> I am writing from the CanDo Service at Lancaster University. We provide a
> virtual careers service to disabled students and graduates, offering
> employment and careers information via the Internet
> (http://cando.lancs.ac.uk). Our web site includes details of job vacancies
> and I was wondering if you'd like us to reproduce this vacancy on our web
> site as it is of direct interest to the users of our site. If you'd like some
> free publicity, let me know and I'll upload the information onto CanDo.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Deborah
> 
> Deborah Birchall
> Administrative Assistant
> CanDo Service,  Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, Great Britain
> Telephone external: (+44) (0) 1524 594370     internal: 94370
> Minicom calls: (+44) (0) 1524 594370 (please use announcer)
> URL: http://cando.lancs.ac.uk/
> 
> 
> Following the resignation of the previous post holder (to 
> take up a permanent post in California!!), UEA is inviting 
> applications for the post of Disabled Students Officer 
> within the Dean of Students' Office. The post is full-time 
> and available until 31 March 2000.
> 
> The Dean of Students' Office is responsible for a 
> wide-ranging network of accommodation, financial, social, 
> health, welfare and guidance services provided principally 
> for students but also used extensively by other members of 
> the University.  The Office is currently managing a 3-year 
> project, Support for Learning, which is developing high 
> quality learning support for students with dyslexia, visual 
> and hearing impairments.  The programme is supported by a 
> substantial grant from HEFCE.
> 
> Reporting to the Deputy Dean of Students, who has overall 
> responsibility for students with disabilities and who is 
> the Support for Learning project manager, the successful 
> applicant will contribute to the work of the project and be 
> involved in the identification and delivery of support to 
> individual applicants and students with disabilities.
> 
> Applicants should have a degree (or euqivalent professional 
> qualification), experience of working with disabled people, 
> preferably in higher or further education, and an 
> understanding of current disability issues.  The post calls 
> for excellent inter-personal skills, communication, 
> organisational skills and IT skills.  Experience of 
> supporting students in their use of specialised software 
> and equipment would be an advantage.
> 
> Salary will be on the Other Related Grade 2 scale, ?18,275 
> - 23,651 per annum.
> 
> Further details and an application form should be obtained 
> from the Personnel Office, University of East Anglia, 
> Norwich, NR4 7TJ (answerphone 01603 593493, e-mail 
> [log in to unmask]), to be returned by 1 March 1999.  
> Interviews will be held on Tuesday 30 March and applicants 
> are asked to indicate their availability at that time.  
> Please quote reference OR34.
> 
> Applicants seeking further information about the post are 
> invited to contact Mrs. Barbara Lloyd-Smith in the Dean of 
> Students' Office (tel 01603 593290).
> 
> 
> Linda Shepherd,
> Deputy Dean of Students,
> University of East Anglia, Norwich.
> 


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