[Athen] Job Descriptions and Team Structure for Technology Access

Greg Kraus greg_kraus at ncsu.edu
Tue Oct 15 12:41:33 PDT 2013


I'd look at the University of Washington's recent job posting.

https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=100243&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1

Also, that's basically what I do, so here's my job description.

Title: Business & Technology Application Specialist

Working Title: University IT Accessibility Coordinator

Minimum Experience/Education:

Graduation from a four-year college or university with nine semester
hours in programming and three years of experience in business
application consulting or development; or an equivalent combination of
education and experience.

Departmental Required Skills - All candidates must possess:

* Extensive knowledge and experience with accessible Web design,
principles of Universal Design and understanding of accessibility
issues related to emerging web technologies, multimedia and learning
environments

* Knowledge of disability law (as applies to higher education), state
and national disability resources, rehabilitation training, and
information design (e.g., Web-based technologies)

* Commitment to accessibility issues

* Effective verbal and written communication skills

* Ability to work effectively with diverse populations in a higher
education setting.

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

* Strongly prefer a four-year college degree and at least three years
of experience in IT accessibility, accessibility application
consulting, or development.

* Prefer a master's degree in relevant field and/or certificate in
Assistive Technology (AT).

In addition to the required skills listed above, successful candidates
will possess:

* Experience with HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML and web
content management systems

* Extensive knowledge of assistive technology hardware and software
and computing systems (including UNIX-based systems)

* Demonstrated experience developing customized solutions for a
complex technology environment

* Demonstrated leadership, collaboration and negotiations skills.

Essential Job Duties:

The NC State Office of Information Technology has an exciting opening
for the role of University IT Accessibility Coordinator. This person
will proactively and systemically address overall accessibility of IT
systems and infrastructure to improve the usability and
interoperability of university IT resources and instruction delivery
mechanisms for people with disabilities.

The primary areas of responsibility include:

* Oversight for Accessible IT - Working with the Information
Technology Accessibility Advisory Working Group (IT AAWG), coordinate
campus efforts to provide exemplary barrier-free computing and
information technology (IT) systems and resources. These include
hardware, software applications, web content, web tools and other
online and classroom technologies.

* Outreach - Promote awareness of the need for accessibility of
information systems and effect systemic change.

* Research - Keep abreast of emerging assistive, information, and
instructional technologies and solutions.

* Policy/Standards - Establish policies and standards related to the
university's providing accessible IT software systems, online
materials and facilities.

Greg

--
Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
gdkraus at ncsu.edu



On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Carol Raymundo <raymundo at linnbenton.edu> wrote:

> Please post to list. I am very interested in hearing from colleges who have

> done this.

>

> Regards,

>

> Carol Raymundo, MS

> Disability Services

> Linn-Benton Community College

>

> raymundo at linnbenton.edu

> 541-917-4832

>

>

>

> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)

> <hunziker at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

>>

>> Hi all,

>>

>>

>>

>> The University of Arizona is looking at adding a new position to work as

>> part of a team to ensure accessibility of electronic and information

>> technology.

>>

>>

>>

>> We are thinking that the new position would be more involved in assessing

>> technologies for accessibility, including those developed in-house as well

>> as vendor-provided solutions.

>>

>>

>>

>> So, we’re looking for sample job descriptions as well as structures of

>> existing teams who are working in this area.

>>

>>

>>

>> Any information / resources you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

>>

>>

>>

>> Dawn

>>

>> ~~

>>

>> Dawn Hunziker

>>

>> Coordinator, Technology Access

>>

>>

>>

>> Disability Resource Center

>>

>> 520-626-9409

>>

>> hunziker at email.arizona.edu

>>

>>

>>

>>

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>

> --

> Regards,

>

> Carol Raymundo, MS

> Disability Services

> Linn-Benton Community College

>

> raymundo at linnbenton.edu

> 541-917-4832

>

>

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