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Community Engagement Coordinator jobs are a strong fit for F-1 OPT students with backgrounds in communications, public policy, sociology, or nonprofit management. Most roles qualify as specialty occupations under OPT work authorization. Your 12-month OPT window can extend to 36 months with a STEM OPT extension if your degree qualifies.
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Get Access To All JobsThrough one-to-one mentoring, BBBS Lone Star is dedicated to ensuring every child reaches their full potential. Our program specifically was built to ensure that all youth, regardless of background, have a plan after high school and the social capital to make it a reality. The program has already had a measurable impact on local youth - over 97% of mentees in the program enrolled in higher education, were employed or enlisted in the military upon graduation. As we look to expand our reach and broaden opportunity to more and more young people, we need an essential teammate playing a pivotal role in this process.
Big Brothers Big Sisters has the following position available: Community Engagement Manager (Volunteer Recruitment) located in Arlington, TX.
Position Summary:
The Community Engagement Manager will maintain a consistent presence in the Greater Tarrant community on behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) for the purpose of cultivating, managing and sustaining partnerships with mentor-rich organizations. Further, this position will steward individual volunteers to the point of application. The candidate must be a skilled presenter; with a strong ability to share BBBS's mission and motivate individuals to take action by becoming volunteers. The candidate must be goal driven, organized, and provide excellent customer service.
Essential Functions, Responsibilities, and Activities
Strategy Volunteer Recruitment and Outreach:
- Execute volunteer recruitment strategies established by the Director of Community Engagement.
- Manage assigned recruitment territories, target audiences, partner portfolios, or strategic initiatives as directed.
- Contribute to team-wide volunteer inquiry and application goals through effective outreach and partnership development activities.
- Identify and pursue recruitment opportunities that align with agency priorities and current mentoring needs.
- Provide market intelligence, community feedback, and recruitment trends to help inform departmental strategy.
- Participate in team planning sessions and contribute ideas for improving recruitment effectiveness and community engagement.
Partner Development and Corporate Engagement:
- Develop and manage a portfolio of community and corporate partners that support volunteer recruitment objectives.
- Secure presentations, workplace engagement opportunities, volunteer fairs, networking events, and recruitment activations with assigned partners.
- Cultivate long-term relationships that generate recurring recruitment opportunities and sustainable volunteer pipelines.
- Collaborate within the Greater Tarrant Development Team to coordinate outreach efforts and maximize partner engagement.
- Represent BBBS professionally in community settings and serve as an ambassador for the organization's mission.
Presentations, Community Outreach and Tabling:
- Secure and conduct presentations, informational sessions, volunteer fairs, networking events, employer engagements, and community outreach opportunities.
- Identify and participate in tabling events, resource fairs, community festivals, university events, and volunteer expos that support recruitment objectives.
- Maintain a consistent presence throughout the community to increase awareness of mentoring opportunities and generate volunteer interest.
- Deliver engaging and mission-focused presentations designed to educate, inspire, and move prospective volunteers toward inquiry and application.
- Collaborate with team members to ensure adequate coverage and representation at recruitment events and community activities.
Lead Generation and Volunteer Pipeline Management:
- Generate qualified volunteer leads through presentations, outreach activities, community events, partner referrals, and corporate engagements.
- Manage follow-up activities within assigned prospect and partner portfolios.
- Steward prospective volunteers through the inquiry and application process by providing information, addressing barriers, and maintaining ongoing communication.
- Support agency-wide efforts to improve inquiry-to-application conversion rates.
- Work closely with Program staff to ensure recruitment efforts align with current volunteer needs and match priorities.
- Share successful outreach and conversion practices with team members to strengthen overall recruitment performance.
Education, Experience, and Other Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience in sales, public relations, marketing, recruitment or related field; 2 to 3 years preferred
- Strong interest or entry level experience in sales, client management, and/or recruitment; 2 to 3 years preferred
- Must be a skilled presenter; with a strong ability to share BBBS's mission, and motivate individuals to take action by becoming volunteers
- Must be goal driven, organized, and customer-service minded
- Demonstrated experience working with multiple clients at one time
- Demonstrated track record of meeting goals and objectives
- Demonstrated intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel
- Availability and flexibility to accommodate early weekday morning and evening hours and weekend hours, as well as travel to varying local venues
- Willingness to work within culturally diverse environment
Candidate should reside in Tarrant County area as position reports to our Arlington, TX office.
Aside from supporting a great mission, you will enjoy great benefits including retirement (matched); medical, dental and life insurance; HSA option; flexible spending account; awesome time-off and casual dress.
Please submit cover letter and resume to and indicate "Community Engagement Manager (Volunteer Recruitment) – Arlington, TX" in the subject line.
Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/V/D
No Phone Calls Please.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $42,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Do you reside in Tarrant County area?
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
- Public speaking: 2 years (Preferred)
- Customer service: 2 years (Preferred)
- sales, public relations, marketing or volunteer recruitment: 2 years (Preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Arlington, TX 76010
Through one-to-one mentoring, BBBS Lone Star is dedicated to ensuring every child reaches their full potential. Our program specifically was built to ensure that all youth, regardless of background, have a plan after high school and the social capital to make it a reality. The program has already had a measurable impact on local youth - over 97% of mentees in the program enrolled in higher education, were employed or enlisted in the military upon graduation. As we look to expand our reach and broaden opportunity to more and more young people, we need an essential teammate playing a pivotal role in this process.
Big Brothers Big Sisters has the following position available: Community Engagement Manager (Volunteer Recruitment) located in Arlington, TX.
Position Summary:
The Community Engagement Manager will maintain a consistent presence in the Greater Tarrant community on behalf of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) for the purpose of cultivating, managing and sustaining partnerships with mentor-rich organizations. Further, this position will steward individual volunteers to the point of application. The candidate must be a skilled presenter; with a strong ability to share BBBS's mission and motivate individuals to take action by becoming volunteers. The candidate must be goal driven, organized, and provide excellent customer service.
Essential Functions, Responsibilities, and Activities
Strategy Volunteer Recruitment and Outreach:
- Execute volunteer recruitment strategies established by the Director of Community Engagement.
- Manage assigned recruitment territories, target audiences, partner portfolios, or strategic initiatives as directed.
- Contribute to team-wide volunteer inquiry and application goals through effective outreach and partnership development activities.
- Identify and pursue recruitment opportunities that align with agency priorities and current mentoring needs.
- Provide market intelligence, community feedback, and recruitment trends to help inform departmental strategy.
- Participate in team planning sessions and contribute ideas for improving recruitment effectiveness and community engagement.
Partner Development and Corporate Engagement:
- Develop and manage a portfolio of community and corporate partners that support volunteer recruitment objectives.
- Secure presentations, workplace engagement opportunities, volunteer fairs, networking events, and recruitment activations with assigned partners.
- Cultivate long-term relationships that generate recurring recruitment opportunities and sustainable volunteer pipelines.
- Collaborate within the Greater Tarrant Development Team to coordinate outreach efforts and maximize partner engagement.
- Represent BBBS professionally in community settings and serve as an ambassador for the organization's mission.
Presentations, Community Outreach and Tabling:
- Secure and conduct presentations, informational sessions, volunteer fairs, networking events, employer engagements, and community outreach opportunities.
- Identify and participate in tabling events, resource fairs, community festivals, university events, and volunteer expos that support recruitment objectives.
- Maintain a consistent presence throughout the community to increase awareness of mentoring opportunities and generate volunteer interest.
- Deliver engaging and mission-focused presentations designed to educate, inspire, and move prospective volunteers toward inquiry and application.
- Collaborate with team members to ensure adequate coverage and representation at recruitment events and community activities.
Lead Generation and Volunteer Pipeline Management:
- Generate qualified volunteer leads through presentations, outreach activities, community events, partner referrals, and corporate engagements.
- Manage follow-up activities within assigned prospect and partner portfolios.
- Steward prospective volunteers through the inquiry and application process by providing information, addressing barriers, and maintaining ongoing communication.
- Support agency-wide efforts to improve inquiry-to-application conversion rates.
- Work closely with Program staff to ensure recruitment efforts align with current volunteer needs and match priorities.
- Share successful outreach and conversion practices with team members to strengthen overall recruitment performance.
Education, Experience, and Other Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience in sales, public relations, marketing, recruitment or related field; 2 to 3 years preferred
- Strong interest or entry level experience in sales, client management, and/or recruitment; 2 to 3 years preferred
- Must be a skilled presenter; with a strong ability to share BBBS's mission, and motivate individuals to take action by becoming volunteers
- Must be goal driven, organized, and customer-service minded
- Demonstrated experience working with multiple clients at one time
- Demonstrated track record of meeting goals and objectives
- Demonstrated intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel
- Availability and flexibility to accommodate early weekday morning and evening hours and weekend hours, as well as travel to varying local venues
- Willingness to work within culturally diverse environment
Candidate should reside in Tarrant County area as position reports to our Arlington, TX office.
Aside from supporting a great mission, you will enjoy great benefits including retirement (matched); medical, dental and life insurance; HSA option; flexible spending account; awesome time-off and casual dress.
Please submit cover letter and resume to and indicate "Community Engagement Manager (Volunteer Recruitment) – Arlington, TX" in the subject line.
Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/V/D
No Phone Calls Please.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $42,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Do you reside in Tarrant County area?
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
- Public speaking: 2 years (Preferred)
- Customer service: 2 years (Preferred)
- sales, public relations, marketing or volunteer recruitment: 2 years (Preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Arlington, TX 76010
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Community Engagement Coordinator
Target mission-driven organizations early
Nonprofits, universities, and government agencies hire Community Engagement Coordinators regularly and are often more experienced with OPT work authorization than private startups. Prioritize employers with established HR teams who understand the documentation process.
Frame your international background as an asset
Community engagement roles require cultural competency and multilingual communication skills. Emphasize your ability to connect with diverse populations in your cover letter and interviews. This is a genuine differentiator, not just a talking point.
Get your EAD card details ready before applying
Employers will ask about your work authorization status early in the process. Know your OPT start date, EAD expiration date, and STEM extension eligibility before your first conversation so you can answer confidently without hesitation.
Apply before your OPT clock starts running
Hiring timelines for coordinator roles can run four to eight weeks. If you wait until after graduation to start applying, you risk losing weeks of your authorized period. Begin applications during your final semester to protect your authorized window.
Confirm your degree field supports a specialty occupation claim
OPT requires your job to be directly related to your degree. A communications or public policy degree supporting a Community Engagement Coordinator role is a clear match. Document this connection explicitly if your employer asks during onboarding.
Ask about H-1B sponsorship during the offer stage
OPT is temporary. Raising the H-1B visa question after you have an offer, not during early interviews, gives you more leverage. Ask whether the organization has sponsored visas before and whether it participates in H-1B cap-exempt filings if applicable.
Community Engagement Coordinator OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Community Engagement Coordinator role qualify for OPT work authorization?
Yes, in most cases. OPT requires your job to be directly related to your degree field. Community Engagement Coordinator positions typically require a bachelor's degree in communications, public policy, sociology, social work, or a related field, which makes the degree-to-job connection straightforward to establish with your DSO and employer.
Can I use my STEM OPT extension for a Community Engagement Coordinator job?
Only if your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as data science, information systems, or public health informatics. Traditional humanities or social science degrees, including general communications or sociology, are not STEM-designated. Check the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List to confirm whether your specific CIP code qualifies before assuming you have 36 months of work authorization.
Where can I find Community Engagement Coordinator jobs that are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate is the best place to start. The platform is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters roles by visa sponsorship willingness, so you are not wasting applications on employers who will not consider OPT candidates. Nonprofits, city governments, and public health organizations are among the most active hirers in this category.
What happens to my OPT status if my Community Engagement Coordinator contract ends early?
You enter a 60-day grace period when authorized employment ends before your OPT expiration date. During that window you can find a new qualifying job, apply to change status, or prepare to depart the United States. You cannot work during the grace period. Report any employment change to your DSO within 10 days to keep your SEVIS record current.
Do Community Engagement Coordinator employers typically sponsor H-1B visas?
It varies significantly by organization type. Large nonprofits, hospitals, and universities with established HR departments are more likely to have sponsored H-1B petitions before. Smaller community organizations and local government agencies may lack the infrastructure or budget. Research an employer's H-1B filing history through public DOL disclosure data before investing significant time in the application process.