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Director, Disability and Learning Services
Salary Range: $88,254 - $117,672
As director of the Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD), the incumbent is responsible to Durham College and to UOIT for guiding and assisting them to meet their legal obligation to accommodate students with disabilities and integrate them into all aspects of academics and student life under the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians Act (AODA). In addition, the director of the CSD is accountable directly to the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities (MTCU) as well as to both institutions for the budget development, expense tracking and financial reporting of a number of targetted ministry funds. The incumbent also ensures that the separate targeted funds (college AFSD and university AFSD) are appropriated as set out by each branch of the ministry and they report to the college branch and to the university branch of MTCU on these separate expenditures and on the activities of the centre that demonstrate the level to which this is achieved, annually. As part of this portfolio, the director is responsible for researching new funding sources. The candidate will develop, write and submit proposals to gain approval for prospective funding. The director is also responsible for developing and tracking the budgets of other targeted ministry funds that are accessed through proposals (revenue generating) and through refund reports, separately to the university branch and to the college branch as well as accountable for the timely submissions of the follow-up reports and financial statements for these expenditures (Transition Program funding, ESF Funding, Interpreter Fund for each institution; Apprenticeship funding; research grants).
The director of the CSD is responsible for a range of services and programs that address issues and barriers for persons with disabilities in both internal environments (DC and UOIT) and external community (provincial and national). The director is an expert on accessibility and AODA within the post secondary environment and will collaborate directly with college and university deans, service directors as well as internal (including the Accessessibility Working Group) and external committees to advise on Human Rights and AODA legislation with regard to post secondary obligations.
As director of the Learner Support Centre (LSC), the incumbent is responsible to Durham College and to UOIT to develop and provide academic support services and programs to improve student success and retention of all college and university students on all campuses. In addition the director must continually seek and solicit feedback from college students and staff as well as university students and staff in order to be responsive to their different needs and our mutual goals of student success and retention. This includes researching other institutional services, as well as identifying and tracking high risk groups at the college and at the university. In addition the director is accountable to Durham College and UOIT for developing and maintaining the LSC budgets.
Finally, the incumbent must lead a multi-disciplinary professional team to contribute to each institution's overall strategic plan and to understand and support the expanding number of students with increasingly complex disabilities. This includes representation on provincial and national college and university committees to share best practices and to determine existing and future trends in post secondary supports for students with disabilities as well as supporting applied research
The successful candidate must possess a university degree at the masters level with a social/educational focus and a minimum of seven years experience in a similar position. The successful candidate will also have leadership, interpersonal and administrative skills with proven capacity to build positive relationships/partnerships within a team of interdisciplinary professionals and throughout both institutions, cope with a demanding workload, set goals and achieve objectives, be detail oriented, and remain calm and focused while under pressure. Front-line experience is an invaluable asset when using case management to guide the team through the process of providing accommodations for student success and debriefing challenging cases. The candidate must have demonstrated budget management skills as well as proposal and report writing skills. An understanding of the research portfolio will allow the director to guide and support team members conducting research initiatives.
The candidate must have proficiency in computer applications, must have familiarity with technical devices for persons with a disability and must have a working knowledge of and experience in working with adults who have disabilities and Canadian and Ontario disability legislation (AODA, OHRC).
Interested candidates may submit a resume to jobs@durhamcollege.ca, quoting competition number AD09-09W. Applications will be received until a suitable candidate is found.
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