- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- Department
- IT
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Overview
Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Accessibility Specialist to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.
At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:
- Highly competitive pay rates
- Local support staff for responsive, personal service
- Comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
- Life insurance
- A 401(K) plan with company match
- Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan
Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.
Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Responsibilities
Creates and updates templates and master documents in PDF, Word, and other formats, ensuring the documents are compliant with accessibility standards; establishes and documents best practices for accessible content creation and remediation; remediates and supports the accessibility remediation of existing documents; recommends enterprise and system-level processes and solutions to aid in efficient remediation and ongoing compliance; Conducts research into accessibility documentation and best practices for authoring/development tools and platforms Provides coaching, guidance, training and technical support to document authors, content creators, and developers on remediation of EIR to meet accessibility compliance standards and improve accessibility across client.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
5
Required
Experience with EIR Accessibility and assistive technologies used by people with disabilities.
5
Required
Exerience using Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat to produce accessible documents and forms
3
Required
Experience with HTML and PDF tag structures, attributes and properties relating to accessibility.
2
Required
Ability to train others to author accessible documents and forms
3
Preferred
Full-time experience in EIR including the development, implementation or interpretation of policies and procedures in a public and private agency.
1
Preferred
Experience with automated remediation tools, document management integrations, and other system level accessibility solutions
