Assistant Director for Disability Support Services

UM23 Bowie State University (BSU); United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

12 paid holidays

Tuition remission

Employer-funded pension

Job summary

Bowie State University is seeking an Assistant Director for Disability Support Services to ensure accessibility for students with disabilities and compliance with ADA/504/508 across campus programs. This role supports the Director in program development, training, and service delivery.

The position involves data collection, reporting, and collaboration with Residence Life and external partners to advance inclusive practices and accommodations for students and communities served.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of ADA/504/508 compliance requirements.
• Ability to review psychoeducational evaluations and supporting docs for accommodations.
• Experience with technology support tools and digital accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Foster an inclusive and accessible experience for students with disabilities.
• Assist the Director in ensuring university programs meet ADA/ADAAA requirements.
• Develop and present training and workshops on disability services for campus and external partners.
• Help develop systems and best practices for accommodations and services.
• Assist in data collection and annual departmental reporting.
• Provide training and scheduling for interpreters and scribes.
• Collaborate with Residence Life on housing accommodations.

Skills

ADA compliance

Evaluation interpretation

Technology tools experience

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Data management systems

Psychoeducational assessment tools

Job description

Assistant Director for Disability Support Services (Open)

Department: Academic Affairs, PM | Position Type: Regular | Open Date: 07‑21‑2026 | Salary: $75,000 – $80,000

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work proactively to foster an inclusive and accessible experience for students with disabilities.
• Assist the Director of Disability Support Services in ensuring that all university programs, services, and activities are accessible and in compliance with the ADA/ADAAA, Section504, Section508, and all pertinent federal and state laws pertaining to disability.
• Assist in the development of programs, training and services, and present workshops on disabilities for faculty, staff, students, and external agencies.
• Assist the Director with researching best practices, policies, and procedures in alignment with ADA guidelines; proactively develop systems and services to incorporate best practices for accommodation and services.
• Assist the Director with data collection and development of the annual and other departmental reporting requirements.
• Participate in professional development and training to keep current in disability services issues and concerns.
• Assist the director in hiring contractual employees, including but not limited to interpreters.
• Provide training, supervision, and scheduling for scribes.
• Assist director in collaborating with Residence Life to implement approved housing accommodation.
• Assist with special programs, including Disability Awareness Month (scheduled annually in October), Student Orientation & Onboarding activities.
• Collaborate with federal Workforce Recruitment Program for students with disabilities.
• Develop and maintain liaison with secondary school systems and external agencies that prepare students with the transition process to post‑secondary.
• Review documentation and conduct intake interviews to determine eligibility for services and provide appropriate accommodation.
• Diffuse and mediate difficult issues between students, faculty, and external stakeholders or parents of students receiving services from the office.
• Determine appropriate assistive technology and comparable training programs for students with disabilities.
• Advocate to ensure equal access for students with disabilities.
• Collaborate with support services on campus to ensure students have access to services such as counseling, tutoring, career services, veteran’s affairs, TitleIX, etc.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned by the Director of Disability Support Services.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated education, training and/or knowledge of federal laws and regulations governing the provision of services for individuals with disabilities, including the ADA and Sections504 and508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
• Demonstrated ability to review and interpret psychoeducational evaluations and other forms of supporting documentation provided to accompany requests for accommodations; this may be demonstrated through coursework, work experience, or a combination.
• Experience with technology support tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Rehabilitation Counseling, Social Work.
• Five years of professional work experience serving individuals with disabilities in a post‑secondary educational setting.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and providing training on ADA and Section504 in a post‑secondary setting.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, prescription and long‑term disability insurance.
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance.
• Paid time for sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave.
• 12 paid holidays per year.
• Tuition remission.
• Employer‑funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: TitleVII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended), TitleIX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections503 and504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No.11375, and Article49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The University will provide equal opportunities in recruitment and hiring, pay, promotions, training, retention and dismissals for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University promotes equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. The University makes reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the university’s business.