Senior Accommodation Officer

Zayed University; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary in UAE

Housing allowance

Annual airline tickets for employee &

Educational subsidies for children

Healthcare coverage

Job summary

Zayed University in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Accommodation Officer to coordinate the delivery of student accommodation services, including allocation, operations and support, ensuring a safe, compliant residential environment.

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree with at least 3 years in a relevant field; certification is preferred, and the university offers tax-free salaries in the UAE, housing, yearly flight allowances for family, educational subsidies, and comprehensive healthcare.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Act as the first contact for faculty and students to receive material accommodation requests.
• Provide content & format accommodations for all courses (literacy, math, science).
• Print to audio conversion using a scanner and voice production.
• Print to electronic (Word) conversion.
• PowerPoint to Word conversion.
• Print to Braille conversion.
• Enlarge print accommodations.
• Create visual to tactile representations.
• Accommodate library materials for students with disability.
• Provide material accommodation training for ZU volunteers.
• Maintain spreadsheets of material accommodations quantities and requests.
• Maintain office equipment for material accommodation.
• Develop and maintains tracking mechanisms as required.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure accessibility resources are available.
• Formulate surveys to gather feedback on accommodated materials.
• Organize activities promoting acceptance of students with accessibility issues.
• Support in organizing facilities and hospitality.
• Maintain Disability Student Allowance data showing support for each student.
• Ensure all DSA recommended support is acted upon (financial and academic).

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 3 years experience

Certification in 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.