Accommodation Coordinator

Date Posted: 10/21/2024
Req ID: 40194
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Accessibility Services
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00051320

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the gift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.


Your opportunity:

Accessibility Services provides academic accommodations and services for students with disabilities and promotes a fully integrated university experience by ensuring that students have the opportunity to access and participate in all areas of student life. In partnership with a variety of Student Affairs and academic departments, Accessibility Services provides comprehensive programming through out each student’s university career to foster greater resiliency and promote the development of knowledge and skills that are transferrable to their future goals.

As part of a dynamic team and under the guidance of the Assistant Director, you will work directly with students with disabilities via one-on-one appointments both in-person and/or through the use of technology (i.e. phone, e-mail, Teams) to ensure efficient intake for students with disabilities,including reviewing medical documentation/reports to determine interim accommodations for students. You will also liaise with external service providers, community agencies and those internal to the University to ensure effective delivery of accommodations, services and supports. In addition, you will participate in initiatives and collaborations that promote student success and enhance the student experience.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Researchingand recommending alternative approaches and possible accommodation solutions as part of the duty to accommodate
• Advising course instructors and staff on student accommodations issues
• Conducting a detailed analysis of student feedback and learning outcomes to inform program planning activities
• Writing confidential student accommodation summaries
• Providing case management support to students requiring the coordination of multiple services
• Determining the reasonability of an accommodation in relation to a student's disability

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a relevant area of study (e.g. social work, education) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four years of related administrative experience with 2 years of completing intake and registration for students with disabilities in a post-secondary student affairs/services department required with strong familiarity with University programs, services, academic requirements, policies, procedures and overarching campus and university structures
• Demonstrated experience reviewing clinical documentation, including psycho-educational testing reports and psychological evaluations is required.
• Demonstrated experience dealing with persons in emotional distress or conflict.
• Experience in developing, implementing and monitoring accommodation plans for persons with disabilities and possessing a thorough understanding of disability issues
• Computer fluency (e.g. Microsoft Word; Excel). Experience with Clockwork Scheduling System required.
• Knowledge of service provision for students with hearing disabilities.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within an inter-disciplinaryteam environment.
• Critical thinking and interpersonal skills
• Excellent reading, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to exercise initiative, tact, discretion, problem solving skills and to workunder pressure to meet deadlines.
• Must have a commitment to the principles of equity and inclusion and be ableto demonstrate an understanding of the implications of disabilities as they relate to a student’s success at university andin a broader context.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Knowledge of assistive technology to support reading and writing (including voicerecognition, text-to-speech, scheduling and organizational software) an asset.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver

Closing Date: 10/29/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 13 -- $84,813. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $108,463. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services
Recruiter: Jessica Halteh

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

This is a term position till February 2026.