Director, EDR

Director leading strategies for employee disability resources at UW-Madison. Managing the EDR team and ensuring compliance with accessibility laws.

Posted 7/3/2026full-timeMadison • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 per yearWebsite

Key responsibilities & impact

The Director is responsible for leading and advancing strategies and operational excellence related to staffing, service delivery, compliance, budgeting, policy interpretation, and case management frameworks.
This role ensures institutional practices align with legal requirements, best practices and UW-Madison's commitment to access, equity, and inclusion.
The Director supervises the EDR team including two Disability Program Coordinator/Employee Accommodation Specialists, four Employee Accommodation Specialists and student help.
Leads efforts to build and maintain strategic partnerships across the university to support reasonable accommodations and multi-unit collaborations to address accessibility priorities.
Develops and oversee the strategic planning, analysis, and expenditures of the accessibility services program budget.
Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing organizational information and representing the interests of the unit.
Advocates and collaborates for the full inclusion of persons with disabilities and pregnancy-related limitations in all aspects of campus life and promotes a university philosophy that adheres to universal design principles.
Ensures data integrity over the data created and organized through EDR services, also supervise full EDR team to ensure data management and procedures and policies are aligned with institutional responsibilities.

What you’ll need

5 years of work experience providing case management, vocational rehabilitation, or disability services to individuals with an array of disabilities.
5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in one or more of the following areas: workplace accommodations, disability services, and vocational rehabilitation for individuals with an array of disabilities.
Demonstrated success leading teams, including setting strategic direction, and developing staff.
5 years of professional work experience managing large scale projects relates to disability, access, and inclusion.
5 years of professional work experience leading or contributing to cross functional initiatives in large or complex organizations including collaboration across multiple departments, and stakeholders to build institution-wide education, awareness, process, and solutions.
Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals at all organizational levels, including colleagues across the organization, employees across all types of employment, executive leadership, and external partners.
Demonstrated record as a thoughtful problem-solver, innovator, and facilitator who works collaboratively to advance accessibility.
High ethical standards, professional integrity, and commitment to confidentiality with proven success of exercising diplomacy and sound judgment in managing sensitive and confidential information.

Comp & perks

generous paid time off
competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance
tax-advantaged savings accounts
participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund

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Hard Skills & Tools

Vocational RehabilitationData ManagementBudgetingPolicy InterpretationStrategic Planning

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationCollaborationProblem-SolvingDiplomacyProfessional Integrity