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Administrative Specialist, Administrative (Working Title: Assistive Technology Specialist)

Employer: Georgia State University
Location: Atlanta, GA

Administrative Jobs: Institutional & Business Affairs, Clerical & Administrative Support
Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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DescriptionDisability Service’s vision is to create an accessible community where people are assessed on their ability, not their disability. Disability Services strives to provide individuals with the tools by which they can accomplish their educational and career goals. The number one priority is providing equal access to everyone with disabilities. Disability Services collaborates with administrators, faculty and staff to ensure that reasonable and appropriate accommodations are provided to those individuals with disabilities. Disability Services offers the appropriate auxiliary aids and services to assist otherwise qualified persons in achieving access to its programs, services and facilities. Disability Services is seeking to hire an Administrative Specialist, Administrative who will provide expertise and insight to the use and implementation of assistive technology. The scope of responsibility will include the following duties but is not limited to the following,

Develop and implement policies/procedures, as relates to disability and usage of assistive technology across multiple campus departments
Conduct a needs assessment for students with disabilities and recommend appropriate auxiliary aids for them
Provide accessibility consultation to multiple campus partners involved in procurement and deployment of campus-wide systems such as learning platforms, data management applications, HR software and antivirus products
Research on new and existing adaptive technology to stay up to date and make purchase recommendations which are best suited to student's needs
Collaborate campus wide to provide training on the use of adaptive technology and federal mandate compliance to faculty and staff who work with students with disabilities
Make budget recommendations and proposals in view of the assistive technology needs of the students Disability Services serves
Supervise and coordinate the daily operations for student assistants who serve as note takers and lab assistants which includes conducting orientation, facilitating the hiring and termination of note takers and updating policies and procedures. It also includes providing support to students with disabilities seeking to utilize note taker services
Coordinates and schedules training for students using and providing note taking services
Work with other Office of Disability Services staff to ensure students have training and access to pertinent assistive technology. e.g. AMAC
Coordinates computer systems, technology, and lab assistance
Coordinates CIDI tech services
Reports any malfunctions with software and hardware to appropriate resources
Acts as a liaison between the department and other computer labs on campus
Supervises a student assistant and facilitates basic training to students on the use of assistive technology
Oversees the equipment loan program for the adaptive technology and computer labs
Ensures test are transliterated into accessible formats
Assists in the development and implementation of departmental and campus-wide disability related programming
Assists with test proctoring
Designs departmental newsletter, flyers, and brochures
Maintains departmental webpage
Maintains Online Disability Resource Center
Maintains computer database
Assists in designing new systems relating to policy changes and office automation, makes recommendations for their solutions
Perform other professional duties as assigned

This position will travel to multiple campuses.

QualificationsBachelor's degree and two years of administrative experience; or a high school diploma or GED and six years administrative experience; or a combination of education and related experience.

College/Business Unit07/16/19, 10:59:00 PM

College/Business Unit: Dean of Students
Location: Atlanta Campus
Job Posting: 08/01/19, 6:58:25 AM

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Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.

Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.

More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.

The University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.

Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.

The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.

The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.

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