Job Description

Position Number: 007971

Department: University College (Adm)

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months Per Year: 12

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Accommodation Coordinator in the Office of Disability Services is responsible for determining eligibility for services; and, through the interactive process, planning reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities at UNC Charlotte. This position is part administrative, advocate, and outreach, and requires a strong knowledge of the ADA , student rights, and confidentiality practices. We are a compliance-based office and the evaluation of practices and policies and the determination of appropriate accommodations are essential to this position.

Using a student-centered, inclusive approach, the Accommodation Coordinator: Works collaboratively with students, faculty/staff, and campus partners to help ensure access by addressing physical and programmatic barriers to education; maintains a student caseload and provides ongoing case management to new and returning students; and maintains accurate and up-to-date electronic records.

The Accommodation Coordinator is critical in providing access to students with disabilities. The essential job responsibilities are:

• Provide direct student support services as part of a collaborative team.
• Maintain caseload and provide ongoing case management to students with disabilities.
• Review documentation and meet with students to develop and coordinate the implementation of reasonable accommodations based on the current impact of the student's disability and discussion with the student.
• Maintain confidential records, including detailed case notes, in accordance with FERPA .
• Manage and mitigate issues that arise regarding access and assist students in the resolution of difficulties that may arise with accommodations in the classroom or campus community.
• Work collaboratively with the team to review processes, policies, and best practices in order to continually evaluate services.
• Maintain working knowledge of assistive technology that is used to address functional limitations or improve the functional capabilities of students with disabilities in the classroom.
• Develop and present campus programs to raise awareness and promote access.
• Staff campus and departmental initiatives designed to address access on a large scale, including but not limited to new and transfer orientation events, open houses, final exams, and commencement.
• Manage office initiatives and collaborations such as the Workforce Recruitment Program.
• Maintain a strong knowledge of the ADA , student rights, confidentiality practices, and evaluation practices for high-incidence disabilities.
• Participate in departmental and committee meetings.
• Support the Director by providing departmental leadership and other duties as assigned.

Minimum Experience / Education:

• Master's degree in a human services field, including social work, counseling, rehabilitation counseling, or related field.
• Experience working with people with disabilities.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience working with individuals with disabilities is required. Post-graduate experience is preferred.
• Experience working with individuals with disabilities who are post-high school is preferable; experience working with individuals with disabilities in a higher education setting is highly desirable.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent collaborative, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills are necessary.
• Working knowledge of the ADA and Section 504 as pertains to considering accommodations within a higher education setting.
• Knowledge of FERPA is helpful.
• Knowledge of assistive technology as accommodations is helpful.

About The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

UNC Charlotte is North Carolina's urban research institution. Our campus is located in the piedmont of North Carolina, just two hours from the mountains and three hours from the Atlantic Ocean. A large public university with a small college feel, more than 27,200 students consider UNC Charlotte’s 1,000-acre campus their home away from home.

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