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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings list members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are recruiting to fill an Assistive Technology Specialist vacancy with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind. The position is in our Las Cruces office and serves
Southern New Mexico. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Duties include conducting technology evaluations, making technology recommendations to servicing VR Counselors, Ordering technology, configuring systems, delivering systems,
and providing training. We have agency vehicles and hire staff to provide reading and driving support to blind and Low Vision employees.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Las Cruces has a population of just over 100,000 and is home to New Mexico State University. It has both fixed-route bus and paratransit services. Interstate 25 and Interstate
10 intersect in Las Cruces. El Paso is about 30 minutes south and Albuquerque is about three hours north.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The position serves both adults and transition students. The most relevant portions of the job posting are provided below my signature block. The position is open until
filled, but interested individuals should apply as soon as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To reach the job posting,
<a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3">interested individuals should go to the NM State Personnel Website at
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.spo.state.nm.us,
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">click the link for View Job Opportunities And Apply, enter "blind" in the search field, and look for the Assistive Technology Specialist vacancy in Las Cruces.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Applications are accepted through the New Mexico State Personnel Office online application system only!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Note to screen reader users: Should you experience difficulty with the application utility, please notify Ms. Andrea Rivera-Smith of the State Personnel Office at (505)
695-5606. You may request assistance with the application. She can also confirm that your application (including uploaded transcripts, licenses, etc.) has been successfully received for consideration.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Interested individuals can contact me to discuss the position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jesse <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jesse Shirek<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chief, Assistive Technology Unit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NM Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone 505.383.2276<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">www.cfb.state.nm.us<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jesse.Shirek@state.nm.us<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vacancy Announcement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Job Title: Assistive Technology Specialist <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Full/Part Time: Full-Time<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Regular/Temporary: Regular - Permanent<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Closing Date: Open Until Filled <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Pay Grade: 65<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Salary: The salary range for this position is <span style="color:black">
$32,427 - $56,413 annually </span>(<span style="color:black">$15.59 - $27.12 hourly).
</span>Offered salary will be based on education and experience. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Benefits: Full State of New Mexico benefits, including health insurance, life insurance, retirement, sick leave, annual leave, and ten holidays.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK8"><o:p> </o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Why does the job exist</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">?
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Provides a wide variety of technology services to Commission vocational rehabilitation clients, including evaluating client needs, evaluating college and employer environments, evaluating
new technologies/assistive technologies and assessing their applicability to client needs, making recommendations to VR counselors, configuring/delivering systems, and delivering training.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK9">- How does it get done? </a>Incumbent provides a wide variety of technology and assistive technology services, primarily to vocational rehabilitation clients of the Commission. These include evaluating clients for technology/asistive
technology needs depending on whether the clients are in secondary education, post-secondary education, or work environments; making technology/assistive technology recommendations to VR counselors; ordering technology; configuring systems; delivering systems;
and providing training. Works with a wide variety of technology and assistive technology, including general computer hardware and software; networks; screen reading systems; screen magnification hardware/software; electronic note-taking devices; Braille embossers,
refreshable Braille displays, and text-to-Braille translation software; Optical character recognition systems; smart phones, and tablets.
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Who are the customers? Persons with blindness or severe visual impairments, family members, school personnel, and employers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Ideal Candidate: Individual possesses a Bachelor's Degree with two years of related experience. Related experience would include in-depth experience with assistive technology, including screen readers, screen/video magnifiers, optical
character recognition systems, Braille production, and portable book readers; and basic computer technology, including Windows and Mac OS computers, tablets, Microsoft Office, networks, peripherals, and training.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Minimum Qualifications:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Associate's degree and 2 years of experience in assistive technology related to blindness or low vision. Substitutions Apply. See Substitution Table below.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">These combinations of education and experience qualify you for the position:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">High School Diploma or equivalency and four years of experience;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Associate's Degree and two years of experience; or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bachelor's Degree and no experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-- You must attach a copy of your unofficial college transcript to the application. Your application WILL NOT be considered for further review if you have failed to provide this information.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Working Conditions: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-- Work is generally performed in an office setting, though work requires frequent visits to client homes, secondary and post-secondary schools, and employer locations; regular exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal (VDT), personal computers,
printers, scanners, video magnifiers, and Braille displays/embossers; and requires extensive telephone usage. Duties require lifting of typical computer hardware, as well as walking, standing, sitting, bending, and crawling. Regularly works with individuals
with secondary disabilities, some of which resulting in challenging behaviors. Occasionally exposed to service animals. Regular travel is required, including occasional overnight travel using agency vehicles.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Bargaining Unit:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and all terms/conditions of that agreement apply and must be adhered to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Agency Contact Information: Mr. Kevin Romero, (505) 476.4454<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- There are also approximately ten questions addressing education, experience, and specialized qualifications.
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