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 ************************************************************** "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