University of Iowa, Division of Student Life
Iowa City, IA, USA
Dec 13, 2019
Full time
Student Disability Services (SDS) at the University of Iowa is seeking a compassionate and analytical professional to provide one-on-one developmental assistance to college students by facilitating academic accommodations for UI students with a range of disabilities. This position will participate in various university committees and represent Student Disability Services as needed at both on-campus and off-campus events, including recruitment at college fairs.
Specific duties to include:
Facilitating solutions around accommodation-related problems and the implementation of academic accommodations.
Orienting students to the academic accommodation process.
Providing outreach regarding a variety of disability related topics on campus and in the community.
Communicating with faculty, administrators, and university staff about eligibility for services and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities.
Maintaining information on students registered with SDS on various databases in a timely manner.
For a detailed job description, please email the contact listed below.
About Student Disability Services:
Part of the Division of Student Life at the University of Iowa, Student Disability Services (SDS) facilitates academic accommodations and services for students with disabilities to ensure everyone has equal access to course materials and activities. SDS endeavors to ensure an accessible learning environment where students can strive to succeed based on their own efforts and initiatives. We aim to create a partnership with students that proactively removes challenges and barriers in the classroom. SDS is located in Burge Hall on the University of Iowa campus.
About the Division of Student Life:
The Division of Student Life is comprised of staff that embrace new ideas and thoughts, works together to keep our students safe, and provides them with life-changing experiences. The Division of Student Life includes 14 departments that span from Recreation Services to the Office of Leadership, Service and Civic Engagement and everything in between. We believe in working together as one team to achieve our mission: fostering student success by creating and promoting inclusive educationally purposeful services and activities within and beyond the classroom. One of our division priorities is to advance UI’s goals to recruit and retain U.S. racial/ethnic minority (URM) staff and students.