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 financial and operational leader who not only shares this mission, but who is ready to help strengthen the foundation and guide Scouts Canada into a new era of growth and stability.

 

As CFO and Enabling Services Officer, you will be more than a steward of numbers and systems, you will be a builder of trust, stability, and possibility. Leading Finance, People & Culture, Legal, and Corporate Services, you will strengthen the foundation that allows Scouts to thrive: ensuring sustainability, managing risk wisely, and putting in place the reserves and systems that enable long-term growth.

 

This is leadership with purpose. You will sit at the Executive Leadership table helping chart a bold, inclusive future for Scouting: aligning fiscal discipline with mission priorities, fostering a culture of service and accountability, and ensuring every decision supports the young people and volunteers at the heart of this movement.

 

The ideal candidate is a values-driven leader who sees finance not just as oversight, but as empowerment. Calm and principled, you bring foresight to risk, fairness to decision-making, and courage in times of change. Above all, you believe that every resource invested in Scouts should open doors for more 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.