County Lead Volunteer

The County Lead Volunteer plays a pivotal role within local Scouting, providing inspiring leadership and support across all Districts in the County.

This role is central to ensuring that Scouting is accessible to every young person- regardless of faith, background, or circumstances - because we believe that Scouting has the power to transform lives.

The County Lead Volunteer achieves this by leading and supporting the team of District Lead Volunteers and other County volunteers, while working closely with the Growth & Communities Teams to ensure there are enough Scouting opportunities to meet local demand.

Additionally, the role ensures that every young person enjoys a high-quality, balanced programme that is challenging, rewarding, and relevant to their needs.

Skills

Essential:

• Excellent ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, including the ability to speak and present publicly in a clear, articulate, and motivating way
• Ability to provide advice and guidance effectively to others.
• Ability to provide inspirational strategic leadership for the County.
• Ability to contribute to strategy development and identify practical actions to achieve strategic objectives.
• Ability to effectively chair meetings.
• Ability to build, maintain, and facilitate effective working relationships with a wide range of people.
• Ability to enable others to identify issues, clarify objectives, develop achievable goals, and gain the skills and confidence to work as an effective team.
• Ability to negotiate compromises.
• Ability to plan, manage, and monitor own tasks and time effectively.
• Ability to construct and implement long-term plans that improve and expand the Scouting opportunities for young people, identifying training, resources, and other support needs.
• Ability to use technology effectively, including mobile email and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.