Accommodations and Disability Access (ADA), Graduate Assistant

• JOB COMPONENTS/PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Student Success and Engagement
• Participate in team meetings with ADA Staff.
• Meet with students 1:1, as assigned, to address questions related to accommodations, provide training on ADA office processes, provide academic coaching, and connect with campus and community supports.
• Document student accommodations and contacts on Accommodate.
• Provide scheduling and assistance with academic accommodations for students (e.g. note-taking, alternative text, and more). Provide scheduling and assistance with housing accommodations for students (e.g. campus access, emotional support animals, and more).
• Provide scheduling and assistance with emergency accommodations for students (e.g. medical emergencies, DU athletics/ injury, temporary medical accommodations, and more).
• Assist in daily operations of exam proctoring (semester exams and final exams)
• Assist in outreach and communication with students and faculty by managing the office email (ADA@dom.edu).
• Assist ADA staff with organizational projects and departmental procedures that will benefit our student population (e.g. student-voice and insights for presentations, workshops, and campus-wide events, student accommodation agreements etc.).
• Support ADA staff with office projects as determined/needed (e.g. semester file audits, graduation audits, etc.).
• Assist with creation of media and marketing materials for the ADA Office brand
• Soft Skills/ Social Skills
• Utilize a strength and resiliency-based approach to working with students and ADA team members
• Model to faculty and students in using relevant language related to universal design when triangulating communication of accommodations
• Foster, build, and maintain collaborative relationships between campus offices and the ADA office
• Be a representative of the ADA office to peers, colleagues, and campus partners regarding disability allyship and inclusivity

• 2. Administrative Responsibilities
• Attend regular staff meetings
• Attend regular 1:1 meetings with supervisor
• Maintain approx. 20 office hours per week in-person
• Navigate, implement and manage technical programs

3. Other duties as requested, delegated, or assigned

Qualifications

• 1.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent written and verbal skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail
• Ability to navigate technological programs (Microsoft Office, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, Accommodate Portal Platform, Panopto, Kurzweil, Marketing Media (Linktree, Canva, Other Socials etc.)
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team
• Ability to work in a strength-based culturally responsive manner.
• Interest in school social work, higher education, library science, computer science and/or work with underrepresented groups, such as those with disabilities.

2.Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• Enrollment in a Dominican University graduate program is required.

A background screening is required.