.
*New graduates are encouraged to apply.*
We strive to create transformative learning experiences and leadership opportunities for our youth members. The threads of diversity, equity, inclusion, and racial justice (DEI/RJ) are woven tightly into our mission of supporting and nurturing girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Research shows that women and members of historically marginalized groups do not apply to jobs where they feel they don’t hit 100% of the requirements. If this is how you feel after reading through this posting, we encourage you to apply anyway!