Curriculum Specialist

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Job Description

Department: Curriculum, Planning & Compliance

General Statement of Job

The Curriculum Specialist maintains accurate curriculum records, processes revisions for workforce education and academic programs; reviews curricula for compliance with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC); maintains all curriculum information in college publications, information systems, and various web-based applications including the College's Degree Audit System and college catalog. Assists with maintaining curriculum applications including the online course evaluation system and the syllabi software.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Assists program chairs and/or deans with curriculum revisions to ensure compliance with THECB and SACSCOC guidelines.
• Processes approved curriculum revisions for all academic and workforce programs.
• Reviews and updates all curriculum information for the college catalog.
• Communicates applicable curriculum revisions, such as award title revisions, program code updates and credit/contact hour revisions to the Student Financial Services department
• Maintains all curriculum related screens in the student information system, including program inventory screens, course inventory screens, course descriptions, prerequisites, and course reporting screens to comply with state requirements.
• Maintains and updates curriculum records in Degree Works.
• Updates and maintains the official college degree plans via the Student Educational Planner in Degree Works.
• Ensures all curriculum revisions are up-to-date through the THECB inventory database.
• Maintains and updates course and section-level attributes for tuition tables.
• Participates in and maintains knowledge regarding Texas Success Initiative (TSI) updates and assesses impact on curriculum, including course prerequisites.
• Creates agendas, packets, and minutes for the College-Wide Curriculum Committee Meeting.
• Assists with Instructional Program Development, including the collection of local labor market data and review of program proposals.
• Assists with maintenance and collection of course section outlines through the syllabi software application; assists with the collection and posting of faculty curriculum vitae.
• Assists with the course evaluation process and provides technical support to students, faculty, and staff using the online course evaluation system.
• Completes audits and reports to ensure accuracy of program and course data.
• Conducts departmental training for various department functions, as needed.
• Collaborates with departmental staff to develop and fulfill the Institutional Effectiveness Plan.
• Provides assistance with special projects, as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• At least one (1) year of work experience in a higher education setting, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines.
• Excellent proofreading and editing skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as a team player within department and with others.
• Ability to adapt to constant change and periods of fast-paced, high-intensity work situations.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries from groups of faculty, staff, students and the general public.
• Ability to apply practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Security Sensitive position: all applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Sitting particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Minimum Compensation
$19.00
Desired Start Date
August 19, 2026
Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank)
26 August 2026 11:59pm