Accommodations Administrator - Cummings

Overview

The Office of Student Affairs encourages and supports student success by providing support services, programs, and activities to enhance the student experience and to assist students in meeting the many demands of their personal and academic life. The School has approximately 115 faculty members, 400 employees, and 550 students.

Cummings School and Tufts University are committed to diversity and inclusion. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations with regards to people with qualified disabilities, people with sincerely held religious beliefs, nursing mothers, qualified service animal requests, and immunization waivers. We provide appropriate academic accommodations to students with disabilities unless doing so would create an undue hardship, compromise the health and safety of members of the University community, fundamentally alter the nature of academic programs or eliminate a technical standard essential to the program. What You'll Do

The Accommodation Administrator at Cummings School serves as the school's lead resource for disability access and accommodation services. Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, this position provides specialized expertise, consultation, and program leadership to support equitable student access across academic, research, laboratory and clinical learning environments. This position leads the interactive accommodation process, evaluates disability documentation, recommends reasonable accommodation through partnering with students, faculty, staff, and university stakeholders to implement and assess accommodation plans.

As a member of the Office of Student Affairs, this position also oversees the coordination and assessment of academic learning and coaching services to support student learning, self-advocacy, and success. The Accommodation Administrator directs continuous improvement of accommodation processes and systems, coordinates ongoing review of technical standards with academic leadership, and develops accessibility-related guidance and training. In collaboration with appropriate university offices, the position supports compliance with university policies, applicable disability laws, and accreditation standards while safeguarding confidential student information and fostering an inclusive educational environment.

This is a student facing hybrid position where the expectation of the role will be on campus 4 days per week, minimum.

Accommodation Assessment and Implementation:

Receive, review, and evaluate student requests for disability-related accommodations, including medical, psychological, psychoeducational, and other disability-related documentation; consult with providers as needed, with appropriate student authorization, to clarify functional limitations and... For full info follow application link.

An employee in this position must complete all appropriate background checks at the time of hire, promotion, or transfer. Equal Opportunity Employer minority/females/veterans/disability/sexual orientation/gender identity.