What are the responsibilities and job description for the Web Accessibility Specialist position at V Group Inc.?
Information Technology Services (ITS)
IT Specialist with Web Accessibility expertise and auditing to assist with System Transformation projects.
Responsibilities:
- Will perform extensive accessibility analysis and create documentation for new or existing transactions that will involve.
- Working independently or with accessibility testers to assess web pages and documents (i.e., PDF) for conformance to established web accessibility standards (in particular WCAG 2.0 AA).
- Developing detailed reports explaining accessibility defects identified through an audit and suggest remediation methods/techniques.
- Reviewing results of assessment with developers, project team members, and management.
- Answering questions regarding testing methods and interpretation of the results.
- Creating comprehensive accessibility documentation for use by developers.
- Guidance and participation in developing an accessibility audit methodology.
- Participate in accessibility feedback to transaction and form designs.
Required/Preferred Skills:
- 84 months of experience performing Web Accessibility Audits using assistive and automated technologies. This must include using at least 3 of these technologies: WAVE from WebAIM, Access Assistant from Level Access, JAWS, NVDA, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Accessibility Checker.
- 60 months of experience coding with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- 60 months of experience in UI Accessibility testing.
- 72 months of experience in developing technical documentation and/or using accessibility auditor platforms such as Accessibility Management Platform (AMP) from Level Access.
- 60 months of experience performing Accessibility Audits against Digital Documents (e.g., PDF, Word, etc....).
- 84 months of experience using and following Section 508 and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines and specifications–W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 A and AA), Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA), User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG), and Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG).