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Job Summary | The Accessibility Specialist assists the Director of Access & Neurodiverse Student Success in managing all elements of the Institute’s support of students with disabilities. The Specialist will obtain and organize required documentation from students requesting an accommodation and will assist the Director in approving and arranging for their execution. |
Minimum Qualifications |
• 3 or more years of related experience preferred in higher education, disability services, case management, and or medical records Relevant combinations of education, training and experience may be considered. |
Preferred Qualifications |
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Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities |
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Preferred Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities |
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Shift | Business Hours with weekends or evenings occasionally required |
Travel | Local travel between campus locations only |
Driving | Incidental driving possible, but not required |
Starting Salary/Rate | Expected hiring range: $23.00 - $27.00 / hr Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidate’s salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget, internal equity, and the final candidate’s qualifications, experience, education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaer’s good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting. |
Application instructions | Follow the on-screen prompts to create a brief online profile. Please be ready to upload your resume and cover letter. If you need assistance with the online application process, please contact careers@rpi.edu. |
| Job Posted Date | Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. |
Total Compensation and Benefits Information | Rensselaer’s Total Compensation Program is designed to provide stable pay growth, a comprehensive and affordable benefits package, and a comprehensive and affordable retiree medical and prescription plan. Our goal is to provide you and your family with a comprehensive health and welfare program as an umbrella of financial security and protection during your employment. For more information, please visit Benefits | Human Resources (rpi.edu). |
Rensselaer is committed to the cultivation of a community that is welcoming, inclusive, and above all values learning. We welcome candidates who bring a variety of perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus communities. RPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. | |
- Full Time
- Immediately
- Troy, NY
- 11/24/25
Job Details
Description
As an employment specialist for the ACT program, you will support the employment needs for ACT enrolled participants in Warren, Washington and Saratoga counties. You will help participants to identify interests and skills related to employment. You will provide services including preparation for employment, job training, developing community relationships with potential employers or vocational agencies, and educating community employers about serious mental illness. You will report to the Director of ACT and will work onsite with community travel.
Responsibilities:
• Engage individuals and establish trusting, collaborative relationships directed toward the goal of employment in community job settings
• Provide job development and job searching services directed toward positions that are individualized to the interests and uniqueness of the people on their caseload, following the procedures of the individual placement and support approach to supported employment
• Prioritize vocational skill and independent living skill development during routine client sessions.
• Provide individualized support to assist participants in securing and maintaining employment
• Support client needs surrounding insurance, identification, additional income, and other related needs to encourage independent living and personal success.
• Arrange access to benefits counseling and additional supports needed.
• Share a caseload of approximately 48 adults (residing in Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties) with the ACT team members; responsible for the oversight and completion of their treatment planning, clinical documentation, charting, and all necessary OMH, ACT, and Agency protocols.
• Participate in daily meetings surrounding case reviews, crisis intervention, clinical formulation, treatment planning and additional client/program needs.
• Participate in the agency trainings, that in turn support our client's needs, as assigned by Director • Must be willing to transport clients, in the agency vehicles, when applicable/appropriate.
• Meet with employers to provide psychoeducation about serious mental illness and develop plan on how to best support client's and employer's needs.
• Other tasks as assigned.
Requirements and Education:
Bachelor’s degree, OR high-school diploma/ GED, and have at least six (6) months of direct care experience with individuals with serious mental illness
A valid NYS driver's license required.
Benefits
• Health care package: medical, dental, and vision
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Holiday Pay
• 401 (K) plan
• Life Insurance
• Loan repayment assistance
• Free training/CEU opportunities
Northern Rivers Family of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We cherish the unique contributions of our diverse staff and are building a culture where everyone has the opportunity to do the meaningful work. Northern Rivers Family Services is committed to keeping a safe and healthy working environment for all employees and the clients we serve. As an employee of Northern Rivers Family Services, you will be expected to perform your job in the safest possible manner and to acknowledge that safety is an important part of everyday performance. As an employee of Northern Rivers Family Services, you will adhere to all safety procedures and take part in safety program activities
Qualifications
- Full Time
- Immediately
- Queensbury, NY 12804
- 11/29/25
Temp Athletics Facilities Specialist
Work Days: Varied
Shift Start/End Time: Varies based on business needs
Hours Per Week: 10
Weeks Per Year: Varied
Pay Status and Classification: Non-exempt, temporary part-time
Supervisor: Assistant Athletic Director, Facilities
Position Purpose: Supports the Assistant Athletic Director of Facilities in maintaining and managing the operations of athletic facilities at the College. Attends events at the ice rink to assist with programming needs and provides a welcoming environment for employees, students, and the general public.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
Cleaning: Daily cleaning of restrooms, locker rooms, windows, lobby and spectator areas, includes sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and trash removal. Seasonal duties include snow shoveling and snow blowing.
Event and Program Support: Attends events at the ice rink and other college facilities to assist in various duties for scheduled programming.
Collaboration: Partners with the Assistant Athletic Director of Facilities to complete maintenance, organize and execute events within any of our athletic facilities, and ensure safety protocols are followed. Pitches in to assist colleagues as needed.
Qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent and one to two years of experience in grounds, custodial, and/or maintenance and/or a combination of relevant education, training, certifications, and/or work experience.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to be impartial and establish rapport with a diverse range of campus community members.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends.
Ability to lift heavy objects, up to 50 pounds.
Ability to stand, bend, stoop, and walk up and down stairs for extended periods of time required.
Ability to operate standard housekeeping equipment.
Able to communicate effectively and courteously with employees, students, supervisors, and the general public.
Able to support, contribute to, and strengthen a vibrant, culturally diverse, and inclusive learning community of students, alumni, faculty, and fellow staff colleagues.
Compensation
The expected rate for this position is $15.50 an hour. Except for roles with a set rate of pay, the wage/salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The stated hiring rate/range represents the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the rate/range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Location: Schenectady, NY
We know some job seekers may not apply for career opportunities unless they meet every qualification in the position description including the preferred qualifications. We are most interested in hiring the best staff and faculty colleagues, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career path. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our preferred qualifications.
We offer exceptional benefits including:
Generous Vacation, Sick, and Personal Time
Winter Recess Break in Addition to Paid Holidays (in accordance with policy)
Healthcare, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts)
Free On-Campus Fitness Facility Access and Discounts for On-Campus Wellness Programs
Employee Scholarships toward Certifications, Seminars, Training and Professional Development
Pre and Post Tax participation in a 403(b) Retirement Plan
Salary Continuation Program in the event of Disability
Tuition programs
Background Checks: In accordance with our background check policy, finalists for hire will undergo a background check that includes education, employment, and criminal convictions.
E-Verify Participation: Union College participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify and your Right to Work (Derecho a Trabajar).
- Part Time
- Immediately
- Schenectady, NY 12308
- 11/17/25
Senior Endpoint Management Specialist - ITS
Category: Professional
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Department: Information Technology Services - 02007
Locations: Albany, NY
Posted: Sep 10, 2025
Closes: Open Until Filled
Type: Full-time
Ref. No.: WF240297r
Position ID: 192683
About University at Albany:
Established in 1844 and designated a University Center of the State University of New York in 1962, the University at Albany's broad mission of excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and public service engages a diverse student body of more than 17,000 students in nine schools and colleges across three campuses.
Located in Albany, New York, New York State's capital, the University is convenient to Boston, New York City, and the Adirondacks.
Job Description:
Information Technology Services (ITS), the central IT provider at the University at Albany, seeks applicants for a Desktop and Mobile Computing (D&MC) Senior Endpoint Management Specialist. ITS manages and supports nearly 7,000 university-owned faculty/staff, classroom, conference room, and research lab desktops and mobile devices. The D&MC Endpoint Management Specialist is a senior position that is key to continuous improvement and delivery of services in this large-scale operation.
The D&MC Senior Endpoint Management Specialist is a subject matter expert in desktop and mobile computing and provides technical leadership within service teams. They address and resolve complex and non-standard requests and issues. They develop and maintain strong expertise in enterprise management applications and tools (i.e., Active Directory, MECM, AllSight, Jamf, etc.) and steer the selection and usage of each in achieving ITS' goals and adhering to ITS' principles and standards.
The D&MC Senior Endpoint Management Specialist understands the importance of well-defined processes and promoting their adoption across large service teams to successfully manage the pace and volume of work required to support thousands of devices. The successful Senior Endpoint Management Specialist independently identifies process challenges and recommends and assists in implementing actionable improvements and solutions to the D&MC Manager. They monitor the flow of real-time work and act to address operational problems.
Under the leadership and direction of the D&MC Manager, the Senior Endpoint Management Specialist is responsible for ensuring internal and customer-facing documentation is created, accurate, and updated regularly. They understand the value of documentation in promoting clarity and cohesion for large service teams.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Enterprise management applications and tools (i.e., Active Directory, MECM, AllSight, Jamf, etc.)
• Ensure that all enterprise desktop and mobile device management applications and tools are maintained, and versions updated in a timely fashion and adhere to ITS standards, controls, security policies and procedures.
• Build and maintain advanced technical expertise in ITS' enterprise desktop and mobile device management applications and tools.
• Stay abreast of advances in the field and steer technical direction in D&MC, following ITS' architecture review protocols.
• Asset inventory maintenance, cyclical planning, budgeting, and related projects
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of how the inventory data structure, operational processes to add/remove/update records, inventory dashboards and reports, and project workload planning all play a role in planning cyclic replacement of all D&MC assets.
• Regularly report on anomalies and potential problems in the asset inventories for all supported services and work to resolve.
• Maintain, provide reports and update replacement schedule and replacement cost fields in the asset inventories for all supported service areas to support budgeting and planning processes.
• Endpoints service standards, efficient operations and consistent user experiences
• Provide subject matter expertise, oversee and continuously evaluate hardware and software deployment and support processes, their effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Determine and document the standard workstation and printer models and configurations for various use cases including fac/staff, classrooms, conference rooms, research labs; refresh standards, as needed.
• Oversee the internal and external documentation and maintain all approved desktop and mobile computing standards for the University.
• Regularly report on workstation hardware, operating systems, software, and printers at risk or outside of defined standards and work to resolve.
• Determine and document operating system versions used for deployments; determine and manage upgrade cycles.
• Provide day-to-day operational oversight of operations and service offerings
• Prepare technical diagrams, configuration logs, process maps, internal and external knowledge base articles, and other documentation, as needed.
• Provide subject matter expertise, technical support and collaborate across ITS teams and on projects to identify problems, devise creative solutions, and implement proposed recommendations.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned.
Project Management
• Serve as Project Manager on D&MC projects.
• Actively participate, as needed, in ITS projects related to your service(s).
Functional and Supervisory Relationships:
• Reports to: Manager of Desktop and Mobile Computing Services
• Supervises the following positions: None
• Interacts with: ITS staff; faculty and staff in academic, research, and business units; external vendors/contractors/consultants; peer institutions
Job Requirements:
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Organize work, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple and changing priorities.
• Provide scheduled support and consultation outside normal business hours, including occasional evenings, holidays, or weekends, within reasonable professional obligation and expectation.
• Report to campus in-person on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and as needed. This position is eligible to telecommute on Tuesdays and Thursdays, following a probationary period and with supervisor approval.
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:
• A bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by a U.S. Department of Education (DOE) or internationally recognized accrediting organization, or at least 6 years of full-time professional experience related to the role.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience building operating systems and application deployments in a large, complex environment.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience documenting deployment processes that can be replicated/implemented by field staff.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience supporting desktops and mobile devices, IT operations, or systems administration addressing and resolving issues escalated for higher level support.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role
Preferred Qualifications:
• Minimum of 3 years' experience using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM); for operating system deployments, application packaging and deployment, and workstation security/patch management.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience using and maintaining active directory and group policy.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience developing and continuously maintaining technical documentation within a knowledge base repository.
• Experience configuring and managing a Microsoft mobile device management (MDM) system such as Microsoft Intune.
• Experience configuring and managing an Apple mobile device management (MDM) system such as Jamf Pro.
• Experience using PowerShell (or similar scripting language) to manage workstations, users, AD.
• Experience using and supporting workstations running Linux operating systems.
Working Environment:
• Typical office environment
Additional Information:
Professional Rank and Salary Grade: Senior Programmer/Analyst, SL-4, $85,000-$95,000
Special Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements. Additionally, please note that UAlbany is not an E-Verify 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 University's crime statistics for the past three years; and disclosures regarding the University's current campus security policies. The University at Albany's Annual Security Report is available in portable document format [PDF] by clicking this link http://police.albany.edu/ASR.shtml
Pursuant to NYS Labor Law 194-A, no State entity, as defined by the Law, is permitted to rely on, orally or in writing seek, request, or require in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current wage, or salary history as a condition to be interviewed, or as a condition of continuing to be considered for an offer of employment, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation, and for the purpose of verifying information, may such requests be made. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
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Applicants MUST submit the following documents:
• Resume
• Cover letter stating all the required minimum qualifications and any of the applicable preferred qualifications
• List of 3 professional references with e-mail addresses and telephone numbers
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A review of applications will start on October 9, 2025 and the search will remain open until the position is filled.
- Full Time
- Immediately
- Albany, NY 12222
- 11/19/25
As a member of the finance and administration team, the Assistant to the Bursar will perform tasks in the Student Accounts and Accounts Receivable areas.
Assistant Bursar
Pay Status and Classification: Exempt, Regular full-time
Supervisor: Bursar
Position Purpose: Provide oversight of Student Receivables, including responsibility for billing and collection. Act as a key liaison between the student, their family and the campus community.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties:
Manage the Student Account Receivables which involves the billing and collection of tuition and fees.
Communicating with students and their families via phone, email, mail or in person to investigate and resolve customer queries, inclusive of third party invoicing.
Monitor Federal Regulations for higher education accounts receivable compliance.
Carry out billing, collection, and reporting activities according to specific deadlines.
Process adjustments to accounts as needed.
Monitor customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments, and other irregularities; communicate past due accounts to students and their families to ensure that aged transactions are settled in a timely fashion; process late payment fees and registration holds as needed.
Process student health insurance billing and waivers; process institutional loan requirements for student accounts.
Collaborate with different departments on campus to ensure the accuracy of billing details, maintain up to date billing system.
Process transactions in the General Ledger.
Process student account refunds.
Identify opportunities for process improvements.
Backup Accounts Receivable specialist/Cashier support.
Additional supplemental Bursar support as needed(ex: general ledger transmittal, financial aid support).
Qualifications:
Candidate must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or an Associate’s Degree with commensurate experience
5 years Bookkeeping/Accounts Receivable experience preferred
Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills strongly desired
Must have strong attention to detail, and excellent written and oral communication skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word), Google Suite and other internet applications
Ellucian Colleague experience a plus
Must be safety conscious and able to work with a diverse group of individuals
Compensation:
The annual salary rate for this position is $60,405.80.Except for roles with a set rate of pay, the wage/salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The stated hiring rate/range represents the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the rate/range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Location: Schenectady, NY
We know some job seekers may not apply for career opportunities unless they meet every qualification in the position description including the preferred qualifications. We are most interested in hiring the best staff and faculty colleagues, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career path. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our preferred qualifications.
We offer exceptional benefits including:
Generous Vacation, Sick, and Personal Time
Winter Recess Break in Addition to Paid Holidays
Healthcare, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts)
Free On-Campus Fitness Facility Access and Discounts for On-Campus Wellness Programs
Employee Scholarships toward Certifications, Seminars, Training and Professional Development
Pre and Post Tax participation in a 403(b) Retirement Plan
Salary Continuation Program in the event of Disability
Tuition Assistance Program for Employee, Spouse and/or Dependents
Background Checks: In accordance with our background check policy, finalists for hire will undergo a background check that includes education, employment, and criminal convictions.
E-Verify Participation: Union College participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify and your Right to Work (Derecho a Trabajar).
- Full Time
- Immediately
- Schenectady, NY 12308
- 12/3/25