Digital Accessibility Consultant

Software Technology Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Technology Inc. in Nashville seeks a PDF/Accessibility Specialist to ensure all policy documents, forms, and reports meet WCAG 2.x AA and PDF/UA requirements. You will remediate Word and PDF assets, create accessible forms, and perform both automated and manual testing with assistive technologies.

You will work closely with policy teams to improve document structure, reading order, and navigation, contributing to higher accessibility quality and compliance across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience remediating accessible documents (Word/PDF).
• Proficient in WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA requirements.
• Ability to create and remediate accessible fillable PDF forms.
• Experience with automated and manual testing.
• Familiarity with assistive technologies.

Responsibilities

• Review and remediate policy documents, protocol documents, fillable forms, and related documents for accessibility.
• Create accessible Word source documents and convert them to accessible PDFs when required.
• Remediate existing PDFs to meet WCAG 2.x and PDF/UA requirements.
• Create or remediate accessible electronic forms, focusing on Form Fields, Labels, Instructions, Tab Order, and Keyboard Navigation.
• Conduct automated and manual accessibility testing, reviewing structure, reading order, forms, tables, links, images, and navigation.
• Perform quality-control reviews of remediated documents before publication.
• Assist with development or refinement of accessible Word and form templates.
• Identify recurring accessibility issues and recommend practices to reduce future remediation.

Skills

WCAG compliance

PDF/UA remediation

Word accessibility

Screen reader testing

Manual testing

Automated testing

Tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro

PAC (PDF Accessibility Checker)

WebAIM Contrast Checker

WAVE

ANDI

Color Contrast Analyzer

NVDA

Job description

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• WCAG 2.1, 2.2, Level AA requirements applicable to electronic documents.
• PDF/UA requirements, accessible PDF structure, and PDF tagging.
• Advanced Microsoft Word accessibility, including Styles, Headings, Lists, Tables, Hyperlinks, Images, Document Properties, and accessible PDF conversion.
• Adobe Acrobat Pro accessibility remediation, including Tags, Reading Order, Tables, Links, Figures, Document Properties, and Form Fields.
• Creating and remediating accessible fillable PDF Forms, including Field Labels, Tab Order, Radio Buttons, Checkboxes, Instructions, Keyboard Navigation, and Screen-Reader Usability.
• Establishing logical document structure, heading hierarchy, reading order, and navigation.
• Creating meaningful hyperlink text and appropriate alternative text.
• Properly identifying decorative images and other content that should not be announced by assistive technology.
• Remediating complex tables and recognizing when information would be more accessible if restructured as headings, lists, or paragraphs.
• Using automated accessibility checkers including WebAIM Contrast Checker, WAVE, ANDI, Color Contrast Analyzer, and NVDA.
• Performing manual accessibility testing.
• Experience using PAC (PDF Accessibility Checker), the Matterhorn Protocol, or comparable PDF/UA testing methods is strongly preferred.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review and remediate DCS policy documents, protocol documents, fillable forms, and other related documents for accessibility.
• Create accessible Microsoft Word source documents and convert them to accessible PDFs when required.
• Remediate existing PDFs to meet applicable WCAG 2.1, 2.2, AA and PDF/UA requirements.
• Create or remediate accessible electronic forms, with special attention to Form Fields, Labels, Instructions, Grouping, Tab Order, and Keyboard Navigation.
• Conduct automated and manual accessibility testing, including review of document structure, reading order, forms, tables, links, images, and navigation.
• Perform quality-control reviews of remediated documents before publication.
• Assist with development or refinement of accessible Word and form templates.
• Identify recurring accessibility issues and recommend practices that reduce the need for future remediation.