Digital Accessibility Specialist – Testing & Compliance

HealthPartners/GHI; BLOOMINGTON (MN); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

HealthPartners is seeking a Digital Accessibility Analyst to support testing, remediation, and collaboration across its digital ecosystem. This role emphasizes hands-on accessibility testing, issue documentation, and day-to-day collaboration to advance inclusive design.

The position works with UX designers, developers, QA, and business partners to ensure accessibility and compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA and 508 standards while growing expertise in assistive technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accessibility, Human Factors, HCI, UX Design, CS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 1 year of experience conducting accessibility testing, identifying and remediating issues, and supporting long-term accessibility initiatives.
• 1 year of software testing experience in an Agile environment.
• Working knowledge of WCAG 2.1 (AA) and Section 508 standards.
• Experience using assistive technologies such as NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, keyboard-only navigation, and browser accessibility tools.
• Familiarity with basic front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and how accessibility issues manifest in code.
• Experience documenting accessibility issues clearly for design and development teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Conduct manual and automated accessibility testing of web and mobile experiences under guidance of senior team members.
• Identify, document, and communicate accessibility issues, risks, and recommendations clearly.
• Support validation of remediation efforts to confirm accessibility improvements.
• Partner with UX designers to review wireframes and design specs for accessibility considerations.
• Collaborate with developers to clarify findings and support implementation of fixes.
• Apply accessibility best practices across projects and initiatives.
• Apply established accessibility standards and stay current on tools and techniques.
• Escalate complex or high-risk issues to senior team members.
• Share guidance and resources to project teams to promote inclusive design.

Skills

Accessibility testing

Agile experience

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accessibility/related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

HealthPartners is seeking a Digital Accessibility Analyst to support testing, remediation, and collaboration across its digital ecosystem. This role emphasizes hands-on accessibility testing, issue documentation, and day-to-day collaboration to advance inclusive design.

The position works with UX designers, developers, QA, and business partners to ensure accessibility and compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA and 508 standards while growing expertise in assistive technologies.