Senior Accommodation Officer

Zayed University; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salaries in UAE

Housing allowance

Annual airline tickets for employee &

Educational subsidies for children

Healthcare for employee and family

Job summary

Zayed University in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Accommodation Officer to lead the delivery and coordination of student accommodation services, ensuring a safe, compliant, and student-centered residential environment aligned with approved policies.

The role handles accommodation requests, supports curriculum accommodations, maintains records, and collaborates with suppliers to promote accessibility and inclusive campus services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 3 years of experience in a relevant field is required.
• Certification in a relevant field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Receive and process material accommodation requests from faculty and students.
• Coordinate and ensure appropriate reformulation of accommodated information.
• Maintain and update tracking mechanisms and spreadsheets for accommodation requests.

Skills

Student support

Attention to detail

Communication with faculty

Education

Bachelor's degree

Certification in a relevant field (preferred)

Job description

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Student Accessibility Services Department is seeking a Senior Accommodation Officer who will be responsible for supporting the delivery and coordination of student accommodation services, including allocation, operations, and student support, to ensure a safe, compliant, and student-centered residential environment, in line with approved policies, procedures, and institutional requirements.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as the first point of contact for faculty and students to receive the material accommodation requests. Also to ensure proper reformulation of accommodated information.
• Provide all types of curriculums’ content & format accommodations for all courses (literacy, math, science etc.):
• Print to Audio conversion using a scanner and voice production
• Print to electronic (Word file) conversion.
• Power Point to Word conversion.
• Print to Braille conversion.
• Enlarge print
• Visual depictions to tactile representations.
• Accommodate the library material/ books for students with disability.
• Provide material accommodation training for ZU volunteers.
• Maintain spread sheet statistical records of material accommodations quantity and requests.
• Maintain and works with all office equipment needed for material accommodation.
• Develop and maintains tracking mechanisms, as required.
• Work with suppliers to ensure that Accessibility is aware of resources on the market;
• Formulate a survey to get feedback from instructors and students with disability on the accommodated materials.
• Organize and runs ZU activities that help promote the acceptance of students with accessibility issues.
• Support in organizing facilities and hospitality.
• Maintain Disability Student Allowance data base showing what support each student is receiving.
• Ensure all DSA recommended supported is acted upon (financial as well as academic)

THE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 3 years of experience in a relevant field is required.
• Certification in a relevant field is preferred.

THE BENEFITS

The University’s benefits package is highly attractive, with competitive salaries free of tax in the U.A.E., cash housing, annual vacation airline tickets for the employee and immediate family, educational subsidies for children and healthcare is provided to the employee and sponsored family members.