Intermediate Learning Specialist, Academic Accommodation

**Job Type**:
Employee

**Duration in Months**(for fixed-term jobs):
24

**Job Family**:
Student and Campus Support

**# of Open Positions**:
1

**Faculty/Service - Department**:
Faculty Affairs and Professional Counselling Office

**Campus**:
Roger Guindon Hall

**Union Affiliation**:
SSUO

**Date Posted**:
June 09, 2025

**Applications must be received**BEFORE**:
June 20, 2025

**Hours per week**:
35

**Salary Grade**:
SSUO Grade 10

**Salary Range**:
$80,942.00 - $102,245.00

About the Faculty of Medicine
Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists. Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

**Position Purpose**:
Responsible for assessing and implementing appropriate academic accommodations with respect and reliability, while adhering to the policies, procedures and by-laws of the University of Ottawa, as well as the laws in Human rights and academic integrity.

**Specific Accountabilities**:

- Adhere strictly to and comply with administrative policies, procedures and practices related to the established client service delivery and client intervention while providing excellent customer service.
- Perform a functional assessment of the student based on their medical documentation to establish and implement academic accommodations.
- Develop and propose an individualized accommodation plan that summarizes the operation and the learning profile of students while orienting the report on implications educational and concrete courses of intervention that can incorporate strategies adapted to the medical condition while considering the requirements of the university curriculum of the student.
- As a stakeholder in the academic accommodation process, encourage and assist students in learning communication strategies with their professors and faculties about their academic adaptation needs. Promote assertiveness among students and inspire them to become strong and accomplished learners.
- Recommend various strategies to promote the development of a methodology effective or compensatory in the learning process (cognitive development strategies) knowledge and analysis; procedural strategies; Strategies for memorization, management of time, problem solving, reading, and writing; affective strategies [commitment in studies, motivation, stress management], metacognitive strategies, use of learning technologies, communication strategies, etc.).
- Inform students about the financial resources available in relation to their situations of disability according to the qualification criteria prescribed by each of these sources.
- Perform record keeping through evolving notes recorded in the data during individualized meetings, and, always, ensure the confidentiality of records according to applicable laws and established procedures.
- Work with teachers to ensure school accommodations are implemented appropriate for students while respecting academic integrity as well as relevant laws human rights.
- Develop content and provide training on learning strategies to students.
- Participate in awareness-raising activities regarding the needs of the clientele met at the Access service to facilitate their transition and integration into university studies.
- Participate in various SASS and Access Service committees for the purpose of sharing information useful for improving university policies, processes and procedures related to School accommodations.
- Collaborate with the other members of the multidisciplinary team in the coordination of interventions as required.

**Knowledge, Experience and Skills**:
Essential Qualifications:

- Have a master's degree in education or a related field (examples, cognitive psychology, educational psychology, multidisciplinary disability studies), or equivalent.
- Possess a very good, specialized knowledge exercised with students with disabilities with special educational needs in a post-secondary environment.
- Training and experience of at least two years in learning and cognitive intervention, and metacognitive.

Key Competencies:

- Planning
- Initiative
- Client service orientation
- Teamwork and cooperation

Other Qualifications:

- In-depth experience in functional assessment of students and their environments learning.
- Knowledge of adapted technologies used in schools.
- Knowledge of the principles related to university pedagogy.
- Proven ability to build trusting relationships.
- Knowledge of educational and public policies and their current trends in relation to related to persons with disabilities (Ontario Human Rights Commission, Policy Statement on Access to Education, ODA)
- Multidisciplinary team skills.
- Excellent interperso