WCAG & PDF Accessibility Specialist

Prospect Infosys Inc; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tennessee Department of Children's Services (DCS) is seeking a Web Accessibility Consultant to support the creation, remediation, testing, and maintenance of accessible documents and forms intended for publication or distribution.

The consultant will work with the DCS Policy team to ensure electronic documents are developed and remediated in accordance with WCAG 2.1, 2.2 Level AA, PDF/UA requirements, DCS standards, and established digital accessibility practices.

Qualifications

• Experience applying WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA to electronic documents.
• Ability to remediate PDFs to meet PDF/UA and tagging requirements.
• Advanced Word accessibility and accessible PDF conversion skills.
• Experience with automated accessibility checks and manual testing.

Responsibilities

• Review and remediate policy documents, forms, and related materials for accessibility.
• Create accessible Word sources and convert to accessible PDFs.
• Remediate PDFs to meet WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA and PDF/UA standards.
• Conduct automated and manual accessibility testing on documents.

Skills

WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA

PDF/UA compliance

Accessible Word/Forms

Manual accessibility testing

Automated checkers (WebAIM, WAVE, ANDI

Tools

PAC (PDF Accessibility Checker)

NVDA screen reader

WebAIM Contrast Checker

Color Contrast Analyzer

Adobe Acrobat Pro accessibility

Job description

The Tennessee Department of Children's Services (DCS) is seeking a Web Accessibility Consultant to support the creation, remediation, testing, and maintenance of accessible documents and forms intended for publication or distribution.

The consultant will work with the DCS Policy team to ensure electronic documents are developed and remediated in accordance with WCAG 2.1, 2.2 Level AA, PDF/UA requirements, DCS standards, and established digital accessibility practices.