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Partnerships Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field. Most positions sit in tech, SaaS, and enterprise software, where employers routinely file LCAs and have established H-1B sponsorship pipelines for business development and alliance roles.
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Get Access To All JobsLooking to make a difference in an innovative and dynamic non-profit agency? UCP of Central Florida unlocks the potential of thousands of children each year at our campuses, pediatric therapy clinics and parent support programs.
Job Summary:
The Community Engagement & Partnership Manager serves as a key ambassador for UCP of Central Florida, building and stewarding relationships that increase awareness, volunteer involvement, partnerships, sponsorships, in-kind support, and philanthropic engagement. This position identifies and cultivates community partners, businesses, civic organizations, volunteers, and individuals, creating clear pathways for deeper involvement with UCP’s mission through campus tours, events, volunteer opportunities, silent auction procurement, sponsorship conversations, and charitable giving. Working closely with the Development team, the Community Engagement & Partnership Manager leads UCP’s volunteer engagement strategy, supports community outreach and cultivation efforts, and helps move community contacts through a structured engagement process that strengthens long-term support for UCP.
Responsibilities:
Community Outreach & Relationship Development
- Serve as a visible ambassador for UCP throughout Central Florida by attending chamber, civic, networking, business, faith-based, and community events.
- Proactively follow up with contacts made through chamber, Rotary, civic, business, and community events to schedule tours, volunteer opportunities, sponsorship conversations, and other mission-aligned engagement next steps.
- Identify and develop relationships with prospective donors, sponsors, volunteers, corporate partners, and community advocates.
- Create and implement strategies to increase community awareness and engagement with UCP's mission and programs.
- Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of community contacts and organizations, moving relationships from initial introduction to meaningful engagement, including volunteerism, sponsorship, partnerships, in-kind support, and charitable giving.
- Conduct presentations, tours, Point of Entry events, and informational meetings to introduce individuals and organizations to UCP.
Cultivation & Stewardship
- Design and manage engagement pathways that move individuals and organizations from awareness to involvement, volunteerism, sponsorship, and philanthropic investment.
- Collaborate with the Development team to identify, qualify, and cultivate prospective donors and sponsors.
- Maintain accurate records of outreach efforts, meetings, tours, referrals, volunteer engagement, and cultivation activities in the donor database.
- Support donor and sponsor stewardship activities, including follow-up communications, recognition efforts, and engagement opportunities.
- Track and report key performance indicators related to outreach, tours, volunteer conversion, sponsorship development, and donor cultivation.
Volunteer & Community Partnership Management
- Recruit, onboard, train, schedule, and retain individual and group volunteers.
- Manage volunteer systems, records, compliance requirements, and communications.
- Partner with campuses and programs to identify volunteer needs and create meaningful opportunities for engagement.
- Develop corporate and community volunteer initiatives that align with organizational priorities.
- Serve as a liaison between the development team, campuses, and programs to identify volunteer needs, prepare meaningful engagement opportunities, and ensure community partner activities are aligned with campus and program priorities.
Events & Silent Auction Coordination
- Lead volunteer coordination for major fundraising and community events, including the Gala, Poker Tournament, Breakfast, 5K, and campus/agency events.
- Manage all aspects of the Annual Gala Silent Auction, including solicitation, procurement, tracking, packaging, display, and donor acknowledgment.
- Cultivate relationships with businesses and community partners to secure auction items, sponsorships, and in-kind contributions.
- Support event engagement strategies that convert attendees into volunteers, advocates, sponsors, and donors.
What UCP Offers
Our mission at UCP is to empower children with and without disabilities to achieve their potential by providing individualized support, education and therapy services in an inclusive environment. When you join UCP of Central Florida you partner with a team that is making a positive impact on the futures of our children. For over 70 years, we have been dedicated to enriching the lives of children of all abilities across Central Florida as 8 campuses: Downtown Orlando, East Orlando (near UCF), Kissimmee, Pine Hills, Lake Mary, and Winter Garden.
UCP of Central Florida offers a competitive benefit package available to all employees! Some perks to being a UCP Team Member may include: health insurance (free option after the first year), dental insurance options, free life insurance, paid time off, discounted on-site childcare, 403B/Retirement match, short & long term disability, and support in continuing your education.
Education & Training:
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business, public relations, nonprofit management, community engagement, or a related field preferred.
- Equivalent combination of education, professional experience, and demonstrated success in community engagement, fundraising, sales, marketing, or business development may be substituted for a degree.
Minimum Experience/Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain professional relationships with community leaders, business professionals, donors, volunteers, and organizational partners.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to represent UCP professionally in a variety of community, business, and philanthropic settings.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking, presentations, and professional correspondence.
- Demonstrated sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism when interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to navigate sensitive situations diplomatically and maintain positive working relationships.
- Strong customer service orientation with a commitment to responsiveness, follow-through, and relationship stewardship.
- Proven ability to initiate and cultivate relationships that result in increased engagement, volunteerism, sponsorships, partnerships, or philanthropic support.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects, events, deadlines, and follow-up activities simultaneously.
- Experience utilizing donor, volunteer, CRM database systems to track outreach, engagement, and relationship activity.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen community engagement and support organizational goals.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends, and travel throughout the community as needed.
Looking to make a difference in an innovative and dynamic non-profit agency? UCP of Central Florida unlocks the potential of thousands of children each year at our campuses, pediatric therapy clinics and parent support programs.
Job Summary:
The Community Engagement & Partnership Manager serves as a key ambassador for UCP of Central Florida, building and stewarding relationships that increase awareness, volunteer involvement, partnerships, sponsorships, in-kind support, and philanthropic engagement. This position identifies and cultivates community partners, businesses, civic organizations, volunteers, and individuals, creating clear pathways for deeper involvement with UCP’s mission through campus tours, events, volunteer opportunities, silent auction procurement, sponsorship conversations, and charitable giving. Working closely with the Development team, the Community Engagement & Partnership Manager leads UCP’s volunteer engagement strategy, supports community outreach and cultivation efforts, and helps move community contacts through a structured engagement process that strengthens long-term support for UCP.
Responsibilities:
Community Outreach & Relationship Development
- Serve as a visible ambassador for UCP throughout Central Florida by attending chamber, civic, networking, business, faith-based, and community events.
- Proactively follow up with contacts made through chamber, Rotary, civic, business, and community events to schedule tours, volunteer opportunities, sponsorship conversations, and other mission-aligned engagement next steps.
- Identify and develop relationships with prospective donors, sponsors, volunteers, corporate partners, and community advocates.
- Create and implement strategies to increase community awareness and engagement with UCP's mission and programs.
- Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of community contacts and organizations, moving relationships from initial introduction to meaningful engagement, including volunteerism, sponsorship, partnerships, in-kind support, and charitable giving.
- Conduct presentations, tours, Point of Entry events, and informational meetings to introduce individuals and organizations to UCP.
Cultivation & Stewardship
- Design and manage engagement pathways that move individuals and organizations from awareness to involvement, volunteerism, sponsorship, and philanthropic investment.
- Collaborate with the Development team to identify, qualify, and cultivate prospective donors and sponsors.
- Maintain accurate records of outreach efforts, meetings, tours, referrals, volunteer engagement, and cultivation activities in the donor database.
- Support donor and sponsor stewardship activities, including follow-up communications, recognition efforts, and engagement opportunities.
- Track and report key performance indicators related to outreach, tours, volunteer conversion, sponsorship development, and donor cultivation.
Volunteer & Community Partnership Management
- Recruit, onboard, train, schedule, and retain individual and group volunteers.
- Manage volunteer systems, records, compliance requirements, and communications.
- Partner with campuses and programs to identify volunteer needs and create meaningful opportunities for engagement.
- Develop corporate and community volunteer initiatives that align with organizational priorities.
- Serve as a liaison between the development team, campuses, and programs to identify volunteer needs, prepare meaningful engagement opportunities, and ensure community partner activities are aligned with campus and program priorities.
Events & Silent Auction Coordination
- Lead volunteer coordination for major fundraising and community events, including the Gala, Poker Tournament, Breakfast, 5K, and campus/agency events.
- Manage all aspects of the Annual Gala Silent Auction, including solicitation, procurement, tracking, packaging, display, and donor acknowledgment.
- Cultivate relationships with businesses and community partners to secure auction items, sponsorships, and in-kind contributions.
- Support event engagement strategies that convert attendees into volunteers, advocates, sponsors, and donors.
What UCP Offers
Our mission at UCP is to empower children with and without disabilities to achieve their potential by providing individualized support, education and therapy services in an inclusive environment. When you join UCP of Central Florida you partner with a team that is making a positive impact on the futures of our children. For over 70 years, we have been dedicated to enriching the lives of children of all abilities across Central Florida as 8 campuses: Downtown Orlando, East Orlando (near UCF), Kissimmee, Pine Hills, Lake Mary, and Winter Garden.
UCP of Central Florida offers a competitive benefit package available to all employees! Some perks to being a UCP Team Member may include: health insurance (free option after the first year), dental insurance options, free life insurance, paid time off, discounted on-site childcare, 403B/Retirement match, short & long term disability, and support in continuing your education.
Education & Training:
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business, public relations, nonprofit management, community engagement, or a related field preferred.
- Equivalent combination of education, professional experience, and demonstrated success in community engagement, fundraising, sales, marketing, or business development may be substituted for a degree.
Minimum Experience/Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain professional relationships with community leaders, business professionals, donors, volunteers, and organizational partners.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to represent UCP professionally in a variety of community, business, and philanthropic settings.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking, presentations, and professional correspondence.
- Demonstrated sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism when interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to navigate sensitive situations diplomatically and maintain positive working relationships.
- Strong customer service orientation with a commitment to responsiveness, follow-through, and relationship stewardship.
- Proven ability to initiate and cultivate relationships that result in increased engagement, volunteerism, sponsorships, partnerships, or philanthropic support.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects, events, deadlines, and follow-up activities simultaneously.
- Experience utilizing donor, volunteer, CRM database systems to track outreach, engagement, and relationship activity.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen community engagement and support organizational goals.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends, and travel throughout the community as needed.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Partnerships Manager
Frame your degree around specialty occupation
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to the role. A business, marketing, or communications degree aligns cleanly with Partnerships Manager duties. If yours is in an adjacent field, prepare documentation showing how coursework maps to partnership strategy and business development.
Target companies with verified LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Partnerships Manager roles by employers who have active LCA filings in business development and alliance management. This cuts out companies that list sponsorship as a possibility but have never actually filed for this role type.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your job title and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search before entering salary discussions so you know the floor and can flag any offer that would create a compliance problem at filing.
Identify your O*NET classification early
Partnerships Manager roles typically map to O*NET codes for Business Development or Sales Management. Confirm which classification your prospective employer plans to use, since the specialty occupation justification and prevailing wage tier both depend on the SOC code filed on your LCA.
Ask about I-129 timing relative to your start date
H-1B cap-subject petitions can only be filed after October 1 of the fiscal year selected in the lottery. If you're changing employers mid-year, confirm your new employer can file a cap-exempt petition or that your start date aligns with USCIS processing timelines to avoid a gap in authorized status.
Verify the employer uses E-Verify before accepting an offer
Partnerships roles at government contractors and federally regulated firms legally require E-Verify enrollment. Confirming enrollment before you sign removes a common late-stage complication where onboarding stalls because the employer must register before your first day.
H-1B Visa Partnerships Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Partnerships Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the employer requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as business administration, marketing, or communications. USCIS evaluates whether the position's duties, complexity, and industry norms make a degree a genuine requirement. Roles at tech and SaaS companies with structured partnership programs typically meet this standard more clearly than generalist sales positions.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for Partnerships Manager roles?
Technology, enterprise software, fintech, and health tech companies sponsor the most H-1B petitions for business development and partnerships roles. These industries have established immigration processes and regularly file LCAs for alliance, channel, and strategic partnerships positions. You can browse verified sponsoring employers in this category on Migrate Mate.
Can my employer file an H-1B for a Partnerships Manager role without going through the lottery?
Only if the employer is cap-exempt, such as a university, nonprofit research institution, or an organization affiliated with one. Most private-sector tech and SaaS companies are cap-subject, meaning your petition must be selected in the annual H-1B lottery before it can be filed. If you're already on an H-1B with another employer, a transfer petition bypasses the lottery entirely.
What documentation does a Partnerships Manager typically need to support an H-1B petition?
Your employer will need your academic transcripts, degree certificates, and any credential evaluations if your degree is from outside the U.S. You should also prepare a detailed job description showing the role requires a specialized degree, evidence of your prior partnerships or business development experience, and documentation confirming the wage meets or exceeds the DOL prevailing wage for your location and job code.
How does changing employers affect my H-1B status as a Partnerships Manager?
You can change employers without losing H-1B status through a portability transfer, provided your new employer files a new H-1B petition before your current status expires and you have maintained lawful status throughout. You can begin working for the new employer as soon as USCIS receives the petition, not just after it's approved. Confirm the new company has filed LCAs for similar roles before accepting an offer.