Assistant Director for Disability Support Services

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work proactively to foster an inclusive and accessible experience for students with disabilities.
• Assist the Director of the Disability Support Services in ensuring that all the university’s programs, services, and activities are accessible and in compliance with the ADA/ADAAA, Section 504, Section 508, and all pertinent federal and state laws pertaining to disability.
• Affiliate in the development of programs, training and services, present workshops on disabilities for faculty, staff, students, and external agencies.
• Assist the Director with researching best practices, policies, and procedures in alignment with ADA guidelines; proactively develop systems and services to incorporate best practices for accommodation and services.
• Assist the Director with data collection and development of the annual and other departmental reporting requirements.
• Participate in professional development and training to keep current in disability services issues and concerns.
• Affiliate with the Director in hiring contractual employees, to include but not limited to interpreters. Provide training, supervision, and scheduling for scribes.
• Affiliate with the Director in collaborating with Residence Life to implement approved housing accommodation.
• Affiliate with the Director in developing and implementing special programs to include but not limited to Disability Awareness Month (scheduled annually in October), Student Orientation & Onboarding activities.
• Collaborate with federal Workforce Recruitment Program for students with disabilities.
• Develop and maintain liaison with secondary school systems and external agencies that prepare students with the transition process to post-secondary.
• Review documentation and conduct intake interviews to determine eligibility for services and provide appropriate accommodation.
• Diffuse and mediate difficult issues between students, faculty, and external stakeholders or parents of students receiving services from the office.
• Determine appropriate assistive technology and comparable training programs for students with disabilities.
• Advocate to ensure equal access for students with disabilities.
• Collaborate with support services on campus to ensure students have access to services such as counseling, tutoring, career services, veteran’s affairs, Title IX, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated education, training and /or knowledge of federal laws and regulations governing the provision of services for individuals with disabilities including the ADA and Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
• Demonstrated ability to review and interpret psychoeducational evaluations and other forms of supporting documentation provided to accompany requests for accommodations. This can be demonstrated through coursework, work experience, or a combination.
• Experience with technology support tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Rehabilitation Counseling, Social Work.
• Five years of professional work experience serving individuals with disabilities in a post-secondary educational setting.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and providing training on ADA and section 504 in a post-secondary setting.

Conditions Of Employment

• Not Currently Available

Additional Job Information

• Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.