Senior Accommodation Officer

Zayed University; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Housing allowance

Annual airline tickets for employee &

Education subsidies for children

Healthcare coverage

Job summary

Zayed University is seeking a Senior Accommodation Officer in the Student Accessibility Services Department to oversee allocation, operations and student support for on-campus housing, ensuring safety, compliance and a student-centered environment in line with institutional policies.

The role involves coordinating with faculty and students to handle accommodation requests, maintaining records, training volunteers, working with suppliers, and promoting accessibility across campus.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Receive and process material accommodation requests from faculty and students.
• Provide content and format accommodations for all courses (literacy, math, science, etc.).
• Convert printed materials to audio, Word, and Braille formats; create enlarged prints.
• Create visual-to-t tactile representations for accessibility.
• Accommodate library materials for students with disabilities.
• Maintain and update tracking systems and databases for accommodations.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure accessible resources are available.
• Organize activities to promote accessibility and support for students with disabilities.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

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.