The New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI), a division within the Department of Human Services, is seeking to hire up to four Orientation and Mobility Instructors within the next three months to provide itinerant instruction to consumers served by the agency. CBVI serves individuals throughout the lifespan, i.e., infants, children, and adults. Job Opportunity: December 7, 2016 TITLE: Orientation and Mobility Instructor (4) positions available. SALARY: $59, 031.79 - $83,803.57 DEFINITION: Under direction of a Supervisor of Rehabilitation Training or Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs in the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Department of Human Services, provides for the evaluation, education, and training of individuals who are blind, vision-impaired, or deaf-blind in the area of particular specialty in order to prepare them for maximal independent living, orientation, mobility, and vocational skills; does related duties as required. EDUCATION: A valid Orientation and Mobility Instructor Certification issued by either the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Educational Specialists or the National Blindness Certification Board. EXPERIENCE: Twenty - four (24) months of appropriate, certified teaching experience in an approved school. LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position. Interested candidates possessing the requirements should forward resumes with their letter of interest to: EMAIL: Jessie.powell at dhs.state.nj.us THANK YOU! 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 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: Angela.Sutton at dhs.state.nj.us [mailto:Angela.Sutton at dhs.state.nj.us] Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 8:56 AM To: Ebell at latech.edu Cc: Hugo.Ruiz at dhs.state.nj.us Subject: ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SPECIALIST 4 POSITIONS Hello Dr. Bell, I hope all is well and that you are enjoying this holiday season. If you would, we would like to ask you to tell any of your recent graduates about the Job Opportunity attached. Also, if possible, would you post this notice within the University. We appreciate all of your help as always. Thanks _____ This E-mail, including any attachments, may be intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the sender and recipient(s) named above. This message may include advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material and, as such, would be privileged and confidential and not a public document. Any Information in this e-mail identifying a client of the Department of Human Services or the Department of Children and Families is confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not review, transmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it and you must delete this message. You are requested to notify the sender by return e-mail.