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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>This is an OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION of invitation to applicants for a B</b></span><b>lindness Skills Instructor (CFB #10113091) in our Alamogordo Office</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>THIS POSTING IS A STANDARD POSTING</b>.
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">14-day advertisement will be removed on June 18<sup>th</sup>, 2026</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>ALL</b> applications
<b>MUST</b> be filed online at:</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://hcm.share.nm.gov/" id="OWAd93bf356-0c77-3f33-a2c1-454cc301b8b1" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://hcm.share.nm.gov</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Applications for this position not filed through the SPO website WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Salary</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">$21.96 - $32.94 Hourly</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">$45,680 - $68,520 Annually</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This position is a Pay Band C5</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Posting Details</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">SHARE is currently working on a system update for applicants who use screen readers. A screen reader is a software application that enables people with visual
impairments to use a computer. Screen readers work closely with the computers Operating System to provide information about icons, menus, dialogue boxes, files and folders. If you are applying with a screen reader and need assistance, please contact Chelsea
Talamante at (505) 476-4460.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Why does the job exist?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This position will provide blindness skills training, primarily training in home management, to blind and visually impaired individuals at the New Mexico Commission
for the Blind Orientation Center, in Alamogordo.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>How does it get done?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The incumbent provides instruction in home and personal management, areas of daily living, to adult and youth students at the Orientation Center, develops,
maintains, and revises curriculum; and creates and provides staff training.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Who are the customers?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Transition age students and adults who are blind or visually impaired and who are seeking to become employed, and Professionals in the field of blindness who
are receiving training.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Ideal Candidate</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">- Individual possesses a Bachelor's Degree with three years of related experience. Related experience would include in depth experience with basic computer
technology, assistive technology for blind and low vision individuals, and skills training, in addition to the ability to teach cane travel, Braille, communication skills, and other skills related to activities of daily living for blind and low vision individuals.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Minimum Qualification</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Associate Degree in Education, Social Science, Behavioral Science, or related field and two (2) years of experience in a field such as orientation and mobility,
vocational rehabilitation counseling, education, social work, gerontology, family and community services, child development, home economics related to families, or services for people with disabilities. Any combination of education from an accredited college
or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling four (4) years may substitute for the required education and experience.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Employment Requirements</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Background investigation</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Working Conditions</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Work requires daily organization and management of the home and personal management classroom which includes a kitchen and related materials; working with systems
and tools for planning and organization, budgeting and communication skills. regular exposure to personal computers, printers, scanners, refreshable braille displays and embossers; and requires some telephone usage. Duties require lifting, walking, standing,
sitting, bending, and crawling. Regularly work with individuals with secondary disabilities, some of which result in challenging behaviors. Occasionally exposed to service animals. While this job requires work at a singular location with weekly assignments
on activities outside the Orientation Center, occasional overnight travel.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Bargaining Unit Position</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="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.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Jamie Sibson, MRC</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Orientation Center Director</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">New Mexico Commission for the Blind</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">408 North White Sands Blvd.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Email: <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
<a href="mailto:Jamie.sibson@cfb.nm.gov" id="OWA1743fc66-def2-43c0-93a8-f66ed2a41158" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Jamie.sibson@cfb.nm.gov</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Office Phone: 505-383-2291</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Cell Phone: 505-670-1727</p>
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