Troop 101 Junior Leader Position Descriptions
When you accepted a position as a junior leader, whether in a troop level position or a patrol level position, you agreed to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. The job descriptions below provide some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should bring a copy of this description with you during your introduction to leadership conference with your adult leader.
PDF Versions of Information
- Troop 101 Leadership Job Descriptions (PDF)
- Troop 101 Election Rules (PDF)
- Troop 101 Leadership Application Form (PDF)
Troop-level Leadership Positions (elected by Troop)
Patrol-level Positions (elected by Patrol)
Troop Services (elected by Troop)
- Troop Scribe
- Troop Librarian
- Troop Historian
- Troop Photographer
- Troop Bugler
- Troop Quartermaster
- Troop Chaplain's Aide
Pack and New Scout Services (appointed by Scoutmaster)
Senior Patrol Leader
RESPONSIBLE TO: Scoutmaster
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Preside at all troop meetings, events, activities, and annual program planning conference.
- Chair the patrol leaders' council.
- Name appointed boy leaders with the advice and consent of the Scoutmaster.
- Assign duties and responsibilities to other leaders.
- Work with Scoutmaster in training junior leaders.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
RESPONSIBLE TO: Senior Patrol Leader and 1st Assistant Scoutmaster
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Act as assistant for the Senior Patrol Leader.
- Be responsible for training and giving direct leadership to the following appointed junior leaders: troop scribe, librarian, historian, photographer, instructor, quartermaster, and chaplain's aide.
- Take over troop leadership in the absence of the senior patrol leader.
- Perform tasks assigned by the senior patrol leader.
- Function as a member of the patrol leaders' council.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Patrol Leader
RESPONSIBLE TO: Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.
- Keep patrol members informed.
- Assign each patrol member a job and help them succeed.
- Represent the patrol at all patrol leader's council meetings and at the annual program planning conference.
- Prepare the patrol to take part in all troop activites.
- Develop patrol spirit.
- Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.
- Know what patrol members and other leaders can do.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Assistant Patrol Leader
RESPONSIBLE TO: Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Assist the patrol leader in
- planning and leading patrol meetings and activities.
- keeping patrol members informed.
- preparing your patrol to take part in all troop activities.
- Take weekly attendance of patrol attendance and provide to scribe.
- Take charge of the patrol in the absence of the patrol leader.
- Represent the patrol at all patrol leaders' council meetings in the absence of the patrol leader.
- Help develop patrol spirit.
- Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Patrol Quartermasters
RESPONSIBLE TO: Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Attend Quartermaster Council meetings.
- Under the guidance of the Troop Quartermaster:
- Keep records of patrol equipment.
- Keep patrol equipment in good repair.
- Issue patrol equipment and see that it is returned in good order.
- Suggest new or replacement items.
- Work with the Assistant Scoutmaster responsible for equipment.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Patrol Chaplain's Aides
RESPONSIBLE TO: Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Under guidance of the troop Chaplain's Aide, assist chaplain or religious coordinator in meeting the religious needs of troop members while an activities.
- Encourage patrol saying grace at meals while camping or on activities.
- Preside over closing prayer at troop meetings.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Scribe
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Attend and keep a log of patrol leaders' council meetings
- Place records on troop website.
- Record attendance (with help from Assistant Patrol Leaders)
- Assist troop committee members responsible for finace, records, and advancement.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Librarian
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Establish and maintain a troop library.
- Keep records on literature owned by the troop.
- Add new or replacement items needed.
- Have literature available for borrowing at troop meetings.
- Keep system to check literature in and out.
- Follow up on late returns.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Historian
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Gather pictures and facts about past activites of the troop and keep them in scrapbooks, wall displays, on the troop website, or information files.
- Take care of troop trophies and keepsakes.
- Keep information about troop alumni.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Photographer
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Take pictures at troop meetings and activities.
- Digitize images to be placed online.
- Work with Troop Historian to place photographs online.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Bugler
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Sound Taps, Assembly and Revelry at troop campouts
- Sound Assembly at weekly meetings.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Quartermaster
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Guide the work of Patrol Quartermasters and preside at Quartermaster Council meetings
- Keep records of troop equipment
- Keep troop equipment in good repair.
- Issue troop equipment and see that it is returned in good order.
- Suggest new or replacement items.
- Work with the Assistant Scoutmaster responsible for equipment.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Chaplain's Aide
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Keep troop leaders appraised of religious holidays when planning activities.
- Guide Patrol Chaplain's Aides and preside over Chaplain's Aide Council.
- Assist chaplain or religious coordinator in meeting the religious needs of troop members while an activities.
- Encourage saying grace at meals while camping or on activities.
- Tell troop members about religious emblem program of their faith.
- Preside over closing prayer at troop meetings.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Instructor
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Instruct Scouting skills as needed within the troop or patrols.
- Prepare well in advance for each teaching assignment.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Troop Guide
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Scoutmaster - new Scout patrol
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Help Scouts meet advancement requirements through First Class.
- Advise new scout patrol leader on his duties and his responsibilities at patrol leaders' council meetings.
- Attend patrol leaders' council meetings with the new Scout patrol leader.
- Prevent harassment of new Scotus by older Scouts.
- Help assistant Scoutmaster train new patrol leader when he is elected.
- Guide new Scouts through early troop experiences to help them become comfortable in the troop and the outdoors.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
Den Chief
RESPONSIBLE TO: the den leader in the pack and the Assistant Scoutmaster for den chiefs
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
- Serve as the activites assistant at den meetings.
- Meet regularly with the den leader to review the den and pack meetings plans.
- If serving as a Webelos den chief, prepare the boys to join Boy Scouting.
- Project a positive image of Boy Scouting.
- Set a good example.
- Wear the uniform correctly.
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law.
