Ling has dipped his toes into coaching this season at North, working with the Roos' leadership group in a part-time role.
The 2011 premiership captain is in high demand as he weighs up whether to embark on a full-time coaching career or continue his budding media career, with Melbourne, Richmond and Geelong among the clubs already linked to him.
Scott told reporters on Wednesday that North was not about to get caught at the starting gate in the race for Ling's services and had already spoken to him about joining North's coaching team next season.
"We're trying. We'll do our best," Scott said.
"We'll put forward an option which we think is a really good opportunity for 'Lingy', but ultimately he'll have to make the decision that he thinks is in his best interests.
"That will be a decision that will unfold in the next six to eight weeks."
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Scott said North had yet to make Ling a formal offer, but suggested any role offered would be full-time, saying it was not possible to be an effective assistant or development coach working part-time.
"We made some changes to our coaching staff last year, but we're always looking to improve.
"We'll just talk to him about his opportunities, and that will either be a really good fit for us and a really good fit for him or he'll look elsewhere.
"But I think he's in a great position where he'll have a lot of options."
Scott said Ling had done a terrific job with North's leadership group this year and had most of the character traits that good coaches possess.
But Scott said, like anyone, Ling had a lot to learn and was fully aware of that.
The Roos coach suggested Ling was best served to make a decision soon on whether he wanted to pursue coaching, saying he had to find out at some point whether it was what he wanted to do.
"You've got to work out two things really quickly: one is whether you have a genuine love for it, because you can't do this job unless you genuinely love it, and the second one is whether you're any good at it.
"And you'll never know until you have a go."
