Northern Mississippi Recovery and Resilience Fellow

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Northern Mississippi Recovery and Resilience Fellow
Northern Mississippi Recovery and Resilience Fellow
MS

Full-time, Contract

About SBP

At SBP, we believe that every community deserves a future where resilience outshines disaster. Founded in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina, SBP is a social impact organization focused on shrinking the time between disaster and recovery. We aim to empower communities to rebound quickly—regardless of race, economic status, or location—through a 360-degree approach that emphasizes strength, equity, and opportunity.

• Training and Advising:
  Equipping individuals, communities, nonprofits, businesses, and governments with strategies to prepare for, mitigate, and recover from disasters.
• Building Resilience:
  Constructing durable, disaster-resistant homes and sharing our proven models to amplify recovery efforts.
• Advocating for Change:
  Pushing for systemic improvements that make disaster recovery more predictable, efficient, and fair for all survivors.

SBP’s impact is powered by volunteers, Ameri Corps members, and partners, alongside a dedicated team guided by our core values: racial equity, environmental sustainability, and a commitment to helping those most in need. If you’re inspired to make a difference and help build stronger, more resilient communities, we’d love for you to join us.

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Position Summary

The Resilience Fellow will work alongside partners to:

• Understand current disaster risks in North Mississippi
• Understand current local and state mitigation and resilience priorities
• Identify underserved communities and recovery partners in need of additional support
• Coordinate, develop, and pursue funds to support recovery, resilience, and mitigation projects

The ideal candidate will have experience with disaster recovery programs, and have worked with a variety of stakeholders including local governments, nonprofits, and long-term recovery groups. This candidate should have a general understanding of Federal and State/Local recovery funding and the knowledge to help secure additional funding and streamline opportunities for resilience and mitigation efforts in North Mississippi.

This is a 2-year position as part of the SBP Resilience and Recovery Fellowship Program.

Achieve all goals and objectives set by SBP for the Recovery and Resilience Fellows Program, including the following:

• Serve as a recovery and resilience champion to communities in North MS, working with state and local stakeholders to access and/or influence funding for preparedness, recovery, resilience, mitigation, and climate adaptation projects to mitigate against future losses in a disaster.
• Successful implementation of recovery projects will require a dynamic combination of human capacity, actionable projects, and streamlined access.

• Fellows will accelerate investment through available funding sources, including local, state, federal, private, philanthropic, and public opportunities.
• To be successful, the Fellow must understand regional and local priorities, identify public and private stakeholders, review current applicable plans, and assess and document gaps.
• Fellows must also be skilled translators and conveners of stakeholders and opportunities, capable of building trust and generating options for action as local communities characterize their vulnerabilities.
• Create an opportunity for future employment in the community they serve following their 2-year Fellowship
• Help facilitate SBP-led programs, identify program opportunities, and share the expertise of SBP’s Advisory Services Team with other nonprofits, municipalities, non-governmental and volunteer organizations to increase capacity and efficacy.

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven success in project management and/or grant writing.
• Ability to translate complex regulations, funding opportunities, and community dynamics into impactful proposals and achievable projects.
• Excellent relationship management skills to enhance internal organizational relations and external community…