Director of Camping and Properties

Position
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Director of Camping and Properties

Since 1910, Scouting has helped mold the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The Boy Scouts of America 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 of adults 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.

We are seeking an experienced and driven Camping and Properties professional to join Greater Los Angeles Scouting’s senior leadership team. The position will play a key role in implementing best practices for the organization’s camping operations and property management. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record in camping and program management, responsible fiscal management and reporting, proven revenue stream growth, and teambuilding and employee management skills, and a demonstrated commitment to implementing industry-leading safety practices across all programs and facilities.

The Director of Camping and Properties is a key member of the senior leadership team. This leadership role manages about 11 full-time team members and another 80+ seasonal staff in collaboration with the CEO/Scout Executive, Board Camping Chair, Board Program Chair, and Board Properties/Assets Chair. This position leads the execution of all camping and program delivery for Greater LA Scouting across all camp properties.

The position also directs the rangers/maintenance teams that provide year-round support for council properties. A core expectation of this role is ensuring that all outdoor programs and camp facilities operate with uncompromising safety standards while simultaneously achieving sustainable and profitable operations.

The council’s strategic plan calls for expansion of camping operations and programs. The Director of Camping and Properties will direct this initiative based on demonstrated previous successful experience, teamwork, and collaboration with customers, professional staff, board advisors, and customers. Profitable operations are a key measurement of success.

Safety is a non-negotiable priority for this position. The Director is responsible for ensuring full compliance with NCAP standards, state and local regulations, National Scouting Program certifications, and proactive risk-management protocols. The successful candidate will build a culture where safety, program quality, and profitability work together to support the council’s mission and long‑term financial sustainability.

Join our team in our mission to make a positive impact on the community. You will be a crucial driving force behind our financial success and help us achieve our long‑term strategic goals.

• Carries out the strategic and operational plans of camping operations.
• Provides written operational, safety, and financial reports to the Scout Executive/Chief Executive Officer no less than monthly, including updates on revenue performance, occupancy, staffing, property conditions, and compliance with NCAP and state/local regulations.
• Provides regular reports to the Camping Committee and Properties Committee, including financial results, safety status, program performance, and capital project updates.
• Immediately reports to the Scout Executive any significant safety incident, regulatory violation, property hazard, or situation that may expose the council to legal, reputational, or financial risk.
• Leverages prior for-profit and/or not-for-profit camp leadership experience to build programs that effectively maximize occupancy and revenue of Greater LA Scouting camp properties.
• Plans, promotes, and directs the council’s year‑round outdoor programs and operations, including managing trained and talented full‑time and seasonal staff.
• Provides engaging leadership and training to camp rangers, maintenance staff, and seasonal summer camp staff.
• Provides leadership and training to the council camping…