Accessibility Services Specialist

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Accessibility Services Specialist

  • 495070
  • Florence
  • Staff
  • Full-time
  • Closing at: Jan 27 2025 at 23:55 EST
  • Gateway Community & Technical College

Title: Accessibility Services Specialist

Salary: 45,000.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: Hybrid

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Gateway Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Gateway Boone Campus

Department: Accessibility Services

Total Rewards

Gateway Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

  • Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
  • Tuition discounts and waivers
  • 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
  • Vacation/Sick Time
  • Work-Life Balance
  • 9.5 Paid Holidays
  • 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
  • Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Provides access to educational opportunities for students with disabilities to ensure institution-wide compliance with the requirements of legal and institution disability policies and procedures.

Job Duties:

  • Disseminates disability information to students to ensure understanding of disability rights and responsibilities.
  • Work with faculty to meet required accommodations for disabilities (note takers, interpreters, adaptive technology, etc.).
  • Drafts, analyzes, and compiles documentation to demonstrate compliance and good-faith efforts with regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Delivers training, programs, and resource materials for various group regarding disability services. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 4-6 years of relevant experience
  • This job requires a thorough understanding of Disability Civil Rights Laws as they relate to postsecondary education and the means by which to keep abreast of current Office for Civil Rights and court rulings on higher education disability matters.
  • The Accessibility Service Specialist needs a working knowledge of academic adjustments so as to attain access to information and services for students with disabilities.
  • This position must remain attuned to trends in the field of higher education and disability as well as to improvements in technology.
  • The ability to work well and collaborate with faculty, staff, administrators and students as well as outside community agencies is a must.
  • Must be able to work independently.
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated; able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, representing himself/herself professionally and courteously.
  • Ability to communicate clearly verbally and, in writing.
  • Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high levels of efficiency and accuracy.
  • Must have proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Forms, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Word).
     

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree or equivalent
  • Experience in and understanding of working with students from diverse populations is preferred.
  • Experience working at the community college level is preferred.

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