Learning Specialist

Employee Group:
**Faculty (Kwantlen Faculty Association)**
- Hours of Work (BCGEU):
- # of openings:
**1**
- Hours Per Week (BCGEU):
- Pay Level:
**Faculty Pay Scale**
- Days of Work (BCGEU):
**Sunday**
- Employment Type:
**Permanent Full Time**
- Internal Closing Date:
**Open Until Filled**
- Travel Frequency:
**Occasional travel between campuses is required.**
- External Closing Date:
**Open Until Filled**
- Competition ID:
**2815**

**Kwantlen Polytechnic University**

KPU offers all learners opportunities to achieve success in a diverse range of programs that blend theory and practice, critical understanding, and social and ethical awareness necessary for good citizenship and rewarding careers. KPU strives to implement initiatives that will attract, support, engage, and retain KPU’s people and create an environment where all employees see themselves as contributing to student learning.

**LEARNING SPECIALIST**
**Competition Number: 2815**
**Work Group: Faculty**
**Location: Langley and Tech Campuses**
**Status: Permanent**

**KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY**

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) sits on the unceded, traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semihamoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt and Kwikwetlem peoples.
KPU is a teaching-oriented polytechnic university that proudly offers all learners opportunities to achieve success in a diverse range of programs that blend theory and practice, critical understanding, and social and ethical awareness necessary for good citizenship and rewarding careers.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

The Learning Specialist works with students, faculty and staff to support equal access, full participation, and engagement for students with disabilities in KPU programs. This posting is located at the Langley and Cloverdale Tech campuses and experience working in programs unique to those campuses would be an asset. These include a variety of skilled trades, technology, music, horticulture, and health programs. Learning Specialists may work with students from any of the five KPU campuses.

The Learning Specialist is a member of the Accessibility Services team, which advises the university on disability issues, facilitates individual accommodations for students, and works collaboratively to identify and remove barriers in the learning environment. The team consists of Learning Specialists and Accessibility Advisors at each campus. Accessibility Services is part of, and works collaboratively with, other services available for students, such as Academic Advising, Counselling, Career Development, Wellness, and Financial Aid services.

The Learning Specialist develops, implements, and supports individualized accommodation plans for students impacted by a variety of disabilities in the learning environment, including, but not limited to those associated with learning disabilities, acquired injuries, sensory disabilities, neuro-differences, and mental health considerations. The Learning Specialist works closely with instructors to plan and implement accommodations in classroom, labs, shops, and work-placement settings. The Learning Specialist also provides learning strategy support to teaching faculty and students, and coordinates with other service units to support holistic student development. The Learning Specialist works to increase university awareness of access opportunities and solutions for students with disabilities.

**THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND KNOWLEDGE IN**:

- Minimum 3-5 years of experience determining and planning accommodations for adults with disabilities, preferably in a post-secondary setting;
- Familiarity with post-secondary academic environments; specific experience with trades, technology, and/or health programs an asset;
- Knowledge of risks associated with labs, practicum, apprenticeship, and clinical health settings;
- Knowledge of the legal duty to accommodate, human rights and accessibility legislation as it applies to persons with disabilities;
- Demonstrated experience interpreting comprehensive psycho-educational assessments and medical reports, as well as an extensive knowledge and expertise in providing learning strategies for adults with a wide range of disabilities;
- Specialization in at least one of the following: supporting youth transitioning from high school to post-secondary, learning disabilities, communication issues, mental health disabilities, physical disabilities, acquired injuries, or neurodivergent lived experiences.
- Familiarity with assistive technology and external agencies that provide access in British Columbia;
- Awareness of the intersection between accommodations, pedagogy, and curriculum learning outcomes;
- Experience in successfully navigating and engaging with institutional systems, services, and supports; and
- Demonstrated ability to exercise professional judgment in complex service decisions, both independently and as part of a team.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**:

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