IT Specialist for Nonprofit Startup

Responder Relief Fund Corp

At Responder Relief Fund Corp (RRF), we’re on a mission to provide rapid support to first responders and their families during disasters—and we need a tech-savvy IT Specialist to set up and keep our systems running smoothly so we can focus on saving lives. If you love solving tech puzzles, optimizing systems, and using your skills for good, we’d love to meet you!

• About Us:

RRF is a nonprofit startup that is dedicated to delivering urgent financial and logistical aid to first responders affected by natural disasters. Behind every donation, volunteer, and life changed is a team—and our tech infrastructure—working tirelessly to make it happen. That’s where you come in!

• What You’ll Do:
• Provide technical support to staff, troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues (yes, you’ll be the hero who fixes the "printer that won’t print").
• Maintain and secure our IT systems, including cloud services, databases, and internal tools.
• Set up and manage user accounts, permissions, and devices (help us onboard new teammates seamlessly!).
• Monitor system performance, implement upgrades, and ensure data security and backups (because disasters shouldn’t include lost files).
• Collaborate with our team to recommend and implement tech solutions that boost efficiency (got a better tool? We’re all ears!).
• You’d Be a Great Fit If You Have:
• Experience in IT support, system administration, or a related field*(formal education or hands-on know-how—we value both!).
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, VPNs, and basic cybersecurity principles.
• Problem-solving superpowers (you enjoy diagnosing issues and explaining tech in plain English).
• A proactive, can-do attitude (you’d rather prevent fires than put them out).
• A passion for using tech to support meaningful causes (bonus points if you’ve worked with nonprofits!).
• Why You’ll Love Working with us: **
• Purpose-Driven Tech: Your work directly helps first responders—no corporate red tape, just real impact.
• Flexible & Supportive: Remote options, a collaborative team, and room to grow your skills.
• No Boring Days: From optimizing donor systems to troubleshooting field-team tech, every day is different.
• Ready to Join Us?
• My "Why" for Responder Relief Fund

I want to share something with you that has lived in my bones for over 30 years—a memory that refuses to fade.

In 1992, I was 26 years old, running my landscape business with the invincibility of youth. One of my employees had a father who owned a major construction company. When Hurricane Andrew ravaged Florida, he was invited to bid on rebuilding Homestead. He gathered subcontractors—including a wide-eyed kid like me—and flew us down on his private jet.

What I saw from the air stole my breath.

Miles and miles of nothing. Neighborhoods reduced to splinters. Schools, churches, homes—all flattened like a child’s block tower kicked over. The silence was the worst part. No birds, no laughter, just the hollow wind through broken beams. We landed in a warzone without bullets.

His company never got the contracts. But that flight home? I stared out the window at the ruins below, and something in me cracked open. A question started burning: Who helps the helpers when the unthinkable happens?

For three decades, that question followed me like a shadow. Through careers and life’s twists, I’d wake sometimes to the smell of wet lumber and chaos—that Florida air thick with loss.

Now, at this chapter of my life, I’m done waiting. Responder Relief Fund Corp isn’t just a nonprofit. It’s the answer I wish had existed when first responders dug through those ruins in ’92 with bleeding hands. It’s the promise that no firefighter, no EMT, no officer who runs toward disaster will ever face the aftermath alone.

I’m sharing this because I need you to feel why this matters. Not just understand it but carry it with you the way I still carry Homestead. If that resonates—if you too hear the echo of forgotten heroes in the wind—then let’s talk. Really talk. Not about spreadsheets or strategies, but about how we can build something that outlasts us both.

The jet landed long ago. But the journey? It’s just beginning.

• With urgency and hope,
• Brian H. Myers

Founder, Responder Relief Fund Corp

• P.S. When you’re ready, I’ll tell you about the firefighter I met in Homestead who’d lost his own home but still wore his uniform. That’s who we’re doing this for.