Phone Number: 1-228-868-2311
Toll Free 1-800-444-8014

SMPDD is hiring for the following positions:

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:  Must have a current RN or LSW license with at least 2 years related work experience.  Ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of case management experience and have work experience with elderly and disabled.  Excellent benefits package offered.

POSITION LOCATION:  To inquire whether we are currently hiring for any of our 10 locations in our service area, please send your resume and copy of your current professional resume to

Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District
Attn:  Assistant Director, Senior Services
10441 Corporate Drive, Ste. 1
Gulfport, MS  39503Email:  kthames@smpdd.com

POSITION : The Pathway Home Re-entry Program Instructor-Resource Navigator is responsible for
assisting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated adults return to the workforce in the 24
counties of the Twin Districts Workforce Development Area (TDWDA). The Instructor Resource Navigator will work directly with the Program Administrator and will establish relationships with employers interested in recruiting and hiring formerly incarcerated individuals. Instructor-Resource Navigator will also work with the formerly incarcerated individuals to navigate the process of finding gainful employment and removing barriers that often plague justice-impacted individuals.

The purpose of the Pathway Home Re-entry Program is to connect eligible incarcerated
individuals to training opportunities and/or jobs upon release from a correctional facility.
The program aims to reduce recidivism, improve offender outcomes by providing life skills
training, job search and placement services, and mitigation of barriers to successful re-entry. The Instructor-Resource Navigator works with the individuals and the employers to make the strategic connections necessary to ensure successful re-entry for the returning citizens and a dependable labor pool for the employers.

RESOURCE NAVIGATOR INSTRUCTOR - FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

SEND RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO: 
Email: rlincoln@smpdd.com

POSITION : The Re-entry Program Specialist is responsible for assisting incarcerated, and formerly
incarcerated adults, as well as those released to the Residential Re-entry Centers (RRCs)
return to the workforce in the TDWDA 24 counties. They will work with eligible individuals
to navigate the process of finding gainful employment and removing barriers that often
plague justice-impacted individuals.

The purpose of the Re-entry Program is to help connect eligible individuals to training
opportunities or jobs upon release from a correctional facility or Residential Re-entry
Center (RRC). The program aims to reduce recidivism, improve offender outcomes by
providing skills training, job search and placement services, and mitigation of barriers to
successful re-entry. The Program Specialist works with the individuals and the employers
to make the strategic connections necessary to ensure successful re-entry for the
returning citizens and a dependable labor pool for the employers.

RE-ENTRY PROGRAM SPECIALIST (PROWD) - FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

SEND RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO: 

Patricia Morrison
Email: pmorrison@smpdd.com

POSITION : The High School Career Coach will assist students to identify career goals through personal and group consultation. Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, career coaches will promote academic and personal success by implementing a comprehensive program that encompasses areas of personal and social development of students as well as academic and career needs.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER COACH - FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

SEND RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO: 
Email: ndiaz@smpdd.com