[Pibe-division] FW: Iowa Department for the Blind Director's Position

[Edward Bell]

The Iowa Commission for the Blind is seeking applications for the position
of Director of the Iowa Department for the Blind.



The incumbent functions as the director of the Department for the Blind, an
executive branch agency of Iowa state government.  The director heads the
state agency providing services to blind persons.  These services include
vocational and independent living rehabilitation, adult orientation center
training, the business enterprises program, and library services for the
blind and physically disabled.  The director is exempt from the merit
employment system of Iowa state government and serves at the pleasure of the
commission, which seeks applicants with a positive philosophy of blindness,
high expectations of blind persons, and commitment to providing an array of
services which includes rehabilitation that leads to work and other services
empowering blind persons to discover and maintain self-reliant independence.


It is the policy of the Department for the Blind to conduct background
checks on all finalist candidates prior to any offer of employment. 

*Minimum Qualification Requirements: This is a non-merit position.
Candidates must have graduated from an accredited four-year college or
university and have at least five years' experience in management level
work.


Salary Range: $63,690 - $97,460 annually, plus comprehensive benefit
package. 

For further information, contact Tiffany Bickell at 515-281-1336 or
800-362-2587.

 

Applicants should not apply through BrassRing/Department of Administrative
Services

***Applications through BrassRing/Department of Administrative Services only
will not be accepted, please follow below instructions***

Persons who wish to be considered for this position must submit a resume and
letter of application to Tiffany Bickell via email @
Tiffany.Bickell at blind.state.ia.us no later than the closing September 5,
2016 at 11:00 pm CST.

 

 

 

Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC

Director, Professional Development and Research

Institute on Blindness

Louisiana Tech University

210 Woodard Hall 

PO Box 3158

Ruston LA 71272

Office: 318.257.4554                      Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax)
Skype: edwardbell2010

ebell at latech.edu <mailto:ebell at latech.edu>
<http://www.pdrib.com> www.pdrib.com

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"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and
died in cotton fields and sweatshops." 

-- Stephen Jay Gould

 

From: Tiffany Bickell [mailto:Tiffany.Bickell at blind.state.ia.us] 
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 9:05 AM
To: ebell at latech.edu
Subject: Iowa Department for the Blind Director's Position

 

Dr. Bell,

The Iowa Department for the Blind is re-posting the job announcement for the
director position. Could you please send out the attached announcement to
your list serve?

Thank you so much,

Tiffany Bickell

Executive Assistant to the Director

Commission Board Secretary

 

 

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