Digital Accessibility Lead: Policy & Compliance

UT Tyler; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 66,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Arlington is seeking an Accessibility Compliance Lead to ensure EIR content aligns with state and federal regulations. You will oversee the EIR Accessibility Program, lead policy development, and coordinate accessibility efforts across departments.

Ideal candidates will bring advanced knowledge of ADA, WCAG 2.1, and TAC regulations, plus experience in developing training and corrective action plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three (3) years of related experience in accessibility compliance support for EIR or seven (7) years of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Advanced knowledge of prevailing state and federal accessibility regulations, such as ADA Title II, WCAG 2.1, TAC 213, and TAC 206.

Responsibilities

• Creates and directs the institution’s EIR Accessibility Program for institution-wide compliance with digital accessibility requirements, including ADA, Section 504, Section 508, WCAG 2.1, ATAG 2.0, UAAG 1.0, and WAI-ARIA.
• Monitors and reports on compliance, conducts accessibility analysis, and leads efforts to establish accessibility standards.
• Leads the development of training, planning, policy, and assessment activities for digital accessibility.
• Develops critical relationships and collaboration to provide guidance on corrective action plans for inaccessible websites, electronic information resources (EIR), applications, or products.
• Directs support and accessibility training for web developers and digital content providers.
• Partners with the Legal Office to interpret policy for students, personnel, and stakeholders and to advise on EIR accessibility criteria.
• Develops, implements, and maintains a process to manage reported inaccessible University web content, electronic and information resources, applications, or products.
• Creates reports and coordinates meetings regarding the status and processes for improving web and digital content accessibility, including the processing of EIR Accessibility Exception (EAE) forms.
• Compiles and reports on the accessibility program’s status for the state’s IRDR requirement every two years.
• Recommends best practices for EIR accessibility for new and existing technologies, including software, hardware, web-based applications, and documents.
• Duties include establishing and continually developing the framework, resources, communications, and processes for university web development and digital content accessibility.
• Identifies EIR accessibility training needs across the institution and develops training plans to meet those needs.

Skills

EIR accessibility knowledge

Web accessibility standards

Analytical skills

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Siteimprove

Silktide

WebAIM

ARC Toolkit

IBM Accessibility Scan

Job description

The University of Texas at Arlington is seeking an Accessibility Compliance Lead to ensure EIR content aligns with state and federal regulations. You will oversee the EIR Accessibility Program, lead policy development, and coordinate accessibility efforts across departments.

Ideal candidates will bring advanced knowledge of ADA, WCAG 2.1, and TAC regulations, plus experience in developing training and corrective action plans.