SBP Hiring for Project Lead at Houston, Texas Full Time

Are you passionate about addressing social justice and sustainability? If so, our service-minded AmeriCorps team needs your help!

Climate change is here, increasing the size and frequency of natural disasters and displacing over 15 million people each year. Hurricanes like Ida, Harvey, Maria, and Katrina disproportionately affect under resourced communities, whose road to recovery often takes years. SBP is dedicated to shrinking the time between disaster and recovery, work that includes helping individual homeowners and communities rebuild after a disaster.

As a Project Lead, you play a pivotal role in executing SBP’s innovative recovery model by directly rebuilding, constructing, and fortifying the homes of disaster survivors. Not only do you learn and master many phases of construction, but as a Project Lead, you will also lead, mentor, and coach volunteers on-site, enabling SBP to maintain momentum in our work to return more families home.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain a clean, safe and organized work site.
• Ensure that each phase of construction is being completed on schedule, even in the absence of volunteers on site.
• Ensure that work is of the highest quality.
• Interact effectively and positively with other team members.
• Actively participate in construction projects.
• Ability to perform strenuous, physical labor in different climates, over long periods of time.

Serving with Volunteers; Essential Functions:

• Conduct on site orientations for volunteer groups.
• Clearly communicates the homeowner’s story to volunteers.
• Educates volunteers on the area, the effects of the storm, and the history and work of the SBP.
• Communicate the daily and weekly goals to volunteers.
• Provide effective training and constructive feedback to volunteers who are completing insulation, drywall, mudding, painting, flooring, trim, doors and other phases of construction.
• Supervise and participate in construction activities alongside volunteers.
• Maintain a professional and positive attitude when serving with volunteers.
• Ask volunteers to return and spread the word about the enduring needs.
• Serve as a liaison between the homeowner and volunteers.
• Participate in September 11th Day of Remembrance and Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service events, which may take place on a weekend or during holidays and include activities outside of the scope of typical day-to-day functions.

If you’re committed to learning, have a strong work ethic, and enjoy leading volunteers, we want you on our team. Candidates without prior construction or otherwise applicable experience are still encouraged to apply.

Benefits:

• Monthly stipend of $2,100
• Free individual Cigna health insurance
• A housing stipend of $175/month for AmeriCorps alumni
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $500 for eligible members
• Segal Education Award of $6,495 (Can be used as tuition assistance and/or for repaying qualified student loans and is awarded upon successful completion of a 10-month term of service)
• AmeriCorps Childcare Benefits Program
• Student loan forbearance for qualified loans
• Free Mental Health, Financial, and Legal support through the Member Assistance Program
• As an AmeriCorps member serving with SBP, you will be part of the growing national service movement. You will receive professional development with a dynamic social-impact organization that is pioneering a new model for disaster recovery to support people, especially those who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. If you’re committed to learning, have a strong work ethic, and enjoy working with volunteers, we want you on our team!

*COVID-19 Safety Statement: SBP requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all team members. We have an obligation to ensure that no team member poses a direct threat to the health or safety of our clients, themselves, or others in the workplace. Any applicant or member who is unvaccinated due to a medical disability or a sincerely held religious belief may be entitled to a vaccine exemption and reasonable accommodations.