Girl Scouts of Manitou Council
Job Description

Position:  TROOP COOKIE SALE MANAGER

Reports to                                       

• Community Cookie Sale Manager

Purpose                                            

• To assure that girls in the troop carry out the cookie sale in an enthusiastic, safe, timely and accurate manner.

Term of Appointment              

• Recruited and appointed by the troop advisor for the term of one cookie sale period.  Reappointment can be made with the agreement of both parties dependent upon ongoing background check results.

Accountabilities                           

• Complete troop cookie sale manager training
• Be accountable for all troop monies collected from cookie sale.
• Follow procedures as outlined in the “Troop Cookie Managers Procedures”.
• Attend a troop meeting prior to the sale to help the girls set a troop goal and to provide safety, sales, program and ordering information and again after the sale to assist them in completing the cookie sale evaluation.
• Cookie Sale Parent Permission forms until after all money is collected from the girls. Collect and retain copies of original signed.
• Record all sales in e-budde cookie sale online ordering system by the deadline dates.
• Ensure for the distribution of awards and program credits to the girls in an accurate and timely manner.
• Responsible for depositing into the troop account all the cookie sale troop proceeds earned. (This should be deposited by the troop cookie sale manager NOT the troop advisor as the troop cookie sale manager is responsible for depositing these proceeds into the troop account)
• Meet deadline to provide Girl Scouts of Manitou Council with a bank deposit receipt for all monies deposited in the council account.
• Assist the council in clearing outstanding, overdue balances from the troop or individual girls.

Required                                           

• Become a member of the Girl Scouts of the USA and subscribe to the mission of Girl Scouting.
• New volunteers provide the names of two references and agree to a background check.
• Must have e-mail address.

Qualifications                                

• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to inspire girls to complete the cookie sale according to their goals and council safety and sales procedures.
• Ability to responsibly and accurately account for monies earned, due to the troop, and to Girls Scouts of Manitou Council by the established deadline dates.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.