ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT JOB DESCRIPTION
 Exempt
 

Job Title   : ADA COORDINATOR (2412)
Completion Date  : 08/31/2001
Policy Group   : Exempt-Administrators & Professionals

PURPOSE:

Providing business or administrative recommendations to others inside or outside the College or District that will be used to make decisions.

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT

Expert Services or Work Unit Supervision provided by the employee in one or more of the following:  - Organizing, planning for, developing, and directing a work unit. - Serving as an organization-wide expert in a professional or technical area.

DUTIES:*

1. Develop an ADA handbook for District employees; develop and coordinate ADA training sessions.

2. Develop and maintain a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation program to ensure ADA compliance.

3. Answer ADA questions from faculty, staff, students, and others.

4. Establish mediation procedures to respond to ADA non-compliance complaints; coordinate mediation groups; interpret ADA rules and regulations.

5. Review, investigate, and respond to all ADA-related concerns for informal resolution.

6. Serve as liaison to administration/architects regarding ADA compliance.  Serve as liaison to the community for the ACCD regarding ADA issues.

7. Coordinate faculty and staff ADA-related accommodations in the workplace.  Provide job analysis, investigate disability limitations, and determine appropriate "reasonable" accommodations for employees as well as students.  Maintain and secure all confidential records regarding student/employee accommodations and/or disabilities.

8. Prepare ADA-related reports required by federal law.

9. Develop and maintain inventory and tracking systems for employee/student accommodations, disabilities, expenditures, and adaptive equipment/technology for statistical reports.
 

10. Consult with ACCD administration and legal staff regarding marginal compliance or "reasonableness" of accommodations and any other ADA-related issues as deemed necessary to protect the District against potential grievances or lawsuits.

11. Research potential impact and develop policy and procedures regarding ADA issues.  Annually review and update current policy procedures for ADA compliance and report findings to appropriate administration.

12. Coordinate with administrative staff regarding budget projections and purchasing issues for accommodations, maintenance of existing equipment, facilities, upgrades for technology, etc.

* Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the examples necessarily include all of the duties performed.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Considerable knowledge of ADA rules, regulations, facility compliance, and drug and alcohol abuse issues.  Familiarity with outside organizations providing ADA information.

Excellent interpersonal, counseling, negotiating, problem solving, and communication skills.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

Must have a valid Texas Driver's License and be insurable through ACCD insurers.

JOB EMPOWERMENT

The employee works to achieve specific function-level goals within the framework of existing policies, principles, or theories.  The employee decides how to spend his/her own time or subordinates' time to reach these goals.  The employee is typically expected to provide periodic status reports (for example, weekly, monthly, or quarterly) to management only as appropriate.

MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE

Accountable for helping others and providing on-the-job training or guidance.

APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE

The primary results expected of the employee are professional or management services.  The employee designs and implements formal programs or policies OR provides leadership and expert advice to other professionals.  This capability generally requires formal education such as college degree, or equivalent, or advanced vocational skills supplemented by several years of progressive professional/technical development on the job.

PROBLEM ANALYSIS

(+)  The employee deals with issues or problems that often require thoughtful reasoning before coming up with approaches or solutions.  The search for solutions may be accomplished relatively quickly.  However, the search may require more study based on standards or approaches defined by management or the proper professional/technical discipline.

STUDENT/COMMUNITY INTERACTION

The employee works with students or members of the community for the primary purpose of creating behavioral change, marketing, or addressing confrontational situations.

CONSTITUENT RELATIONSHIPS

(+)  The employee is required to have highly developed interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive, emotional, or potentially controversial interpersonal situations.  Works with others to overcome resistance, change behavior, or motivate subordinates (i.e., management of employees).

MINIMUM AND PREFERRED EDUCATION

Minimum: A Bachelor's degree.

Preferred: A Master's degree or equivalent.

MINIMUM AND PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Minimum: Three to four years.

Preferred: Five to eight years.

Specifically, the position requires three years of job-related experience.
 
 

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Note:  "(+)" indicates that an "intermediate" definition was selected for this factor.  The statement applies to the lower level.
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