Director of Independent Living (Business Operations Manager 1)

Initial Posting Date:

06/30/2025

Application Deadline:

07/13/2025

Agency:

Commission for the Blind

Salary Range:

$6,667 - $10,311

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Director of Independent Living (Business Operations Manager 1)

Job Description:

Opportunity Awaits, Apply Today! Director of Independent Living Services (Business Operations Manager 1)
As the Director of Independent Living Services for the agency, you would oversee and direct the agency’s specialized rehabilitation training services that are delivered to Oregonians who are blind in their homes and communities around the state.  This position is based in our headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The Director of Independent Living Services leads a team of Rehabilitation Instructors that provides specialized training services in the skills related to blindness including low vision assessments and training, orientation and mobility (cane travel), personal management, adjustment to blindness, meal preparation, and adaptive devices. Oregonians from around the state work in collaboration with the rehabilitation instructors for the blind to develop and implement an individualized training program designed around their unique rehabilitation needs and goals. The Oregon Commission for the Blind is the only state agency who specializes in training for adults who experience vision loss. We play a unique and critical role to ensure that all Oregonians who are blind can access skills training to help them reach their independent living goals.

The position reports to the Executive Director