Director of International Student Workforce Compliance & University Partnerships (OPT/CPT) (Volunteer)

Director of International Student Workforce Compliance & University Partnerships (OPT/CPT) (Volunteer)

Mentor A Promise

Remote

Available Times:

Weekdays (daytime, evenings), Weekends (daytime, evenings)

Time Commitment:

A few hours per week

Commitment Details:

5–10 hours per week

Recurrence:

Recurring

Volunteers Needed:

1

Cause Areas:

Children & Youth, Community Development, Education, Housing & Homelessness, Immigrants or Refugees, Volunteering

Benefits:

Training Provided

Description

Director of International Student Workforce Compliance & University Partnerships (OPT/CPT) (Volunteer)

PromisePeople | Global Academic Workforce Strategy, Compliance Governance & Institutional Partnerships

Organization: Mentor A Promise (MAP)

Location: Remote with NYC-based collaboration as needed

Type: Volunteer Executive Leadership Role

Reports To: Chief of Human Resources & Operations

Works Closely With: PromiseShield, Legal & Governance, University Relations, Recruitment & Talent Operations, Department Directors, Executive Leadership

About Mentor A Promise

Mentor A Promise (MAP) is a New York City–based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children and youth experiencing housing instability through mentorship, education, literacy, workforce development, technology, and community care.

Our work is rooted in dignity, institutional accountability, ethical leadership, safeguarding, and long-term systems building.

As MAP continues expanding its educational workforce infrastructure and university partnership ecosystem, we are building institutionally credible systems supporting:

• CPT (Curricular Practical Training)
• OPT (Optional Practical Training)
• international student workforce participation
• academic internships and fellowships
• experiential learning partnerships
• educational placement systems
• university engagement pipelines
• workforce compliance operations
• participation verification protocols
• institutional onboarding standards

We believe educational opportunity must be supported by operational integrity, defensible systems, and responsible governance.

This role exists to help ensure all three.

Role Overview

Mentor A Promise is seeking a Director of International Student Workforce Compliance & University Partnerships to help architect, oversee, and strengthen all organizational systems related to:

• OPT/CPT participation
• educational workforce engagement
• university partnerships
• institutional verification systems
• workforce documentation standards
• compliance operations
• academic relationship management
• participation governance infrastructure

This is a high-trust leadership role requiring exceptional operational judgment, systems thinking, institutional professionalism, and compliance-oriented leadership.

The Director will help ensure MAP’s international student engagement systems are:

• ethical
• operationally sound
• educationally legitimate
• professionally supervised
• properly documented
• scalable
• audit-conscious
• institutionally defensible

The ideal candidate understands that organizations engaging international students must operate with extraordinary care, accuracy, consistency, and accountability.

This is not an administrative coordination role.

It is a strategic governance and institutional infrastructure leadership position.

Key Responsibilities

International Student Workforce Compliance & Governance

• Lead organizational systems supporting OPT/CPT participation and educational workforce engagement
• Help establish institutionally defensible operational standards governing internships, fellowships, volunteer pathways, and educational placements
• Ensure alignment between workforce roles, educational objectives, supervision structures, and participation expectations
• Review workforce systems for operational integrity, educational legitimacy, and documentation consistency
• Develop safeguards surrounding onboarding, attendance tracking, participation verification, supervision standards, and role accountability
• Support implementation of scalable quality assurance and workforce oversight systems
• Identify organizational compliance vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation strategies
• Strengthen cross-functional coordination between HR, legal, safeguarding, recruitment, and departmental leadership

University Partnerships & Institutional Strategy

• Develop relationships with universities, international student offices, career centers, and academic departments
• Serve as a strategic liaison supporting institutional workforce partnerships and educational collaboration initiatives
• Help expand MAP’s long-term academic partnership ecosystem through trusted university engagement
• Support development of internship pipelines, fellowship pathways, capstone collaborations, and experiential learning initiatives
• Represent MAP in institution-facing conversations with professionalism, maturity, and operational credibility
• Help position MAP as a trusted nonprofit educational workforce partner

Workforce Documentation, Verification & Reporting Systems

• Oversee development of rigorous workforce documentation and participation verification standards
• Standardize internal practices related to:
  • verification letters
  • attendance documentation
  • supervisor accountability
  • educational alignment reporting
  • participation records
  • workforce tracking systems
  • institutional correspondence
• Help build defensible reporting systems supporting operational transparency and audit readiness
• Support implementation of documentation retention and confidentiality best practices
• Strengthen organizational consistency surrounding workforce verification procedures and institutional communications
• Assist in developing escalation and review protocols for compliance-sensitive matters

Risk Management, Operational Integrity & Ethical Oversight

• Partner closely with HR, Legal, safeguarding, and operational leadership to strengthen institutional compliance systems
• Support ethical workforce engagement practices rooted in transparency, accountability, educational legitimacy, and documentation integrity
• Help prevent unsupported verification requests, inaccurate workforce representations, or operational inconsistencies
• Escalate and appropriately document compliance-related concerns
• Contribute to development of best-in-class governance systems supporting long-term institutional trust
• Support supervisor education and operational accountability practices across departments engaging international students

Systems Architecture & Operational Infrastructure

• Assist in designing scalable systems capable of supporting long-term organizational growth and university partnerships
• Help develop SOPs, onboarding systems, operational manuals, training materials, and compliance frameworks
• Build operational structures supporting consistency, accountability, and institutional professionalism
• Support creation of workforce review mechanisms and quality assurance workflows
• Train department leaders and supervisors on proper educational workforce engagement standards
• Introduce operational best practices modeled after leading higher education and institutional compliance systems

Qualifications

Required

• Significant experience supporting or overseeing OPT/CPT systems, international student workforce engagement, higher education operations, or compliance-related functions
• Strong understanding of F-1 student employment structures and educational workforce partnership dynamics
• Excellent written communication, documentation, and operational organization skills
• Strong professionalism, discretion, and institutional judgment
• Ability to translate regulatory expectations into practical operational systems and workflows
• Experience building or improving administrative, compliance, or governance systems
• Strong systems-thinking and process-development capability
• Alignment with MAP’s mission, safeguarding standards, and ethical leadership principles

Preferred

Background or experience in:

• Higher Education Administration
• Human Resources
• Workforce Compliance
• Immigration Operations
• Academic Affairs
• Legal Operations
• Nonprofit Governance
• University Partnership Development

Direct experience working with:

• university career centers
• international student offices
• internship and fellowship programs
• educational placement systems
• workforce compliance documentation
• participation verification systems

Additional preferred experience:

• developing SOPs and compliance frameworks
• building scalable operational systems
• institutional reporting workflows
• workforce governance standards
• audit preparation practices
• nonprofit labor and volunteer engagement considerations

Commitment

• Volunteer executive leadership role
• Approximately 5–10 hours per week
• Minimum 6-month commitment preferred
• Fully remote with optional NYC-based collaboration

Why This Role Matters

Educational opportunity without operational integrity creates institutional risk.

Operational systems without humanity create unnecessary barriers.

MAP believes organizations serving students must operate with both compassion and accountability.

This role will help ensure our educational workforce systems are ethical, professionally structured, operationally defensible, and worthy of long-term institutional trust.

The systems built through this role will directly strengthen organizational credibility, university confidence, workforce integrity, and student protection.

What You’ll Gain

• Opportunity to help build institutionally credible educational workforce systems for a growing nonprofit organization
• Executive-level collaboration with HR, legal, safeguarding, operations, and university partnership leadership
• Professional references and letters of recommendation
• Meaningful governance and systems leadership experience
• Opportunity to shape long-term compliance infrastructure and institutional workforce strategy
• Experience contributing to mission-driven operational systems with real organizational impact

Important Compliance Note

This role supports operational compliance, workforce governance, documentation integrity, and university partnership coordination.

This position does not provide legal representation or immigration legal advice.

How to Apply

Interested candidates must apply directly through:

Idealist

Please submit:

• Resume or CV (required)
• Cover letter (required) describing relevant experience supporting:
  • OPT/CPT systems
  • university partnerships
  • educational workforce operations
  • compliance infrastructure
  • academic engagement systems
  • institutional governance or operational leadership

Optional supporting materials may include:

• SOPs
• compliance frameworks
• workforce systems
• documentation standards
• operational manuals
• institutional partnership initiatives
• audit or reporting systems

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with our organization. At this time, volunteer opportunities are limited to individuals based in the United States due to legal, safeguarding, data-privacy, and programmatic requirements. We appreciate your interest in our mission and your understanding of these constraints.

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