[Athen] Remote/NH: Southern New Hampshire University hiring Accessibility Analyst (technological expertise)

Lydia X. Z. Brown lydia at autistichoya.com
Thu Feb 4 11:47:38 PST 2021


- Accessibility Analyst


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Temporarily Remote


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Southern New Hampshire University is seeking an Accessibility Analyst.
The Accessibility Analyst will play a critical role in assisting the SNHU
information technology organization (ITS) make continual improvements in
the accessibility of the technical assets within ITS’ responsibility. The
Accessibility Analyst will provide technical support and consultation to
Information Technology Solutions (ITS) and the other university
organizations related to digital accessibility. The primary goal of this
position is to help ITS staff and the university with acquiring; selecting,
developing and conducting training; assisting teams with assessing and
reporting; and, in general, supporting Electronic & Information
Technologies (EIT) that are accessible to all members of SNHU’s community
of users, regardless of disability, age, or other factors related to the
access and use of digital information and interactions.The Accessibility
Analyst will play a critical role in assisting the SNHU information
technology organization (ITS) make continual improvements in the
accessibility of the technical assets within ITS’ responsibility. The
Accessibility Analyst will provide technical support and consultation to
Information Technology Solutions (ITS) and the other university
organizations related to digital accessibility. The primary goal of this
position is to help ITS staff and the university with acquiring; selecting,
developing and conducting training; assisting teams with assessing and
reporting; and, in general, supporting Electronic & Information
Technologies (EIT) that are accessible to all members of SNHU’s community
of users, regardless of disability, age, or other factors related to the
access and use of digital information and interactions.


Essential duties and responsibilities of this position include the
following:
- Consult with ITS staff to support monitoring and/or mitigating EIT for
accessibility, providing guidance on appropriate accessibility testing
tools and interpreting test results
- Consult with ITS and business units on best practices and impacts
to EIT accessibility across digital content creation, visual/UX design,
software and platform configuration, technical development, and testing
- Manage the reporting of EIT accessibility compliance for all of
ITS, and consult with the individual platform and application teams on
platform/application level assessment and reporting
- Recommend potential resources or solutions to address accessibility
barriers based on WCAG 2.x AA and Revised 508 compliance standards
- Curate and/or develop accessibility training
- Provide training on EIT accessibility and universal design (online,
instructor led, other)
- Perform accessibility reviews for EIT acquisitions, including
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) review and interpretation
- Support the development, collection of and reporting on EIT
accessibility key performance indicators (KPI’s) for ITS EIT and
stakeholder reporting
- Develop accessibility awareness among SNHU stakeholders, increasing
their ability to identify opportunities for delivering more accessible
experiences to SNHU users
- Participate in the development and refinement of the proposed
direction for ITS accessibility operations

Minimum Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience in one of the following fields: user
experience, web development, technical support, academic support, vendor
management, technical customer support, teaching, assistive technology,
digital or user interface design, software development, quality
assurance,
or accessibility
- Experience using, designing, testing and/or developing with HTML,
CSS, browsers, common mobile or desktop operating systems, and general
web-based technologies
- Experience using various document/content authoring tools: Adobe
PDF, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and Microsoft Office products, including O365,
Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Experience coaching and training professionals
- Willingness to master a working knowledge of current Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.x AA
- Willingness to develop a working knowledge of relevant
accessibility and disability laws, standards, and regulations, including
ADA, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Revised 508 standards
- Willingness to develop a working knowledge of user experiences and
impacts to accessibility for users of assistive technologies
such as screen
readers, screen magnifiers, braille displays, assistive learning tools,
closed captioning, and more
- Ability to establish effective working relationships
- Strong sense of empathy and desire to help others succeed
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally, both
orally and in writing
- Certification or comparable experience in web design and
development, human-computer interaction, computer science, or
related fields
- Commitment to learning, collaboration, customer experience, and
organizational success

- Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity and/or experience with front-end / web development
- Familiarity and/or experience with accessibility testing tools or
other kinds of testing tools
- Familiarity and/or experience with content remediation
- Familiarity and/or experience with user experience in the contexts
of software, web, or similar digital development
- Familiarity and/or experience with accessibility audits and
reporting
- Familiarity and/or experience with assistive technologies

Work Hours:

Typically Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm with flexibility to
meet business demands as needed.


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