Director- EO & ADA/504 Coordinator

Georgia Tech; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech is seeking a leader to provide strategic oversight for disability and EEO compliance, serving as ADA/504 Coordinator and guiding policies, programs, and accommodations across campus.

The role advises senior leadership, collaborates with HR, Legal Affairs, Facilities, and IT, and supports accessibility initiatives, audits, and grievance processes.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of experience in ADA compliance, EEO or civil rights compliance, or HR compliance.
• Experience in higher education civil rights administration.
• Experience administering ADA accommodation programs.
• Experience supervising professional staff.
• Experience in employment law or HR compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Institute's ADA compliance and employee accommodations programs, ensuring alignment with federal and state laws, University System of Georgia policies, and Georgia Tech priorities.
• Serve as the Institute's designated ADA/504 Coordinator responsible for coordinating compliance with disability-related laws and implementing policies, procedures, and grievance processes.
• Oversee the Institute's employee accommodations program, ensuring equitable processes for disability, pregnancy, and religious accommodations.
• Supervise the Manager of Equal Opportunity & Accessibility and accommodation specialists overseeing program implementation and case management.
• Develop, interpret, and implement policies related to ADA compliance, accessibility, and nondiscriminatory employment practices.
• Advise senior leadership on complex or high-risk accommodation and EEO matters, collaborating with Legal Affairs to mitigate risk.
• Oversee intake and coordination of disability-related grievances, ensuring timely resolution."
• Lead efforts to assess and improve accessibility across programs through audits and risk assessments.
• Conduct assessments of facilities and environments to evaluate ADA accessibility and identify barriers.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

ADA compliance

EEO compliance

Reasonable accommodations

Employment law HR compliance

Higher education civil rights

Education

Bachelor's degree in public administration, law, higher education administration, human resources, rehabilitation services, or related field

Advanced degree: PhD, Juris Doctorate

Job description

Job ID: 300227

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation.

We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan.

These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Provide strategic leadership and institutional oversight for Georgia Tech's compliance with disability and EEO laws. Serve as the Institute's ADA/504 Coord, lead the development and implementation of policies, programs, and compliance initiatives related to disability access, employee accommodations, and nondiscriminatory employment practices. Ensure compliance with federal and state laws including the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and related regulations. Provide expert guidance to senior leadership and campus partners while overseeing the employee accommodations program and ADA compliance efforts across campus. Support compliance with ADA Title II Digital Accessibility Rule, ensure web content and mobile applications meet accessibility standards, and collaborate with HR, Legal Affairs, Facilities, and IT to promote accessible programs and services. Responsible for setting employee and/or group goals, deciding on the organizational structure to meet the goals, assessing employee and/or group performance, providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. Typically will interact consistently with students, staff, faculty. Typically will advise and counsel students, staff, faculty. Supervise staff.

Responsibilities

1. Job Duty 1 - Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Institute's ADA compliance and employee accommodations programs, ensuring alignment with federal and state laws, University System of Georgia policies, and Georgia Tech institutional priorities.
2. Job Duty 2 - Serve as the Institute's designated ADA/504 Coordinator responsible for coordinating institutional compliance with disability-related laws and ensuring the implementation of required policies, procedures, and grievance processes. Supports institutional efforts to advance accessibility across programs, services, facilities, and digital environments.
3. Job Duty 3 - Oversee the Institute's employee accommodations program, ensuring consistent, equitable, and legally defensible processes for evaluating and implementing requests related to disability, pregnancy, and religious accommodations.
4. Job Duty 4 - Supervise and provide strategic direction to the Manager of Equal Opportunity & Accessibility and accommodation specialists responsible for program implementation, case management, and stakeholder consultation.
5. Job Duty 5 - Develop, interpret, and implement policies, procedures, and guidance related to ADA compliance, accessibility, and nondiscriminatory employment practices.
6. Job Duty 6 - Advise senior leadership, Human Resources, and campus administrators on complex or high-risk accommodation and EEO matters and collaborate with Legal Affairs to mitigate institutional risk and ensure defensible decision-making.
7. Job Duty 7 - Oversee the intake and coordination of disability-related grievances and complaints and ensure prompt and equitable resolution processes consistent with federal regulatory expectations and institutional procedures.
8. Job Duty 8 - Lead institutional efforts to assess, monitor, and improve accessibility across campus programs, services, and employment practices through audits, risk assessments, and compliance initiatives.
9. Job Duty 9 - Conduct and oversee assessments of campus facilities, programs, and environments including buildings, athletic venues, pathways, and public spaces to evaluate compliance with ADA accessibility standards and identify barriers requiring remediation.
10. Job Duty 10 - Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in public administration, law, higher education administration, human resources, rehabilitation services, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Experience

Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience in one or more of the following areas:

• ADA compliance
• EEO or civil rights compliance
• Reasonable accommodations administration
• Employment law or HR compliance
• Higher education civil rights administration

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications

Advanced level degree: PhD, Juris Doctorate

Preferred Experience

Experience in higher education or complex public institutions

Experience administering ADA accommodation programs

Experience supervising professional staff

Experience conducting accessibility compliance assessments

Proposed Salary

Proposed salary is $140,211 - $170,000 commensurate with education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES

Ability to serve as a subject matter expert on disability compliance, equal employment opportunity, and reasonable accommodations, including advising on ADA and civil rights matters and interpreting federal and state laws such as the ADA, Section 504, Title VII, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Demonstrated ability to advise leadership on best practices in employment and accessibility while ensuring legally sound outcomes.
Ability to lead compliance programs and oversee accommodation processes, exercising sound judgment in complex matters; collaborate with senior leadership, HR, Legal Affairs, and campus partners to promote accessible, nondiscriminatory programs and employment practices.
Ability to supervise staff, foster collaboration, and communicate regulatory requirements clearly. Assess accessibility barriers across programs, services, and environments, including facilities and public spaces, and provide guidance on ADA standards and remediation.
Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive information, resolve conflict professionally, and