Web Accessibility Specialist

1 month ago


Baltimore, United States Applied Development LLC Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

The Web Accessibility Specialist collaborates with stakeholders regarding accessibility concerns within digital products with a focus on the development of improved digital experiences.


Responsibilities:

Connection and Community:

  • Actively participate in the creation, implementation, and success of creating and maintaining a culture that embraces everyone, that demonstrates a psychological safe place to work daily, empowers and advocates for employees.
  • Demonstrate a guiding principle of continuous improvement, personal and professional development, and initiative.
  • Be a role model in carrying out the company’s mission, vision, and values consistently.
  • Continue to build and emulate the company’s culture of People first. Be an advocate for yourself, team, department, division, and the company as a whole.
  • Make ongoing recommendations and solutions on improving systems, processes, and other administrative tasks.
  • A strong desire to educate and practice EOS principles. Demonstrated commitment and practical application of these principles.
  • Ensures that we are working in the most efficient, thoughtful way in terms of value and systems.
  • Proactively makes recommendations to enhance our internal customer’s experience within each Division and/or company.
  • Familiar with business operations and demonstrate excellent leadership and problem-solving skills, team building, and innovative thinking.
  • Ability to remediate .pdf documents for 508 compliance.
  • Identifies and resolves accessibility barriers to provide accessible instructional material and websites.
  • Supports real-time and post-production captioning services to provide accessibility.
  • Evaluates the accessibility of instructional technology devices and software and makes recommendations concerning best practices.
  • Conducts accessibility testing against WCAG 2.0 (A, AA) success criteria and federal requirements.
  • Follows accessibility related standards and laws, including WCAG, ADA Section 508 and WAI-ARIA. Performs other related or similar duties as required or assigned. Essential Functions
  • Determines appropriate tools, information, resources, and training needed to resolve technical and instructional accessibility barriers.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities


  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to present complex data in clear, concise text.
  • Ability to meet deadlines and to work independently.
  • Ability to edit and proofread work of colleagues.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
  • Resourceful and able to maintain composure in high pressure situations.
  • Maintain complete confidentiality, a strong sense of urgency; be proactive & self-directed, with a positive, approachable demeanor.
  • Excellent organizational skills with focus on accuracy and attention to detail
  • Good judgment, tact, and initiative to make effective independent decisions when necessary.
  • Ability to participate in cross training efforts and provide direct guidance to other areas within _____with the aim of maximizing team capability, knowledge and focus on achieving ____and strong customer feedback.
  • Promote an atmosphere of respect, inclusiveness, openness, and an approach to seek to understand.
  • Demonstrated behavior to conduct oneself in an ethical manner ensuring confidentiality and a willingness to seek to understand.
  • Sincere desire to work in an environment that promotes a fair, supportive, and inclusive work environment.
  • Open to learning about one's own biases through individual and group workshops, education, interactions.
  • Desire to actively participate in a workplace that is viewed as best practices.
  • Ability to work autonomously and within a team.


Requirements:

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university. Minimum of 3 years of related experience required.

Physical and Working Conditions:

  • 95% telecommute position with the exception of some travel related to annual meetings, acquisitions, conferences, and other events including customer requests.

Value Alignment:

  • Embrace our internal customers' mission and needs as your own.
  • Strive for more. Innovate. Don’t settle.
  • Embrace our mission and value, and our diverse and inclusive community.
  • Participate and help each other.
  • Be hungry and understand what you know and what you do not and bridge the gap.
  • Be curious; strive to level up.
  • Ask for what you need and then take it.
  • Do things right. Be honest and practice blameless problem solving.
  • Desire to need to understand more than you need to be understood.


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