Job Posting:
JR101953 Associate Director of Disability Support Services (Open)
Department:
Academic Affairs, PM
Position Type:
Regular
Open Date:
07-22-2026
Close Date:
$85,000 - $90,000
Job Description:
PURPOSE:
The Associate Director of Disability Support Services is responsible for ensuring institutional compliance with a broad range of state and federal accessibility and disability-related laws and regulations, including:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA)
Fair Housing Act
The Associate Director provides strategic leadership to advance equitable access, inclusive design, and accommodation services, ensuring that students with disabilities have full and equal access to university programs, services, and activities.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides leadership to Bowie State University in maintaining compliance with federal and state accessibility and disability laws and regulations by coordinating and ensuring access for students with disabilities to all academic programs, services, and campus activities
- Provides administrative oversight for all accessibility accommodations and support services for students
- Leads the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and practices that promote accessibility and inclusion across the institution
- Hires, trains, supervises, and evaluates Disability Support Services staff
- Collaborates with faculty, staff, and campus partners to ensure effective implementation of approved accommodations
- Educates, assists, and provides guidance to the campus community on disability access, accessibility best practices, and inclusive design principles
- Serves as a campus resource on assistive technologies and accessibility tools
- Partners with Information Technology, procurement, and compliance offices to support institutional digital accessibility initiatives, including:
- alignment with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- review and identification of systemic digital accessibility barriers
- integration of accessibility considerations into procurement and implementation of digital tools
- Provides input on the impact of digital accessibility barriers on students and contributes to prioritization of remediation efforts
- Collaborates with the Digital Accessibility Compliance Manager (or equivalent role) to ensure coordination between accommodation services and system-wide accessibility compliance efforts
- Monitors trends, regulations, and best practices related to accessibility in higher education and makes recommendations for institutional improvement
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree or higher in Social Work, Special Education, Counseling, Higher Education Administration, or a closely related field
- Demonstrated experience in planning and developing program goals and objectives
- Experience applying budgetary and fiscal planning techniques within financial constraints
- Ability to deliver effective presentations to diverse audiences
- Experience working with individuals of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and communication channels (phone, email, in-person, etc.)
- Demonstrated skills in task management, conflict resolution, and mediation
- Ability to analyze complex problems, identify solutions, and take appropriate action using sound judgment
- Ability to maintain and enforce strict confidentiality related to sensitive and protected information
- Ability to communicate effectively across various formats, including presentations, consultations, meetings, and written communications
- Knowledge of legal and ethical considerations in accessibility and accommodation processes in higher education
- Knowledge of assistive technologies and accommodations used by students in academic environments
- Knowledge of national organizations and professional standards in accessibility and disability services
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience coordinating accessibility services for students with disabilities in a postsecondary setting
- Minimum of three years of supervisory experience
- Demonstrated experience interpreting ADA and Section 504 regulations in the context of higher education accommodations
- Experience collaborating with faculty to ensure appropriate implementation of accommodations
Additional Job Information:
Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement account.
Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.
Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program.
The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.
In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.
