Access Consultant

Office: Academic advising

Reports to: Director of Accessible Education

Work Period: 12-month

Hours: Full-time

Overtime: Non-exempt

Job Grade: 7

General Summary: Facilitates access to courses, programs, services, activities, and facilities for students with disabilities. Collaborate with faculty and staff to develop and implement best practices in promoting inclusive design. Assess and facilitate reasonable accommodations when the environment is not accessible within the guidelines of federal, state and local laws and relevant policy and procedures. Reports to the Director of Accessible Education and works with students, staff, faculty, and on and off campus constituents.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Student Support and Advising

   1. Provides disability-related advising, support, guidance and advocacy to assist undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities.
   2. Meets with students to identify barriers to full participation in the curricular and co-curricular environments and determine appropriate access and accommodations, reviewing additional sources of information as needed.
   3. Coordinates the provision of access and reasonable accommodations in consultation with students, faculty and staff.
   4. Provides consultation, information, resources and referral to students with disabilities and college faculty, staff and administrators.
   5. Provides academic coaching to support students with various barriers related to executive functioning.

   Collaboration and Consultation

   1. Collaborates with academic advisers, medical providers and other staff to provide support, accommodations and resource referral to students.
   2. Works effectively with all members of the college community.

   Administrative and Record Keeping

   1. Maintains appropriate records by documenting communication with and regarding students and recording recommended courses of action or accommodations.

   Professional Development and Institutional Engagement

   1. May participate on college committees, task forces, and networks and serve a liaison role with other offices/departments.
   2. Stays abreast of national, state, and local disability-related issues.
   3. Participates in professional development activities through presentation, publications, attendance at conferences and/or related activities.
2. Maintains membership with relevant professional organizations.

REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's required. Master's Degree preferred with emphasis or major in education, special education, psychology, counseling, rehabilitation counseling or other related field.

Experience: Minimum of 2 years work experience working with persons with disabilities.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of the application of federal and state laws that provide for an accessible higher education experience for disabled students.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others and maintain confidentiality
• Familiarity of types of academic accommodations for higher education.
• Familiarity with academic advising at the collegiate level.
• Mastery of several assistive technologies for students with disabilities.
• Staff development, personnel and team building skills.
• We seek candidates whose experiences in teaching, research and community services has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to belonging, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Intermittent sitting, standing, stooping, crouching, walking, and occasional moving of light objects. Work is performed in an office.

DISCLAIMER
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Please apply online. Position is posted until filled. Due to the overwhelming response to the college's staff openings we are unable to respond personally to individual telephone inquiries. No faxed submissions please.

EEO
To provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Agnes Scott College are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Agnes Scott prohibits unlawful discrimination based on protected categories in its employment practices. This shall include, but not be limited to, employment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training and termination.