Chief Impact Officer

Overview 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. Scouts Canada is rebuilding, recovering membership, reshaping programs, and renewing the volunteer experience. We are looking for a mission-driven leader who is ready to expand Scouting’s reach, deepen its impact, and transform the experience for youth and volunteers alike.

Role 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 by the lives touched—more youth discovering belonging and confidence, more families connecting through shared adventure, and more volunteers supported, valued, and inspired.

Ideal Candidate & Expectations 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 led by Joanne McMullin and Michael Williams. Applications are encouraged immediately and should be submitted online ideally at https://careers.odgers.com/en-ca/30684. For more information, please contact Andreanne Gendron of Odgers at andreanne.gendron@odgers.com. 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 a 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. As part of our efforts to reach as broad a pool of candidates as possible, our DEI team invites you to review our Self-Declaration Form.

Job Details

Seniority level: Executive

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: General Business, Sales, and Other

Industries: Non-profit Organizations

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