Job Posting:
JR101954 Assistant Director for Disability Support Services (Open)
Department:
Academic Affairs, PM
Position Type:
Regular
Open Date:
07-21-2026
Close Date:
$75,000 - $80,000
Job Description:
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work proactively to foster an inclusive and accessible experience for students with disabilities.
- Assist the Director of the Disability Support Services in ensuring that all the university’s programs, services, and activities are accessible and in compliance with the ADA/ADAAA, Section 504, Section 508, and all pertinent federal and state laws pertaining to disability.
- Assist in the development of programs, training and services, present workshops on disabilities for faculty, staff, students, and external agencies.
- Assist the Director with researching best practices, policies, and procedures in alignment with ADA guidelines; proactively develop systems and services to incorporate best practices for accommodation and services.
- Assist the Director with data collection and development of the annual and other departmental reporting requirements.
- Participate in professional development and training to keep current in disability services issues and concerns.
- Assist the director in hiring contractual employees, to include but not limited to interpreters.
- Provide training, supervision, and scheduling for scribes.
- Assist director in collaborating with Residence Life to implement approved housing accommodation.
- Assist with special programs to include but not limited to Disability Awareness Month (scheduled annually in October), Student Orientation & Onboarding activities.
- Collaborate with federal Workforce Recruitment Program for students with disabilities.
- Develop and maintain liaison with secondary school systems and external agencies that prepare students with the transition process to post-secondary.
- Review documentation and conduct intake interviews to determine eligibility for services and provide appropriate accommodation.
- Diffuse and mediate difficult issues between students, faculty, and external stakeholders or parents of students receiving services from the office.
- Determine appropriate assistive technology and comparable training programs for students with disabilities.
- Advocate to ensure equal access for students with disabilities.
- Collaborate with support services on campus to ensure students have access to services such as counseling, tutoring, career services, veteran’s affairs, Title IX, etc.
Other related duties as assigned by Director of Disability Support Services.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Demonstrated education, training and /or knowledge of federal laws and regulations governing the provision of services for individuals with disabilities including the ADA and Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- Demonstrated ability to review and interpret psychoeducational evaluations and other forms of supporting documentation provided to accompany requests for accommodations. This can be demonstrated through coursework, work experience, or a combination.
- Experience with technology support tools
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Rehabilitation Counseling, Social Work.
- Five years of professional work experience serving individuals with disabilities in a post-secondary educational setting.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and providing training on ADA and section 504 in a post-secondary setting.
Conditions of Employment:
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 accounts.
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.
