Position Summary

Are you passionate about accessibility and ensuring equal access to education for all students? San Diego State University’s Student Disability Services (SDS) is seeking an Accessible Technology Assistant Coordinator to support students with disabilities by providing essential accommodations and services. Join a dedicated team that champions inclusivity and ensures students have the resources they need to thrive!

Key Responsibilities:

• Student Support & Accommodations: Serve as the primary point of contact for students authorized for alternative media accommodations.
• Alternative Media Intake & Management: Conduct alternative media intakes, assess accommodation needs, and provide guidance on best practices.
• Course Material Accessibility: Manage alternative media requests, ensuring timely access to accessible course materials.
• Faculty & Staff Collaboration: Act as a resource for students, faculty, and staff regarding alternative media and accessibility best practices.
• Relationship Building: Maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, and the public while coordinating accommodations.
• Team Coordination: Collaborate with SDS Accommodations Counselors and administrative staff to support student needs.

Why Join Us?

• Make a Difference: Help create an inclusive campus where all students can succeed.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a passionate team dedicated to accessibility and student support.
• Professional Growth: Gain experience in accessible technology, disability services, and student advocacy.
• Impactful Work: Play a key role in ensuring that SDSU remains a leader in accessibility and student success.

Be part of a team that believes accessibility is more than a requirement—it’s a commitment to student success! Apply today and help shape a more inclusive future at SDSU.

Position Information

• This is a full-time (1.0 time-base), benefits eligible, temporary position with an anticipated end date of December 31, 2025, with the possibility of reappointment.
• This position is designated as exempt under FLSA and is not eligible for overtime compensation.
• Standard SDSU work hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but may vary based on operational needs.  
• The individual hired into this role will work on campus at SDSU in San Diego.

Department Summary

Student Disability Services (SDS) in the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity provides a full range of accommodations and services to nearly 2,500 students with physical, psychological, and learning disabilities, facilitating equal access to the educational process.  This is accomplished through direct service support, review of campus accessibility, adaptive technology, assessment, test accommodation, and a variety of other services.  Accommodations vary according to types of disabilities, and may include sign language interpreting; provision of alternative formats, such as electronic text or Braille; computer-assisted real-time captioning; test accommodations; advising; assistive computer technology; cart transportation services, and numerous other services. Provision of these academic support services, technology and advocacy promotes the retention and graduation of students with disabilities at SDSU.

The office consists of professional staff to include, the Director, Assistant Director, Manager of DHH and Cart Services, a Disability Accommodations Services Coordinator, five Accommodations Counselors, one Disability Career Counselor, an Accessible Technology Coordinator, two Accessible Technology Advisors, an Administrative Analyst, two Media Captioning Coordinators , a Special Programs Coordinator, and After-hours Transportation Assistant, 1 Office Systems Coordinator, and two Administrative support staff and 50-60 hourly staff interpreters and student assistants.

Two additional programs are affiliated with the Student Disability Services. The first is funded by a federal TRiO-Student Support Services grant that provides enhanced services intended to increase graduation and retention rates of at-risk undergraduates. The TRiO-SSS program employs three professional staff. The second is a Workability IV program that is a cooperative contract between the state Department of Rehabilitation (DOR), SDSU Career Services and Student Disability Services the purpose of which is to deliver enhanced career services to students with disabilities who are DOR consumers. The Workability IV program employs one full-time professional staff and one part-time support staff.

Position upholds the Student Affairs and Campus Diversity Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, specifically:

“The Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity acknowledges and honors the inherent value and dignity of all individuals by creating and nurturing a learning and working environment that affirms and leverages our community’s diversity of traditions, heritages, perspectives, and experiences. We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusive excellence designed to facilitate the personal and professional success, growth, development, and well-being of all members of our community. We manifest this commitment through our innovative, strategic and collaborative efforts to develop leaders who believe in and lead others toward practicing civility, mutual respect, and inclusion in our workplaces and society.”

For more information regarding the Student Disability Services department, click here.

Education and Experience

Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in one of the behavioral sciences, public or business administration or a job-related field. Additional specialized experience during which the applicant has acquired and successfully applied the knowledge and abilities shown below may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Possession of the required knowledge and abilities is typically demonstrated through the equivalent of two years of professional experience in one of the student services program areas or in a related field; experience should give evidence of competence and indicate the potential for further growth. A master’s degree in a job-related field may be substituted for one year of the professional experience.

Key Qualifications

• Demonstrates competency using Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
• Familiarity with electronic text conversion tools and alternative media production processes.
• Proficiency with assistive/accessible technology software and hardware, such as screen readers, alternative input devices, and speech recognition software.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, particularly in maintaining documentation and tracking systems.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate respectfully and professionally with students and faculty.
• Understanding of or ability to rapidly acquire an understanding of basic processes in alternative media production.
• Experience working with individuals with disabilities and a strong understanding of accessibility principles and best practices are preferred.
• Certification in accessibility standards or assistive technology training is preferred.
• Master’s degree in field related to job responsibilities preferred.

Compensation and Benefits

Starting salary upon appointment is not expected to exceed $5,083 per month. 

Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources.

San Diego State University offers a rich benefits package that constitutes a major portion of total compensation. For more information regarding SDSU benefits, please click here.

CSU Classification Salary Range: $5,083 - $7,228 per month.

Diversity and Community at SDSU

At SDSU, our diversity gives us power and benefits every single member of our community. 

Through our commitment to equity and inclusion, we encourage all members of our community to purposefully learn from one another through open and respectful dialogue and responsible engagement.  For more information, click here.

Principles of Community

At San Diego State University, we are a community of diverse individuals who have and represent many perspectives, beliefs and identities. This diversity lends our community strength, and we commit to creating and sustaining an inclusive and intellectually vibrant environment that benefits all members of our university. 

SDSU’s Principles of Community is an aspirational statement that is intended to evolve over time. The statement reflects the ideals we are encouraged to uphold in our interactions with one another. 

Supplemental Information

Initial review of the required application materials, including cover letters and resumes, will begin on February 18, 2025. To receive full consideration, apply by February 17, 2025. The position will remain open until filled.

The person holding this position is considered a ‘mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. 

San Diego State University is not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions (e.g., H-1B visa). Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Offers of employment are contingent upon the presentation of documents that demonstrate a person's identity and authorization to work in the United States, which are consistent with the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act. 

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. SDSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current SDSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

SDSU is a smoke-free campus. For more information, please click here.

SDSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers all qualified candidates for employment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered military and veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who request an accommodation by contacting Livia Peeples at lpeeples@sdsu.edu.