$70,000 + $3,087 Location Pay

$75,000 + $3,087 Location Pay

The Office of Disability Resources exists to enhance the Purchase College experience by supporting full participation for students with disabilities. The office collaborates with campus partners to provide leadership and guidance, and facilitation of equal access to our programs, services, and activities.
The Assistant Director works in close contact with the Director to provide reasonable accommodations and services for students with disabilities in compliance with ADAAA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and other related federal and state regulations. The Assistant Director also works with the Director in supervising the Cornerstone Connect program, a fee-based program within the department that provides academic and social executive-functioning support for participants. The Assistant Director collaborates with the Director and other departments and key staff to promote compliance with ADAAA and the socially-just model of disability on campus. The Assistant Director is responsible for researching and keeping up with the current trends and best practices in the field of disability services in higher education to inform dialogues on campus. The Assistant Director is also responsible for assisting the Director in updating the brochures/informational materials and office website page and in facilitating workshops and meetings to educate the campus community in an effort to improve student services. The Assistant Director may perform other related duties for the purpose of providing support services to students with disabilities. The position reports to the Director of the Office of Disability Resources.

Nondiscrimination Policy Purchase College is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to service, programs, and activities, without regard to an individuals race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction. Employees, students, applicants, or other members of the Purchase community (including vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic. To view the entire policy, please visit the following website: Purchase College Human Resources Policies and Procedures website.




Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Purchase College is an AA/EEO employer. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the Universitys crime statistics for the past three years; and the availability regarding the Universitys current campus security policies. Purchase Colleges Annual Security Report is available at Purchase College NYS University Police Website.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governors Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov

02/01/2024