Reasonable Accommodation Consultant- Federal Experience Required

Business Management Associates, Inc. (BMA) Integrating People and Process Through Service, with a strategic emphasis on integrating people and process, and proven, documented project management methodology for internal and external management while maintaining a strategic and financial focus on an organizations most important component ' its people;

"Love Thy Customer; Love Thy Work; Love Thy System"

Business Management Associates (BMA) is seeking an experienced Consultant who will monitor and assess agency records management program, identify records management challenges or risks across the agency, adjust resources to focus on significant compliance issues, evaluate the maturity of organizational records management programs and the adequacy of corrective actions, communicate appraisal results to stakeholders, identify and make program improvements based on appraisal results and evaluation of stakeholder feedback and lessons learned, and ensure reliable and predictable records management program implementation across the agency.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Management: This work requires someone who is proficient with handling the interactive process used to make ADA determinations. This process includes but is not limited to:
• Analyze the particular job involved and determine its purpose and essential functions
• Consult with the employee to ascertain the precise job-related limitations imposed by the disability and how those limitations could be overcome with a reasonable accommodation
• In consultation with the individual to be accommodated, identify potential accommodations, and assess the effectiveness each would have in enabling the individual to perform the essential functions of the position; and
• Consider the preferences/requests of the individual/s to be accommodated and recommend an accommodation or mitigation that is most appropriate for both the employee and the employer
• Review and recommend ADA determinations/mitigations for new and incoming requests
• Evaluates, documents and reports on job descriptions to assess and recommend new roles to maximize potential opportunities available to employees unable to return to their pre-disability positions - Based on assessment of current roles and vacancies
• Research and documents changes to policy and accommodation to ensure compliance
• Responsible for the creation of a tracking mechanism for the resolution of current requests and the management of the new requests
• Responsible for the creation of DHS-OHR process flows and SLAs and SOPs for the managing, documenting, tracking, reporting, and resolving of all ADA requests
• Participates in various projects as assigned
• Reporting and Documentation - log/report out on all active, inactive, stale, closed and upcoming ADA related requests
• Communication and Outreach - serve as liaison support for all ADA requests, providing outreach, updates, and status/issues escalations to aligned departments, as well as, all aligned reporting manager/s
• Deliverable Tracking - be responsible for providing routine status' updates to reporting manager and/or designees. Reports include QUADs, Risk Log, Active Log Tracker
• Be responsible for maintaining an accurate work log for periodic review

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 7 years Senior experience required in the following areas:

• Routinely researching, documenting, and determining ADA policies and requests
• Interpreting and implementing state and federal guidelines related to ADA and ELR
• Researching and recommending on ELR cases
• Interpreting Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Interpreting employee handbook guidelines
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining an ADA and ELR FACQs, process flows, SLAs and SOPs
• Conducting outreach and investigations with ADA and ELR requests/cases
• Working with the Microsoft Office Suite
• Working with Adobe Pro
• Serving as the POC for ADA cases
• Conducting investigations related to ADA and/or ELR
• Assessing and reporting Risks and Issues (risk log)
• Conducting training/information sessions related to ADA and ELR
• EEO policy and guidelines

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree - Human Resources specific (preferred)

At BMA, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. BMA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which BMA has facilities. BMA believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Business Management Associates, Inc. (BMA) Integrating People and Process Through Service, with a strategic emphasis on integrating people and process, and proven, documented project management methodology for internal and external management while maintaining a strategic and financial focus on an organizations most important component ' its people;

"Love Thy Customer; Love Thy Work; Love Thy System"

Business Management Associates (BMA) is seeking an experienced Consultant who will monitor and assess agency records management program, identify records management challenges or risks across the agency, adjust resources to focus on significant compliance issues, evaluate the maturity of organizational records management programs and the adequacy of corrective actions, communicate appraisal results to stakeholders, identify and make program improvements based on appraisal results and evaluation of stakeholder feedback and lessons learned, and ensure reliable and predictable records management program implementation across the agency.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Management: This work requires someone who is proficient with handling the interactive process used to make ADA determinations. This process includes but is not limited to:
• Analyze the particular job involved and determine its purpose and essential functions
• Consult with the employee to ascertain the precise job-related limitations imposed by the disability and how those limitations could be overcome with a reasonable accommodation
• In consultation with the individual to be accommodated, identify potential accommodations, and assess the effectiveness each would have in enabling the individual to perform the essential functions of the position; and
• Consider the preferences/requests of the individual/s to be accommodated and recommend an accommodation or mitigation that is most appropriate for both the employee and the employer
• Review and recommend ADA determinations/mitigations for new and incoming requests
• Evaluates, documents and reports on job descriptions to assess and recommend new roles to maximize potential opportunities available to employees unable to return to their pre-disability positions - Based on assessment of current roles and vacancies
• Research and documents changes to policy and accommodation to ensure compliance
• Responsible for the creation of a tracking mechanism for the resolution of current requests and the management of the new requests
• Responsible for the creation of DHS-OHR process flows and SLAs and SOPs for the managing, documenting, tracking, reporting, and resolving of all ADA requests
• Participates in various projects as assigned
• Reporting and Documentation - log/report out on all active, inactive, stale, closed and upcoming ADA related requests
• Communication and Outreach - serve as liaison support for all ADA requests, providing outreach, updates, and status/issues escalations to aligned departments, as well as, all aligned reporting manager/s
• Deliverable Tracking - be responsible for providing routine status' updates to reporting manager and/or designees. Reports include QUADs, Risk Log, Active Log Tracker
• Be responsible for maintaining an accurate work log for periodic review

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 7 years Senior experience required in the following areas:

• Routinely researching, documenting, and determining ADA policies and requests
• Interpreting and implementing state and federal guidelines related to ADA and ELR
• Researching and recommending on ELR cases
• Interpreting Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Interpreting employee handbook guidelines
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining an ADA and ELR FACQs, process flows, SLAs and SOPs
• Conducting outreach and investigations with ADA and ELR requests/cases
• Working with the Microsoft Office Suite
• Working with Adobe Pro
• Serving as the POC for ADA cases
• Conducting investigations related to ADA and/or ELR
• Assessing and reporting Risks and Issues (risk log)
• Conducting training/information sessions related to ADA and ELR
• EEO policy and guidelines

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree - Human Resources specific (preferred)

At BMA, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. BMA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which BMA has facilities. BMA believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

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