About the Role
Allied Consultants, Inc is seeking an experienced Accessibility Specialist to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team. We are a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies.
Responsibilities
- Creates and updates templates and master documents in PDF, Word, and other formats, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards.
- Establishes and documents best practices for accessible content creation and remediation.
- Remediates and supports the accessibility remediation of existing documents.
- Recommends enterprise and system-level processes and solutions for efficient remediation and ongoing compliance.
- Conducts research into accessibility documentation and best practices for authoring/development tools and platforms.
- Provides coaching, guidance, training, and technical support to document authors, content creators, and developers on remediation of EIR to meet accessibility compliance standards and improve accessibility across client.
Requirements
- 5 years of experience with EIR Accessibility and assistive technologies used by people with disabilities.
- 5 years of experience using Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat to produce accessible documents and forms.
- 3 years of experience with HTML and PDF tag structures, attributes, and properties relating to accessibility.
- 2 years of ability to train others to author accessible documents and forms.
- 3 years of full-time experience in EIR including the development, implementation, or interpretation of policies and procedures in a public and private agency.
- 1 year of experience with automated remediation tools, document management integrations, and other system-level accessibility solutions.
Skills
- EIR Accessibility
- Assistive technologies
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Acrobat
- Accessible documents and forms creation
- HTML
- PDF tag structures, attributes, and properties
- Training others on accessible document creation
- Automated remediation tools
- Document management integrations
- System-level accessibility solutions
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5 years
- 3 years
- 2 years
- 1 year
Benefits
- Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
- Life insurance
- A 401(K) plan with company match
- Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan
About the Company
- Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies.
Equal Opportunity
- Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
