Disability Resource Center - Position Listing

General Responsibilities:

The Graduate Service Assistant for the Disability Resource Center coordinates note-taker accommodations for students with disabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit and train volunteer note takers
• Prepare note taker announcements
• Match note takers with students
• Respond to student and note taker concerns
• Develop and implement in-person and online note taker training
• Maintain note taker database
• Participate in note taker recruitment by going into classrooms as needed
• Coordinate the evaluation of note taker services
• Provide note takers with documentation of their earned service hours
• Terminate unsuitable note takers
• Assist in resolving student and note taker problems
• Maintain confidentiality regarding all disability related information, including the identities of students served
• Setup student mailboxes

Benefits:

• $1,200 per month stipend for 10 months
• Full-time in-state tuition remission for fall and spring
• Individual Health Insurance

Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in a graduate or professional program (9 hours fall and 9 hours spring)
• Preference given to student in College Student Personnel, Higher Education Administration or related field
• Must have experience and/or interest in working with students with disabilities.
• Skills needed: organization, flexibility, good telephone etiquette, problem solving, word-processing, and database management, ability to work under pressure, and ability to work with varying personalities.

How to apply:

and attach a resume, three references and a cover letter tailored to this position.