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About SBPSBP is an award-winning, innovative nonprofit organization that shrinks the time between disaster and recovery. A leader in volunteer-driven, post-disaster rebuilding; SBP educates, advocates and improves the disaster recovery sector so that we can collectively achieve more for communities. With a team of 75+ staff and 240 AmeriCorps members, SBP has rebuilt more than 1,600 homes across 8 states and shared best practices with many more.SBP’s vision is to embrace constant improvement, community-wide collaboration, and clear benchmarks to reduce human suffering caused by the tolls of delay in recovery. By pairing resilience training with recovery operations, we strive to reduce the need for our rebuilding services over time by increasing preparedness among vulnerable communities.SBP encourages individuals that are hungry for change and eager to innovate to join our team so that we can change the future of disaster recovery together.Position SummarySBP is a national leader in the disaster resilience and recovery industry. While we excel in rebuilding homes, providing life changing experiences for volunteers and clients, and driving real results through our focus on solving the root-cause of problems, we need to improve on the way we share the impact of this work! In other words, we have a ton of content, but we need YOU to help us let the world know about it.You will be in charge with building the vision for and leading the implementation of a creative, comprehensive communication and marketing strategy and program. We are looking for a communications/public relations professional who has a proven track record of leading an organization to achieve excellence through external communications. Leadership skills, exemplary writing, and established media relationships are the primary requirements of this job.You will manage the communications and marketing team, build and implement communications and marketing strategy, and ensure that SBP is positioned as a thought leader in the disaster resilience and recovery space. As a member of our fundraising and development team, you will play a major role in helping to raise funds through effective marketing, communications, and impact reporting.Responsibilities
Create and implement annual marketing and communication strategy
Effectively manage and grow communications team
Create strategy and execute goals relating to Public Relations successes:
Quality media placements (national news, online and publications)
Corporate partner media announcements
Disaster communications
Press releases/media announcements
Create strategy and execute goals relating to External Communications successes:
Write on behalf of CEO and executive leadership (blogs, op/eds, letters)
Drive marketing and communication initiatives among staff, board and external partners
Work with HR team to improve outward-facing recruitment messaging
Ensure SBP’s values are incorporated in materials/web and rolled out effectively among team
Create strategy and execute goals relating to Thought Leadership successes:
Pitch speaker placements at conferences
Placement and pitching for SBP’s government advisory work
Social media “voice” of thought leadership
Requirements
Proven track record of building and implementing successful, fully integrated communications and marketing strategy
Four-year university degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
5 to 7 years’ experience in a senior communications role, preferably with a national mandate
Superior writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
Excellent capabilities in quality writing: blogs, pitches, op-eds and other published media
Experience managing a team
Proficiency in Public Relations: quality national media placements, press releases and crisis communications
Experience in developing concise and compelling messaging
Experience partnering with development or sales staff to drive organization’s revenue goals
Ability to pivot quickly to new communications opportunities when natural disasters occur
Benefitsmedical, vision, dental benefitspaid sick and vacation leave401k+ matching
