Volunteer Role Descriptions

Take time to understand Our Volunteering Culture and the changes to how we will volunteer together.

To help you think about what the titles and roles mean to you and your team in the places that you Scout, please open the role description on this page and share with others in your team too. And to help fit the old titles and new roles together…

Old Title

Group Scout Leader

Scout/Beaver/Beaver Leader

Assistant Scout/Cub/Beaver Leader

Sectional Assistant Scout/Cub/Beaver

Young Leaders

Executive or Management Committee

District Commissioner

Youth Commissioner

Deputy District Commissioner – People

Deputy District Commissioner – Perception

District Network Commissioner

District Explorer Scout Commissioner

Assistant District Commissioner Scouts

Assistant District Commissioner Cubs

Assistant District Commissioner Beavers

Local Training Manager

Appointments Secretary

New Title

Group Lead Volunteer

Section Leader(s) – Scout/Cub/Beaver

Section Team Member – Scout/Cub/Beaver

Section Team Member – Scout/Cub/Beaver

Section Team Member – Scout/Cub/Beaver – YL

Board of Trustees

District Lead Volunteer

District Youth Leads

Volunteering Development Lead

Support Teams Lead

18-24 Team Leader

Programme Team Lead (Explorers)

Programme Team Lead (Scouts)

Programme Team Lead (Cubs)

Programme Team Lead (Beavers)

Learning Team Lead

Welcome Team Lead

Which Team Role Description

Group Leadership Team

Group Leadership and Group Section Teams

Group Section Team

Group Section Team

Group Section Team

Board of Trustees

District Leadership Team

District Leadership Team

District Leadership and Volunteer Development

District Leadership and Support Teams

District Leadership and 18-24 Teams

Programme Team

Programme Team

Programme Team

Programme Team

Volunteer Development Team

Volunteer Development Team



Improving our volunteer experience will move us forward as a Movement and make recruiting new volunteers easier.

In turn this will help even more young people gain fantastic skills for life.


Open the role descriptions to find out how the focus of your current role might have been redefined as we journey further into the Transformation of Scouting.
Also see the Transformation Made Easy page on the website for more information.

Group Role Descriptions

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Group Leadership Team


Group Section Team

Trustees Role Descriptions
(Groups and District)

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Board of Trustees

District Role Descriptions
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District Leadership Team



Coming soon…

Volunteer Development Team

Support Team

14-24 Team

Programme Team