Reasonable Accommodations Support Specialist/ Management Analyst

Statement of Work

Background: The Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office (EO) administers the DIA EO and Diversity Program and is committed to protecting the civil rights of DIA employees and applicants. Key functions of the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Services include:

• Proactive EEO & Diversity Programs

• Disability Programs

• Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) Program

• Banier Analysis

• EEO Discrimination Complaints Management

Place of Performance: The principal place of performance is Washington, DC, National Capital Region (NCR). This position may require travel overseas for periods of three (3) or more months. The contractor must have a valid passport with a period greater than 6 months from the date of expiration.

Period of Performance: One (1) year base period with four (4) option years to follow.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field (Government/International Politics/Foreign Policy/Human Resources/Psychology/ Rehabilitation Counseling/Social Work) and/or relevant experience providing reasonable accommodations.

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph (TS/SCI-P)

• Command of the English Language, both spoken and in writing, across multiple linguistic registers and the ability to match and/or capture the register necessary.

• Strong technical command of Microsoft Applications, including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.

• Ability to work autonomously, accessing when issues need to be elevated to achieve the program’s mission.

• Must have a valid passport with a period greater than 6 months from the date of expiration.

Duties and Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide effective audio description or sight translations, enunciating clearly, accurately, and concisely while matching the necessary output register (formal/informal). They must have excellent English skills, knowing the differences between commonly mistaken homophones such as their, there, or they're.

• Provide accurate notetaking during events (workshops, meetings, briefings), effectively summarizing or transcribing audio and visual information in an output register that is specifically designed to meet the requirements of the customer.

• Transcribe non-accessible written materials into electronic documents.

• The RASS provides tailored access through visual description, orientation to environments, mobility via description or sighted guide (human guide), sight translations, etc., to ensure the employee requiring access is permitted the opportunity to enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment equal to those enjoyed by employees without disabilities.

• The RASS may also facilitate and provide orientation and/or assist mobility for functions. Examples may include, but are not limited to:

• Familiarizing themselves with a location prior to an event to ensure seamless access for the employee. Providing mobility assistance utilizing the sighted guide (human guide) technique.

• Assisting by pushing the employee in a wheelchair to a specific location.

• Provide visual environmental cues such as describing who is in the room or while walking down a corridor. Assisting the employee in locating a certain individual during an event.

• Providing mobility support navigating buffet lines.

• Providing visual description plus navigational support during trainings.

• Handwriting material or ensuring that handwritten or

• printed material is legible. Providing specific to Key Personnel protocol visual information to the client during an event.

• The RASS shall be able to professionally tailor their services to satisfy the requirements of the employee requiring the services.

• They must also be able to implement strategies to ensure a room is fully accessible prior to the access point or to articulate the needs to the employee to facilitate an effective and seamless accommodation.

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