Position Purpose:
The Tennessee Department is seeking a Digital/Web Accessibility Consultant to create, remediate, test, and maintain accessible electronic documents and forms.
The consultant will work closely with the DCS Policy team to ensure documents meet WCAG 2.1/2.2 Level AA, PDF/UA requirements, DCS document standards, and digital accessibility best practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
- WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 Level AA requirements
- PDF/UA, accessible PDF structure and PDF tagging
- Advanced Microsoft Word accessibility, including Styles, Headings, Lists, Tables, Hyperlinks, Images and Document Properties
- Adobe Acrobat Pro accessibility remediation
- Tags, Reading Order, Tables, Links, Figures, Document Properties and Form Fields
- Creating/remediating accessible fillable PDF forms
- Logical document structure, heading hierarchy, reading order and navigation
- Meaningful hyperlink text and appropriate alternative text
- Decorative image identification
- Complex table remediation
- Automated accessibility testing using WebAIM Contrast Checker, WAVE, ANDI, Color Contrast Analyzer and NVDA
- Manual accessibility testing
- PAC, Matterhorn Protocol or comparable PDF/UA testing experience is strongly preferred
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and remediate DCS policy documents, protocols, forms and related documents
- Create accessible Microsoft Word source documents and convert them to accessible PDFs
- Remediate existing PDFs to applicable WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA and PDF/UA requirements
- Create and remediate accessible electronic forms
- Conduct automated and manual accessibility testing
- Perform quality-control reviews before publication
- Assist with accessible Word and form templates
- Identify recurring accessibility issues and recommend practices to minimize future remediation