Who's Hiring? Explore Community Outreach and Engagement Job Opportunities

Community engagement professionals are responsible for bridging the gap between organizations and the communities they serve. Their work is essential for fostering sustainable relationships, ensuring that community needs are met, and enhancing the overall impact of their organization's mission.

Community transformation—creating environments where individuals can thrive and where the collective well-being of the community is elevated—starts with effective outreach efforts. 

We’ve selected 15 community outreach opportunities from organizations at the forefront of addressing critical societal challenges. Whether you’re interested in environmental stewardship, literacy enhancement, economic justice advocacy, or public health, these organizations offer a wide range of opportunities to make an impact. 

1. Virginia Civic Engagement Table, Remote Role  

VCET is a statewide organization that serves a broad network of partners across the Commonwealth. They envision a multi-racial democracy in Virginia where the full diversity of the Commonwealth actively participates, represents, and transforms the democracy; where white supremacy is actively dismantled, and people of color, working families, and impacted communities thrive in a just economy and lead healthy lives. They are hiring a Communications Manager to work remotely. 

2. Great Peninsula Conservancy, Bremerton, WA

Great Peninsula Conservancy is an accredited, nonprofit land trust that works to protect the natural habitats, rural landscapes and open spaces of the Great Peninsula of west Puget Sound, Washington. Since 1980, GPC has protected over 11,700 acres of forest, farm, wetland, stream, shoreline, and community greenspace through acquisitions, conservation easements, and partnerships. They are hiring a Community Engagement Coordinator to work in a hybrid capacity in or near Bremerton, WA. 

3. Moms Clean Air Force | Environmental Defense Fund, Remote Role 

Moms Clean Air Force (Moms) is a community of over 1.5 million moms—and dads—united in their efforts to combat air pollution, including the urgent crisis of climate change. The organization arms its members with reliable information and solutions through online resources, articles, action tools, and on-the-ground organizing. They are hiring a Florida Field Consultant to work remotely. 

4. Reading Partners, San Francisco, CA 

Reading Partners is changing the education landscape as a leader in addressing the literacy crisis in the country. By leveraging community volunteers in under-resourced schools, they effectively harness a diverse and expansive volunteer base that provides one-on-one tutoring to students twice weekly. Their program is proven to help children master the reading fundamentals necessary to unlock their potential as successful, happy, and confident readers in school and in life. They are hiring a Community Engagement Associate to work in a hybrid capacity in or near San Francisco, CA. 

5. The Young Women's Project, Washington, DC

The Young Women's Project is a multicultural organization that builds and supports DC-based teenage women leaders so that they can improve their lives and transform their communities. YWP programs guide young women and men through a process of personal transformation so they can become leaders in their peer groups, schools, families, and communities. They are hiring a Program Coordinator: Youth Mental Health Campaign to work in a hybrid capacity in or near Washington, DC.

6. Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW), New York, NY 

Since 1978, NEW has been a groundbreaking model that works for women and for New York City. NEW places and supports low-income women in trades careers through advanced training programs, an expanded employer base, and a growing number of opportunities available to women through those employers. They are hiring an Enrollment Manager to work on-site in New York, NY.

7. Northwest Maritime, Port Townsend, WA

The mission of Northwest Maritime is to engage and educate people of all generations in traditional and contemporary maritime life, in a spirit of adventure and discovery. They are hiring a Volunteer Coordinator to work in a hybrid capacity in or near Port Townsend, WA. 

8. Pillar Care Continuum, East Hanover, NJ

Pillar Care Continuum (formerly Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey) provides a wide range of services to infants, children, and adults with more than 100 different disabilities/diagnoses. They are hiring an Event Coordinator to work on-site in East Hanover, NJ.

9. Safety Net Project - Urban Justice Center, New York, NY

The Urban Justice Center's Safety Net Project (formerly the Homelessness Outreach & Prevention Project) combines direct legal services, litigation, research, and policy to achieve economic justice for low- and no-income residents of New York City. They are hiring a Housing Director to work in a hybrid capacity in or near New York, NY. 

10. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Santa Ana, CA

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County changes lives by bringing together God's people and resources to help families in need build and own quality affordable homes in safe and supportive communities. They are hiring a Community & Homeownership Services Manager to work on-site in Santa Ana, CA. 

11. Centre Congregational Church, Lynnfield, MA

Tower Day School, operated by Centre Congregational Church in Lynnfield MA, is a Pre-K & Kindergarten school registered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Centre Church is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. They are hiring a Family Programs and Outreach Coordinator to work in a hybrid capacity in or near Lynnfield, MA. 

12. Manna on Main Street, Lansdale, PA

Manna on Main Street, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, provides critical food services for the North Penn region of Montgomery County, PA ensuring that households and individuals have a welcome and safe place to access emergency food, social services, and educational opportunities. They are hiring an Education and Inclusion Manager to work on-site in Lansdale, PA. 

13. After School Matters, Chicago, IL

After School Matters is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that annually offers after-school and summer programs to nearly 19,000 Chicago high school teens to explore and develop their talents while gaining critical skills that will set them up for success in college and beyond. They are hiring a Director of Program Support to work in a hybrid capacity in or near Chicago, IL. 

14. Generation Hope, New Orleans, LA

Generation Hope is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure all student parents have the opportunities to succeed and experience economic mobility. The organization engages education and policy partners to drive systemic change and provides direct support to teen parents in college, as well as their children, through holistic, two-generation programming. They are hiring a New Orleans Program Coordinator to work in a hybrid capacity in or near New Orleans, LA. 

15. AMAAD Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Arming Minorities Against Addiction & Disease (AMAAD) Institute facilitates personalized individual access to programs and services that foster safe and supportive healthy environments for people to live, learn, and develop to their fullest potential. They are hiring a Housing Navigation Program Manager to work on-site in Los Angeles, CA. 

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