Lead Specialist

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** Lead Specialist
** Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS)
** About OSAS
** The Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) is the unit on campus responsible for ensuring equitable access to the University setting for a diverse population of students with disabilities. With a focus on accessibility, inclusivity and creating environments free of discrimination, OSAS team members assess and approve reasonable accommodations and services for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, both on campus and on-line.
** About the Opportunity
** Under the supervision of the Associate Director of Policy, Programming & Evaluation, the Lead Specialist is primarily responsible for supporting an assigned caseload of several hundred students and providing day-to-day student services on behalf of OSAS. The Lead Specialist will provide support and training to Lead Specialists and Accessibility Specialists regarding their specified service area in addition to carrying a caseload and liaising with faculty.

This individual is a key team member and contributor in a fast-paced environment that fosters the full and meaningful inclusion of students with disabilities at the University.

This role requires the ability to work efficiently under deadlines, manage details, and address multiple tasks with rapid response. The Lead Specialist will work closely with faculty to understand curriculum design and required course learning outcomes for their assigned program area in order to determine fundamental alterations. This individual must possess demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and be able to maintain appropriate professionalism in the face of challenging communications that arise from a variety of sources.

The Lead Specialist should be adept with basic Microsoft Office software and be able to learn and make effective use of the department s student records management database. Additionally, the Lead Specialist role involves guiding the work of other staff, such as Accessibility Specialists, as well as graduate and undergraduate student staff. The Lead Specialist should be comfortable working with a variety of graduate and professional programs.

The Office of Student Accessibility Services is a highly collaborative, highly functional team, with a culture of achievement, supportiveness, and inclusivity.  The OSAS team has defined and committed to core values of:
Accountability, Care, Collaboration, Integrity, Leadership and Skilled Communication. It is important that the successful candidate demonstrate an ability to contribute positively to the team dynamic.
** Key Responsibilities
** The general responsibilities/duties aligned with the Lead Specialist are as follows:
* Maintenance of a caseload of several hundred students with disabilities. The individual in this role is expected to attend and/or lead weekly documentation review meetings.
* Training Specialists on their designated service area and the accommodations that typically apply to students in that area.
* Ability to determine fundamental requirements of USC courses and programs in collaboration with USC faculty and programmatic departments.
* Offer targeted presentations to campus partners in a variety of modalities (in-person, Zoom, hybrid) on OSAS policies and processes.
* Documentation review and caseload management in a manner that is legally compliant, student-centered and reflective of best practices in the field. The Lead Specialist will be adept in discussing accommodations and limitations of students with diagnosing clinicians.
* The individual in this role must exhibit effectiveness in understanding and applying disability-related laws to accommodation and service delivery, as well as to issue identification and problem-solving.
* All OSAS staff are expected to maintain student records in accordance with FERPA guidelines.
* This role will also cross-train to be additional support in one or more primary services or programs provided by OSAS and will be a significant…