Northern Mississippi Recovery and Resilience Fellow

About This Role

Serve as a Recovery and Resilience Fellow in Northern Mississippi, working with stakeholders to access and influence funding for disaster preparedness, recovery, resilience, mitigation, and climate adaptation projects. This is a 2-year position aimed at strengthening communities against future losses.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Implement recovery projects requiring a dynamic combination of human capacity, actionable projects, and streamlined access
• Accelerate investment through available funding sources, including local, state, federal, private, philanthropic, and public opportunities
• Understand regional and local priorities, identify public and private stakeholders, review current applicable plans in place, and assess and document gaps
• Build trust and generate 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

• Understanding of Federal and State/Local recovery funding
• Knowledge to help secure additional funding and streamline opportunities for resilience and mitigation efforts in North Mississippi
• 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
• Organized and detail-oriented with exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty; ability to adapt nimbly
• High degree of integrity and forethought in approach, acts transparently and consistently
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Able to pass a Criminal History Check satisfactorily (sex offender registry, State Police, FBI)
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
• Self-directed to achieve objectives

Qualifications

• Experience with disaster recovery programs, having worked with a variety of stakeholders to include local governments and/or nonprofits and long-term recovery groups.

Nice to Have

• Understanding of CDBG-DR, Federal, and/or disaster recovery programs

Skills

* Required skills