[Nfbnet-members-list] O&M Job Announcement

[Nathaniel Kile]

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Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired



POSITION VACANCY
  CERTIFIED ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SPECIALIST (COMS) /      RURAL
OUTREACH COORDINATOR


                                           Category:      *Full-Time *

                                   Salary Range:      *$50,000+(DOE) per
year*



The Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is looking for a
Certified O&M Specialist who would like to help build confident lives for
people with visual disabilities. We are the only training and rehab center
for blind and low vision clients in the State of Alaska. The position is
headquartered at the Center in Anchorage where half of the professional
time will be providing O&M instruction. The remaining time will be
planning, coordinating, arranging for, and delivering rural outreach and
community-based vision rehab training in rural Alaska.

Beginning salary for a Certified O&M instructor is $50,000+ (DOE), with a
Master’s Degree and O&M ACVREP Certification. Health, dental, life and AD&D
insurance coverage with a Health Savings Account, professional liability
insurance, and an option for pre-tax employee 403(b) retirement savings is
provided. We offer 2 personal days, sick leave, annual leave, and 12 paid
holidays a year.

The Center is a small organization with a wonderful staff and room for
creativity and variety.  If you are interested in seeing the full job
description, please contact Nate Kile, Program Director, NKile at AlaskaBVI.org
Phone: 907-444-3707.

*Required qualifications:* O&M certification (or pending certification),
low vision experience in working with clients, and a successful employment
history working with people who are blind and visually impaired.

*Desirable qualifications:* Low Vision Certification and/or experience, and
a TVI specialty.





*Please send a cover letter and resume (email preferred) to:*



*Nate Kile, Program Director:  nkile at AlaskaBVI.org <nkile at AlaskaBVI.org>*

*Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired*

*3903 Taft Drive*

* Anchorage, Alaska     99517*





*The Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is an Equal
Opportunity Employer*
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