Resilience Fellow

Description

Position Summary

Are you passionate about helping communities recover and thrive after disasters? As SBP’s Resilience Fellow, you’ll will work alongside partners to: Understand current disaster risks, understand current state mitigation and resilience priorities, identify underserved communities with designated Community Disaster Resilience Zones as locations of focus, and develop and pursue funds to support resilience and mitigation projects

The perfect candidate will have experience with: FEMA Mitigation programs and federal and State/Local resilience funding, and possess the ability to effectively implement that knowledge to help secure resilience and mitigation funding for communities in Mississippi. 

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

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Responsibilities 

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

• Serve as a resilience champion to communities in Mississippi that have been designated as Community Disaster Resilience Zones (CDRZ), working with state and local stakeholders to access and/or influence a minimum of $5,000,000 in funding for preparedness, recovery, resilience, mitigation, and climate adaptation projects to mitigate against future losses in a disaster.
• Successful implementation of projects in CDRZ communities 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. 
• In order to be successful, the Fellow must understand regional and local risks, identify public and private stakeholders, review current applicable plans in place, and assess and document gaps. 
• Fellows must also be skilled translators of 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 through administrative grant dollars, identifying unique capacity investments, etc.
• Share the expertise of SBP’s interventions (Build, Share, Prepare, Advise, and Advocate) with other nonprofits, municipalities, non-government, and volunteer organizations to increase capacity and efficacy.

Requirements

• Education & Experience: General understanding of FEMA BRIC, FMA, and other Federal disaster preparedness programs. 
• Skills: Excellent relationship management skills to enhance internal organizational relations and external community interactions. Organized and detail-oriented with exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Abilities: Proven success in project management. Ability to take complex regulations and community dynamics and translate them into achievable projects. Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Alignment: Passion for SBP’s mission and the resilience to work in fast-paced environments.
• Technical Savvy: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and data visualization tools such as Salesforce, Google-Suite, Canva, Adobe, and Zoom
• Flexibility: Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic work environment
• Compliance: Ability to pass criminal background check

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What We Offer

• Competitive salary: $50,000–$60,000.
• Comprehensive benefits, professional growth opportunities, and a chance to make a difference where it matters most.
• A supportive team environment where your contributions are celebrated and amplified.

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About Us

At SBP, we believe that every community deserves a future where resilience outshines disaster. Founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2006, we are a social impact organization on a mission to shrink the time between disaster and recovery. By empowering communities to rebound quickly—regardless of race, economic status, or location—we’re building a world where strength, equity, and opportunity prevail.

What makes SBP different? We don’t just react to disasters; we redefine recovery through a bold, 360-degree approach:

• Training and Advising: Equipping individuals, communities, nonprofits, businesses, and governments with cutting-edge strategies to prepare for, mitigate, and recover from disasters.
• Building Resilience: Constructing durable, disaster-resistant homes while sharing our proven models with others 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 the passion of volunteers, AmeriCorps members, and partners, alongside a dedicated team driven by our core values: racial equity, environmental sustainability, and a relentless commitment to helping those most in need. Together, we’ve changed thousands of lives—and we’re just getting started.

If you’re inspired to make a difference and driven to build stronger, more resilient communities, we’d love for you to join us. Let’s create lasting change, together.

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SBP is building a diverse and experienced staff. The organization encourages multiple perspectives and experiences, supports a multicultural environment, and strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the populations we work with and the communities where we work. Our hiring and business practices appreciate the strengths offered through different backgrounds. 

SBP is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, disabled veteran status, or status as a member of any other protected group or activity. 

It is the policy of SBP not to discriminate against any individual, person, or group on the basis of disability and the intent of SBP to address any complaints that may arise pursuant to Section 504.