Position Summary
The Resilience Fellow will work alongside partners to:
- Understand current disaster risks and ongoing recovery in Western North Carolina, post-Hurricane Helene
- 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 perfect candidate will have experience with disaster recovery programs, having worked with a variety of stakeholders to include local governments and/or nonprofits and long-term recovery groups. This candidate should have a general understanding of Federal and State/Local recovery funding, and possess the knowledge to help secure additional funding and streamline opportunities for resilience and mitigation efforts in Western NC.
This is a 2-year position as part of the SBP Resilience and Recovery Fellowship Program.
Responsibilities
Achieve all goals and objectives set by SBP for the Recovery and Resilience Fellows Program, to include the following: .
- Serve as a recovery and resilience champion to communities in Western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene, 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 in place, 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 the 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.
Compensation details: 50000-75000 Yearly Salary
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