Web Accessibility Specialist

ABACUS SERVICE CORP

United States

about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

dice.com

Tech stack

Microsoft Word HTML Microsoft Excel Web Accessibility Adobe Acrobat Adobe InDesign JIRA Microsoft Office Microsoft PowerPoint Screen Reader Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Job description

*Remediate PDFs, MS-Office documents, and website content to meet accessibility guidelines prior to publishing on NYSERDA web sites. *Training team on PDF remediation *Other du es as assigned that contribute to the key outcomes of the Large Scale Renewables team

Requirements

*Document and web accessibility testing and remediation *Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 and PDF/UA standards *Seman c HTML *Search Engine Optimization (SEO) *Ability to interpret logical flow and reading order of documents *Ability to write accurate alt text and descriptions for images and graphs *Ability to communicate accessibility best practices *Ability to train and support internal and external stakeholders *Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Are there any specialized skills that must be present for the position to be successful? *Adobe Acrobat Professional (Accessibility Remediation) *Client (PDF Accessibility Checker) *CommonLook *NVDA Screen Reader *WAVE Accessibility Evaluation Tool *SiteImprove Accessibility Testing *Accessibility Insights for Web *Adobe InDesign (preferred) *Jira *CMS platforms *Lytho Marke ng Collaboration on Tool

Education, Certifications, Degree requirements *An associate degree in a related area required *Preferred bachelor’’s degree *Preferred Certificate in accessibility remediation