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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Nice place to work. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dick Davis </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Edward Garcia <<a href="mailto:EGarcia@lighthouse-sf.org">EGarcia@lighthouse-sf.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 2, 2021 8:00 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Opportunity as Access Technology Specialist at the LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello to all of you friends of LightHouse. I am reaching out to you regarding a special opportunity that remains open at our agency. This position is critical not only to our Access Technology Team but to our entire Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired agency. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, headquartered in downtown San Francisco, is looking for a full-time Access Technology Specialist (ATS), to fill a valued role in our growing organization. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Access Technology department trains 300 students each year on the use of screen readers and magnification software. This integral team also partners with dozens of companies to ensure apps, websites, and products are accessible to blind and visually impaired users. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">The Access Technology Specialist is responsible for providing technology assessments and training to blind and visually impaired students both one on one and in group workshops. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Let me know if you have any questions. The job announcement is included within this email below with a description and instructions on how to apply. It is also included as an attachment for those with that preference. Please review and share with candidates you feel would be great candidates for this role.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Regards and best wishes that you all remain well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="624" height="89" style="width:6.5in;height:.9305in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6EDC1.A40FFAB0" alt="Title: LightHouse Logo in persimmon and black. - Description: ightHouse Logo in persimmon and black. The word Lighthouse is bookended by a braille L and a braille H. Words read LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired."></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium";letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium";letter-spacing:-.15pt">LIGHTHOUSE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium";letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium";letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">POSITION: Access Technology Specialist </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium";letter-spacing:-.15pt">REPORTS TO: </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director, Access Technology </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Arial</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium";letter-spacing:-.15pt">APPLICATION DEADLINE: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Open Until Filled</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, headquartered in downtown San Francisco, is looking for an Access Technology Specialist (ATS), to work in our Access Technology Department.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Do you enjoy behind-the-scenes work that helps visionary executives at a remarkable organization invent its future? Are you attracted to work which helps thousands of people with disabilities in the bay area and beyond? The LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco is looking for an Access Technology Specialist to support the Access Technology Team as our 117-year-old nonprofit grows.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">The Access Technology Specialist is responsible for providing technology assessments and training to blind and visually impaired students both one on one and in group workshops. Specialists work with each student to define learning goals, present material in a clear and comprehensive manner, and document instruction in the Lighthouse database. Specialists stay current on the latest access technology, and the accessibility of mainstream apps, to provide high quality assessments to students. Specialists work on Lighthouse consulting projects in the areas of accessible design and user research.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">This position may be for you if:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You keep pace with the latest in mainstream and access technology.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You are interested in the interactions between people and the technologies they use.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You enjoy spending significant parts of your workday interacting with students.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You enjoy explaining technical concepts to others.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium"">Role Overview</span></u></b><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Access Technology department trains 300 students each year on the use of screen readers and magnification software, and partners with dozens of companies to ensure apps, websites, and products are accessible to blind and visually impaired users. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">This role will conduct comprehensive assistive technology assessments. In addition, they will work with students to define schedules, goals, and objectives for technology training. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">This position will deliver one on one technology training to blind and visually impaired students on a variety of technologies. At present, all instruction is provided remotely. Once health and safety allow, training will primarily be conducted at Lighthouse, and occasionally at work sites or in students’ homes. This individual will also design and deliver group workshops on current technology topics, design and deliver corporate trainings related to accessibility. The Access Technology Specialist will also provide accessibility feedback on products and websites as part of Lighthouse access technology consulting projects.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">The ATS will keep accurate and timely records of student progress in the LightHouse database.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 65 Medium";color:black">Qualifications:</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Education or equivalent</span></b><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt">: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Bachelor’s degree in education, Rehabilitation Teaching, Computer Science, or comparable degree/experience. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;layout-grid-mode:line"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Experience</span></b><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt">:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">The LightHouse welcomes nontraditional applicants and applicants with diverse backgrounds and experience. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt;layout-grid-mode:line"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt">JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Minimum Qualifications:</span></u></b></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">In depth knowledge of the following operating systems:</span> </li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Windows</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Mac OS</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">iOS</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Android</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Advanced user of screen reading and magnification software for desktop and mobile operating systems</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">In depth knowledge of non-visual techniques for information access including:</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Efficiently navigating websites</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Using apps and software to access printed material</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Using GPS apps for navigation</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Demonstrated ability to create lesson plans</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Demonstrated ability to conduct comprehensive technology assessments</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">High level of emotional intelligence to relate to students at all levels of adjustment to blindness</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Demonstrated ability to convey technical knowledge in a clear and approachable manner</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Ability to learn new technologies from documentation and tutorials</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Preferred Qualifications</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> </span></b></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Knowledge of web accessibility standards</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Proficiency in the UEB Braille code</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Fluency in a second language in addition to English</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:APHont;letter-spacing:-.15pt">WHO WE ARE:</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">LightHouse has an audacious mission – to transform the lives of the 40,000-blind people in the greater Bay Area and beyond. We do this through tech design, disability advocacy, consultation, classes, and community formation in San Francisco, our four satellite offices and Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa. We are a fun, fascinating, widely diverse, warm, and friendly community. We work in downtown San Francisco in a 40,000 square foot state-of-the-art workspace renowned for its universal design, steps from Civic Center BART. LightHouse is working for nothing less than to change the future for blind people and the wider community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Within a five-minute walk are the world headquarters for Twitter, Uber, Dolby, Zendesk and many other tech giants. Within three blocks are all the principal buildings for Northern California’s federal, state, and local government. Also, in our neighborhood are many theaters, San Francisco Symphony and Opera, the Asian Art Museum, and dozens of other key cultural anchors of the entire Bay Area. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The successful candidate will join a unique organization in which blind and sighted professionals work together at every level. Our governing Board of Directors, management and staff are all composed of roughly equal numbers of blind and sighted people, a parity unprecedented in our field. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Founded in 1902, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides skills, resources, and community for the advancement of all individuals who are blind or have low vision. Our innovative programs have been featured in 60 Minutes, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal and beyond. The blind community comes to LightHouse to learn how to travel independently with a white cane, to rejoin the workforce, use accessible technology, and meet a community of mentors and peers. From unique tactile maps, to an unparalleled camp for blind campers, to a world prize for blind ambition, LightHouse offers programs unavailable elsewhere</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Learn About Us:</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1155 Market Street, 10th Floor</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">San Francisco, CA 94103</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.lighthouse-sf.org"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.lighthouse-sf.org</span></b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Employee Benefits:</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The LightHouse offers a rich package of benefits, including medical, vision and dental insurance. Employees are eligible for an employer-matched 401(k) plan and subsidized health club membership, among many other perks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Compensation: </span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Depending on Experience; “industry competitive”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">How to Apply:</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">After reviewing the complete Job Description located at our website at: </span><a href="https://lighthouse-sf.org/about/careers/senior-executive-assistant/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">https://lighthouse-sf.org/about/careers/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">, please complete an application as well as a cover letter and résumé as word processing attachments, (no PDFs please). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">Please submit those word documents to </span><a href="mailto:hr@lighthouse-sf.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">hr@lighthouse-sf.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.15pt">. Please include the job title in the subject line. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles. Due to time constraints we will only respond to complete submissions. Thanks for your understanding.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regards and stay well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Ed Garcia</p><p class="MsoNormal">Human Resources Generalist</p><p class="MsoNormal">Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:egarcia@lighthouse-sf.org">egarcia@lighthouse-sf.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">650-759-0470</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p>Are you someone who is blind or has low vision and have a fantastic idea you can’t wait to bring to the world? Don’t miss this chance and apply now for the Holman Prize for Blind Ambition: <a href="http://holmanprize.org/apply">http://holmanprize.org/apply</a></p></div></div></body></html>