External Affairs Coordinator -Weslaco Region

South Texas College; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

South Texas College seeks a Coordinator – External Affairs to advance community outreach, partnerships, and external engagement within an assigned geographic service area. You will cultivate relationships with community organizations, educational institutions, businesses, governmental entities, and civic partners to strengthen awareness of and access to College programs, services, and initiatives.

Under the direction of the Director of External Affairs, the coordinator identifies regional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• At least two years of experience in a professional work setting.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains relationships with community organizations, school districts, employers, chambers of commerce, and civic partners within the assigned area to strengthen the College's regional presence.
• Identifies and supports strategic partnership opportunities to connect community needs with STC programs and workforce initiatives.
• Coordinates informational meetings, campus visits, and presentations with stakeholders to increase awareness of College programs and services.
• Maintains accurate records of stakeholder contacts, outreach activities, partnerships, referrals, meetings, and follow-up commitments.

Skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Relationship building

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Access

Word Processing

Windows OS

Job description

Special Instructions

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Transcripts

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Department: Institutional Advancement and External Affairs

General Statement of Job

The Coordinator – External Affairs supports South Texas College's community outreach, partnership development, and external engagement efforts within an assigned geographic service area. Under the direction of the Director of External Affairs, the Coordinator cultivates and maintains relationships with community organizations, educational institutions, businesses, governmental entities, and civic partners to strengthen awareness of and access to College programs, services, and initiatives. The position identifies regional partnership opportunities, coordinates community engagement activities, and supports institutional representation at external events involving College leadership and the Office of the President. All proposed partnerships, stakeholder requests, and cross-departmental initiatives are coordinated through the Director of External Affairs to ensure alignment with institutional priorities and strategic goals.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Develops and maintains relationships with community organizations, school districts, employers, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, governmental entities, and civic partners within the assigned geographic service area to strengthen the College's regional presence and advance institutional priorities.
• Identifies and supports strategic partnership opportunities in collaboration with campus leadership and appropriate College departments to connect community needs with STC programs, educational pathways, workforce initiatives, and institutional resources.
• Under the direction of the Director of External Affairs, coordinates informational meetings, campus visits, and presentations with municipal, county, state, and federal stakeholders to increase awareness of College programs, services, and initiatives.
• Provides approved informational materials and coordinates follow-up with appropriate College departments.
• Represents South Texas College at assigned community meetings, civic functions, professional associations, and regional events.
• Identifies opportunities to increase institutional visibility and recommends strategic participation by College leadership to the Director of External Affairs.
• Coordinates regional External Affairs activities, stakeholder meetings, community events, campus visits, and related logistics to strengthen the College's visibility and community engagement.
• Supports external engagement activities involving the Office of the President, College leadership, and Board of Trustees as assigned, in coordination with the Director of External Affairs and designated President's Office staff.
• Monitors regional economic, educational, workforce, and community developments to identify emerging needs and opportunities.
• Communicates relevant findings and potential partnership opportunities to the Director of External Affairs and appropriate College departments to support responsive educational programming and workforce alignment.
• Serves as a regional point of contact for external stakeholder inquiries, community partnership requests, and potential referrals.
• Communicates all requests and referrals to the Director of External Affairs for review, evaluation, and coordination with the appropriate College divisions or departments.
• Supports awareness of educational opportunities and student support services, including resources that address barriers to enrollment and persistence.
• Maintains accurate records of stakeholder contacts, community outreach activities, partnership opportunities, referrals, meetings, and follow-up commitments.
• Prepares regular reports and briefings for the Director of External Affairs to evaluate engagement outcomes, identify trends, and support data-informed decision-making.
• Supports assigned External Affairs initiatives, regional partnerships, and community engagement projects under the direction of the Director of External Affairs.
• Collaborates with campus leadership and appropriate College departments, monitors project timelines, deliverables, and follow-up commitments, providing regular updates and recommendations to the Director of External Affairs to ensure alignment with institutional strategic priorities.
• Maintains effective working relationships with campus leadership and College personnel while operating under the supervision of the Director of External Affairs.
• Maintains a regular on-site presence at the assigned campus and travels throughout the College's service area as needed.
• May be required to participate in occasional evening or weekend activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• At least two (2) years of experience in a professional work setting required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in computers and office automation, including word processing, spreadsheets, Excel, PowerPoint, Access (database) and overall knowledge of the Microsoft Windows environment.
• Ability to adapt to constant change and periods of fast-paced, high-intensity work situations.
• Exercises discretion, confidentiality, independent judgment and professionalism in executing assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to work independently as well as a team player in the Office of the President and other departments within the College.
• Demonstrated discretion and sound judgment in responding to trustees, students, faculty, staff and the public, and formulate solutions with great attention given to customer service, composing correspondence, and preparing complex documents and reports.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and complete multiple tasks in a timely manner.
• Excellent organizational skills; produces accurate and detailed results.
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact with the Board of Trustees and the general public in a professional manner.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and to exercise discretion and sound judgement.
• Ability to demonstrate professional pride and commitment to perform all responsibilities with high quality, accuracy and timeliness.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from board members, administrators, clients, customers and the general public.
• Ability to solve practical problems and apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Ability to express or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.
• Ability to sit and stand particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy. Security Sensitive position: In addition, subject to federal background check. Must have a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.

Physical Requirements

Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Sitting and standing particularly for sustained periods of time. Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading. Visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Minimum Compensation

$26.00

Desired Start Date

November 23, 2026

Posting Close Date

9 November 2026 11:59pm

Founded in 1993, South Texas College offers more than 127 degree & certificate options, including associate degrees in a variety of liberal art, social science, business, math, science, technology, advanced manufacturing, and allied health fields of study. Additionally, South Texas College is the only community college in the State of Texas to offer 5 baccalaureate degrees. South Texas College has a faculty and staff of more than 2,200 to serve the college’s five campuses, two higher education centers, and one virtual campus. Since 2000, the Dual Credit Programs has served 130,000 high school students at 70 high school partners, saving families over $340 million dollars in tuition.