Digital Accessibility Specialist - WCAG & Training Lead

Garver; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional memberships

Company wellness program

Continuing education opportunities

Job summary

Garver is seeking a Digital Accessibility Specialist to join our Transportation Business Line Strategic Communications team in Kansas City. The role focuses on improving digital content to align with accessibility best practices and WCAG guidelines, and on training teammates to build inclusive digital environments.

You will collaborate with IT, legal, engineering, and communications to remediate documents and websites, perform accessibility audits, and report on compliance progress.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, IT, web design, or related fields.
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 or later success criteria.
• Demonstrated experience with Section 508 compliance and remediation.
• Experience remediating web pages, Microsoft Office files, PDFs, and Audio/Video files.
• Familiarity with accessibility testing and review tools (e.g., WAVE, ANDI, Adobe Acrobat)
• Ability to identify accessibility issues and propose effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and remediate digital content for accessibility standards, including PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and websites.
• Conduct accessibility audits of digital content and provide guidance and instruction for WCAG and other accessibility guidelines.
• Collaborate with content creators to develop best practices for creating accessible documents.
• Prepare and present reports on the status of compliance efforts.
• Provide training and support to staff on accessibility tools and techniques.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and updates to accessibility legislation.
• Work with a variety of subject matter experts, including IT, legal, engineering, and communications teams, to develop accessibility strategies.
• Coordinate tasks and manage deliverable timelines with project managers.

Skills

WCAG knowledge

508 compliance experience

Accessibility testing familiarity

Remediation experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications, IT, web design, or related fields

Tools

WAVE

ANDI

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Garver is seeking a Digital Accessibility Specialist to join our Transportation Business Line Strategic Communications team in Kansas City. The role focuses on improving digital content to align with accessibility best practices and WCAG guidelines, and on training teammates to build inclusive digital environments.

You will collaborate with IT, legal, engineering, and communications to remediate documents and websites, perform accessibility audits, and report on compliance progress.