Disability Advisor - Student Disability and Accessiblity Center

Disability Advisor - Student Disability and Accessibility Center

Job no: 557103
Work type: Staff
Location: Monterey Bay

Classification: Student Services Professional III
Hours: Full-time / 40 hours per week
FLSA: Exempt
Anticipated Hiring Salary: $5,540mo.
CSUMB provides pay scales representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for this position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined on factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, and CSU systemwide pay for comparable jobs.

Under the general direction of the Director of the Student Disability and Accessibility Center (SDAC) and day‑to‑day consultation with other disability advisors, the Disability Advisor is responsible for planning, developing, delivering, and evaluating comprehensive, integrated disability support services and accommodations for eligible students. Performs complex and sensitive work with and on behalf of students with disabilities, including students in crisis and those seeking assessment.

Performs duties as a member of the Health and Wellness Services team (HWS) and as part of the Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs.

New Student Disability Advising:

• Determines eligibility and disability accommodations through an interactive process with each student, including intake interviews. Interprets complex diagnostic assessment results, neurological reports, and related CSU/CSUMB policies to verify eligibility for SDAC services.
• Provides in‑depth advising on eligibility; facilitates student understanding of the relationship between functional limitations, barriers, authorized accommodations, self‑advocacy, learning outcomes, and retention strategies.
• Provides disability management consultation, interventions, and confidential counseling to all SDAC students as needed, especially during peak times.
• Supports students with housing accommodations during non‑peak time advising periods.
• Provides students with a thorough understanding of SDAC resources and the student responsibilities to self‑advocate for services. Refers to on‑ and off‑campus services for further assessment and advises students about the referral process for off‑campus disability services.
• Develops, implements, monitors, intervenes, and modifies individualized student action plans and evaluates each student’s progress through various methods.

Continuing Student Disability Advising:

• Completes the interactive process between semesters and academic years for students.
• Engages in frequent to constant interaction with students, parents, faculty, and staff to perform student advising and related support functions.
• Addresses students, parents, faculty, and staff complaints and conflicts regarding equal access to the educational process; recommends and facilitates solutions to problems for which campus precedents may not exist.
• Facilitates and/or delegates urgent consultations to ensure timeliness and case‑by‑case student consideration.
• Serves as SDAC’s primary liaison to Student Housing & Residential Life regarding housing accommodations.
• Serves as liaison to faculty for students who are registered with SDAC and works closely with faculty, department chairs, and deans to ensure effective consideration and delivery of student accommodations.
• Serves as a resource and consultant to faculty, Deans, and Administrators regarding disability‑related issues and partnerships to support student success and equitable access.
• Serves as an SDAC liaison and advocate for students with other campus partners.
• Makes referrals to and works in cooperation with a wide variety of CSUMB academic support offices, community services, agencies, high schools, and post‑secondary institutions; advocates on behalf of the University; acts as a resource to the greater campus and community at large.

Compliance:

• Maintains files on each student in a highly confidential manner; documents timely records in SDAC’s student file database and other university systems as applicable.
• Upholds professional…