Coordinator, Student Disability Access Center

Position Title Coordinator, Student Disability Access Center

Employment Status Full Time

Months 12

Campus Biddeford, ME

The University of New England is seeking a Coordinator, Student Disability Access Center to assist the Director of Student Access in the day-to-day coordination of services for students with disabilities on primarily the Biddeford campus. Responsibilities include managing accommodations, evaluating documentation, communicating with students and faculty, maintaining records, supporting training programs, assisting with orientation and advising.

UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

• Multiple health and dental plan options, plus vision coverage.
• Up to 8% retirement plan match.
• Generous leave time, including vacation, sick, and personal time, and 12+ holidays per year.
• Educational benefits
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  • UNE tuition waiver for employees, spouses, and domestic partners.
  • UNE tuition waiver for dependents of employees with 1 year of full-time service.
  • 50% tuition reduction if less than 1 year of full-time service.
• Provide information about disability services to current and prospective students, parents, and high school counselors.
• Adjudicate documentation of disabilities with respect to data provided to determine eligibility for services and accommodations sought by students.
• Communicate orally and in writing with students registered with the Student Access Center concerning a broad range of issues relative to their needs and the University’s ability to serve those needs.
• Work with faculty, staff, and other University personnel in appropriately accommodating students with disabilities.
• Provide accommodations (test proctoring) or oversee the delivery of necessary accommodations to students registered with Student Access Center.
• Assist students and university employees in understanding their legal responsibilities and rights.
• Provide individual assistance to students, as necessary.
• Assist with orientation, advising, and other general office functions.
• Develop and implement student/faculty/staff in service training programs regarding disability issues.
• Refer students to on- and off-campus resources.
• Maintain recordkeeping systems to assure appropriate resources are available, to assure documentation as necessary, and to assure accountability.
• Commit to actively fostering a culture of welcoming and belonging.
• Supervise and evaluate work performance of work-study students.
• Perform other duties as required.

Master’s Degree in Disability Management, Special Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, or other relevant area desired with three to five years related experience preferred.

• Working knowledge of the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, and experience in working to facilitate accommodation of students with disabilities required.
• Excellent problem-solving skills to resolve academic accommodation and/or disability management skills;
• Demonstrated administrative and coordinative skills.
• Cross-cultural or…