Associate of External Affairs

Associate of External Affairs

Location: Spartanburg SC
Employment Type: Direct Hire

The Position

We are seeking an Associate External Affairs to provide coordination and execution support external Affairs team in Spartanburg South Carolina. Reporting to the Director of External Affairs this role supports both the Director and the Community Relations Manager keeping the teams communications events and day-to-day operations organized and running smoothly.

This role sits at the coordination layer of the team: drafting communications materials and FAQs coordinating eventlogistics tracking stakeholder activity and providinggeneral supportso the Director and Manager can stay focused on strategy and relationship-building. The ideal candidate is highly organized a polished and confident writer and comfortable moving across a range of tasks in a fast-paced community-facing environment with room to grow into greater ownership as the team scales.

Responsibilities

Communications Support

• Draft andmaintainFAQs talking points and messaging documents to support the Director and Manager in community and stakeholder communications

• Support development of external-facing content including social media newsletters and website updates

• Assistin preparing briefing materials presentations and reports for internal and external audiences

• Help translate technical or operational updates into clear accessible language for community-facing materials

Event Coordination & Logistics

• Coordinatelogisticsfor community events sponsorship activations and stakeholder meetings including venue vendor and materials coordination

• Support event execution on-site including signage attendance tracking and post-event follow-up

• Maintain and update the teams master calendar of events deadlines and commitments

• Coordinate scheduling andlogisticsfor the Directors and Managers community and stakeholder engagements

Team & Administrative Support

• Maintain a log of community and stakeholder inquiries concerns and requests and support triage and routing to the Director and Manager as appropriate

• Provide day-to-day coordination support across the External Affairs teams priorities and workstreams

• Maintain organized records of communications materials event history and team documentation

• Support tracking of philanthropic sponsorship and community program documentation as needed

• Assistwith ad hoc research drafting andlogisticsrequests from the Director and Manager

Requirements

• 2-4years of experience in external affairs communications public affairs community relations or a related coordination role

• Bachelors degree in communications public relations business public affairs or a related field preferred

• Excellent polished writing skills withdemonstratedexperience drafting FAQs talking points or external-facing communications; writing sample or portfolio may be requested

• Experience coordinating events orlogisticsin a professional setting

• Highly organized detail-oriented and comfortable managing multiple workstreams and deadlines simultaneously

• Ability tooperateas a flexible hands-on contributor supporting multiple team members and priorities with a polished and professional presence

• Comfortable with public/event visibility as a representative of the company

• Familiarity with CRM or stakeholder-tracking tools grant management or corporate philanthropy software and content/social media scheduling platformsis a plus

• Experience in HPC data center energy or infrastructure environments is a plus