Associate Director, Graduate, Clinical & Professional Programs

Associate Director Graduate Clinical & Professional Programs

Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS)

Application Process:
Please include a cover letter with your resume/CV.

About OSAS

The Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) is the unit on campus responsible for ensuring equitable access to the University setting for a diverse population of students with disabilities. With a focus on accessibility inclusivity and creating environments free of discrimination OSAS team members assess and approve reasonable accommodations and services for undergraduate graduate and professional students both on campus and on-line.

About the Opportunity

Under the supervision of the Director Office of Student Accessibility Services the Associate Director Graduate Professional and Clinical Programs will be actively engaging in outreach education and negotiation of accommodations particularly related to Graduate Professional and Clinical programs. This individual is a key team member and contributor in a fast-paced environment that fosters the full and meaningful inclusion of students with disabilities at the University. This role is a leadership role within the Unit and as such provides expertise carries high-impact responsibility levels and significantly contributes to strategic departmental management.

The Associate Director is responsible for direct student service faculty and campus partner support documentation review and caseload management in a manner that is student-centered legally compliant and reflective of best practices in the field. The individual in this role must exhibit effectiveness in understanding and applying disability-related laws to routine and complex accommodation and service delivery as well as to issue-identification and problem-solving. All OSAS staff are expected to maintain current working knowledge of all relevant disability-related laws and to operate in accordance with FERPA guidelines.

The Office of Student Accessibility Services is a highly collaborative team with a culture of achievement supportiveness and inclusiveness. It is essential that the new Associate Director has the capacity to work independently and in a group setting. The OSAS team has defined and committed to core values of: Accountability Care Collaboration Integrity Leadership and Skilled Communication. It is important that the successful candidate demonstrate an ability to contribute positively to the team dynamic.

The Ideal Candidate:

• The AD must have advanced knowledge of reviewing documentation including but not limited to medical psycho-educational and neuropsychological reports and ability to quickly learn to review and assess a variety of documentation in accordance with laws and best practices.
• This role will be responsible for guiding and negotiating complex student cases particularly in-light of graduate professional clinical licensure and degree requirements related to external work placement settings (i.e. fieldwork clinical and practicum placements).
• Several clinical/professional programs offer on-line programs. Therefore the AD must have an established understanding of on-line learning processes and platforms and bring a perspective on addressing accessibility and accommodations in light of that alternative environment.
• This individual must demonstrate effective interpersonal skills and be able to maintain appropriate professionalism in the face of challenging communications that arise from a variety of sources. This role will be involved in providing multi-directional guidance to students parents/guardians OSAS staff academic unit contacts and other University personnel.
• This role requires the ability to work efficiently under deadlines manage details and address multiple tasks with rapid response. The AD should be adept with basic Microsoft Office software instant messaging programs Zoom and be able to learn and make effective use of the departments student records management database.
• This AD must demonstrate a working knowledge of assistive technology in clinical settings (i.e. providing technological solutions in HIPPA-protected environments).

• In addition the successful candidate must demonstrate through ideas words and actions a strong commitment to USCs Unifying Values .

Required Experience:

• Masters Degree in relevant field (i.e. Education/Special Education; Rehabilitation Counseling Counseling Psychology; Higher Ed Administration/Student Affairs; etc.)
• 3-5 years working with students with disabilities in a higher education setting
• Direct experience in higher education disability services
• Comparable combination of relevant educational and professional experience to preferences above

Preferred Experience:

• Doctoral Degree in relevant field ((i.e. Education/Special Education; Rehabilitation Counseling Social Work Counseling Psychology; Higher Ed Administration/Student Affairs; etc)
• 6-8 years working with students with disabilities in a higher education setting
• Experience accommodating students in a clinical learning environment

The annual base salary range for this position is $81998.01 - $93320.00. When extending an offer of employment the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position the candidates work experience education/training key skills internal peer equity federal state and local laws contractual stipulations grant funding as well as external market and organizational considerations

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Minimum Education: Masters degree Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education
Minimum Experience: 3 years
Minimum Field of Expertise: Student personnel administration with supervisory experience

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at or by email at . Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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