Scouts Canada is building the next generation of leaders.

Every year, more than 45,000 young people, aged 5–26, discover resilience, courage, and skills for life through outdoor adventure, community service, and peer-led learning. At a time when youth need connection, confidence, and purpose more than ever, Scouts is answering the call. Yet Scouting has also faced real challenges. In recent years, membership declined, volunteerism has been harder to sustain, and financial pressures have tested the organization’s resilience. Today, Scouts Canada is rebuilding, recovering membership, reshaping its programs, and renewing the volunteer experience. Now, as the organization enters this pivotal chapter, we are looking for a mission-driven leader who not only shares this vision, but who is ready to expand Scouting’s reach, deepen its impact, and transform the experience for youth and volunteers alike.

 

As Chief Impact Officer, you will be more than a strategist of programs and portfolios, you will be a catalyst for growth, innovation, and community impact. Leading Growth, Impact, Safety, and Volunteer Experience, you will help Scouts Canada chart a bold future: launching scalable models that bring Scouting to new communities, championing co-designed solutions that make volunteering easier and more rewarding, and strengthening program quality and youth safety across the country.

 

This is leadership with purpose. You will sit at the Executive Leadership table, ensuring that every decision is guided by equity, safety, and impact. Success will be measured not only in numbers, but in the lives touched -more youth discovering belonging and confidence, more families connecting through shared adventure, and more volunteers supported, valued, and inspired.

 

The ideal candidate is a values-driven leader who sees impact not just as measurement, but as transformation. Collaborative and courageous, you bring insight, creativity, and fairness to complex challenges. You know how to foster trust across volunteers, funders, and governance bodies, and you are committed to embedding equity, inclusion, and joy into every Scouting experience. Above all, you believe that every decision made in Scouting should unlock opportunity for young people to discover who they are and what they can become.

 

To Apply

 

To fill this position, Scouts Canada has partnered with leadership advisory firm Odgers. The search is being led by Joanne McMullin and Michael Williams. Applications are encouraged immediately and should be submitted online below. We thank all those who express an interest, however only those chosen for further development will be contacted.

 

The target compensation for this role is $160K with competitive health benefits and defined contribution pension plan.  

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

 

Scouts Canada is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with the Accessible Canada Act, 2019 and all applicable provincial accessibility standards, upon request, accommodation will be provided by both Odgers and Scouts Canada  throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities.

 

Odgers is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all the work that we do. As part of our efforts to better understand our ability to reach as broad a pool of candidates as possible for our searches, our DEI team would like to encourage you to take a moment and access our Self-Declaration Form.