Digital Accessibility Coordinator, Deputy ADA Coordinator - Digital Accessibility

Washington State University • Pullman, WA

2d • $4,942 - $7,500 • Onsite

About The Position

As the Digital Accessibility Coordinator, Deputy ADA Coordinator - Digital Accessibility you support WSU’s compliance with federal and state digital accessibility requirements and University policy (UPPM 10.45) by coordinating system-wide efforts to ensure digital content, technologies, and services are accessible. You provide training and technical assistance to faculty and staff; develop resources in support of accessibility, administer funding (where available) to system partners; coordinate web accessibility audits, prioritize, and follow up with appropriate campus partners and/or third party vendors; and collaborate with stakeholders, including the Digital Accessibility Subcommittee, to implement sustainable accessibility practices across the University. You work in collaboration and coordination with WSU Information Technology Services in the execution of the digital accessibility program, specifically via the institutional web accessibility scanning platform and associated remediation efforts.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to area of specialization and three (3) years of experience directly related to the specialty area. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated computer software skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Office programs, such as: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web platforms.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying policies, procedures, and digital accessibility standards.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance and/or training on digital accessibility.
• Demonstrated experience remediating digital content to meet accessibility requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in higher education.
• Experience providing digital accessibility technical guidance to faculty.
• Experience collaborating and coordinating projects across interdisciplinary teams and departments.
• Experience with audits or reporting on large systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating system-wide efforts to ensure digital content, technologies, and services are accessible.
• Providing training and technical assistance to faculty and staff.
• Developing resources in support of accessibility.
• Administering funding (where available) to system partners.
• Coordinating web accessibility audits, prioritizing, and following up with appropriate campus partners and/or third party vendors.
• Collaborating with stakeholders, including the Digital Accessibility Subcommittee, to implement sustainable accessibility practices across the University.
• Working in collaboration and coordination with WSU Information Technology Services in the execution of the digital accessibility program, specifically via the institutional web accessibility scanning platform and associated remediation efforts.

Benefits

• paid sick and vacation leave
• paid holidays
• medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents
• retirement
• deferred compensation
• optional supplemental retirement accounts
• training and development
• employee tuition waiver

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level