Job Description:

• Provides leadership and directs the Center for Disability Services.
• Provides clinical leadership programs for adults with disabilities and age-related decline. Maintains evidence-based practices and knowledge of current trends in the field.
• Monitors operations to ensure quality outcomes for clients and an educational environment for university students.
• Collaborates with CHHS leadership and advisory board to communicate operational and financial issues that impact the Center for Disability Services.
• Collaborates with external constituencies on business and general outreach.
• Oversees budget, contract billing, and fiscal integrity to maintain financial solvency.
• Manages and monitors all contracts.
• Maintains internal and external relationships to ensure the success of the department's mission.
• Provides supervision for the Center's program including strategic leadership, develops short term and long-term goals.
• Hires, Trains and evaluates staff.

Short Job Description:

• Master's degree in a related field from an accredited institution
• Three years' relevant experience.
• Experience in program evaluation, assessment, and data informed decision making, including the ability to analyze data to improve services and report on impact.
• Management or supervisory experience to develop, implement, evaluate, and lead diverse professional staff.
• Knowledge of assistive technologies and their application in an educational setting.
• Experience with budget development and fiscal oversight.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing institutional policies and procedures in compliance with legal mandates and best practices.
• Strong analytical thinking, judgment, and problem-solving skills for complex situations involving student rights and institutional obligations.
• Experience developing and delivering training and workshops for students, faculty, and staff that advance a shared commitment to access, equity, and inclusion.
• Experience in managing diverse range of client services including cognitively impaired persons as well as aging clients
• Ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours. Including evenings and weekends.

Job Ref: S1626P

Job Reply URL: 5457

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One of the top-100 public universities in the United States, Western Michigan University is committed to being learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged. Founded in 1903, what was once Western Michigan College became Michigan's fourth public university in 1957. Since then, WMU has undergone dramatic growth in size and stature. Today, the University offers more than 240 academic programs to students pursuing degrees through the doctoral level. More than 20 percent of its 25,000 students are enrolled in graduate course work, studying in disciplines ranging from atomic physics and graph theory to medieval literature and blind rehabilitation. Of 101 graduate offerings available, 30 lead to a doctoral degree.

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