Job title: Web Accessibility Consultant

Location: Nashville, Tennessee   

Duration: 12 Months

Description:

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• WCAG 2.1, 2.2, Level AA requirements applicable to electronic documents. 
• PDF/UA requirements, accessible PDF structure, and PDF tagging. 
• Advanced Microsoft Word accessibility, including Styles, Headings, Lists, Tables, Hyperlinks, Images, Document Properties, and accessible PDF conversion. 
• Adobe Acrobat Pro accessibility remediation, including Tags, Reading Order, Tables, Links, Figures, Document Properties, and Form Fields. 
• Creating and remediating accessible fillable PDF Forms, including Field Labels, Tab Order, Radio Buttons, Checkboxes, Instructions, Keyboard Navigation, and Screen-Reader Usability. 
• Establishing logical document structure, heading hierarchy, reading order, and navigation. 
• Creating meaningful hyperlink text and appropriate alternative text. 
• Properly identifying decorative images and other content that should not be announced by assistive technology. 
• Remediating complex tables and recognizing when information would be more accessible if restructured as headings, lists, or paragraphs. 
• Using automated accessibility checkers including WebAIM Contrast Checker, WAVE, ANDI, Color Contrast Analyzer, and NVDA.
• Performing manual accessibility testing. 
• Experience using PAC (PDF Accessibility Checker), the Matterhorn Protocol, or comparable PDF/UA testing methods is strongly preferred. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Review and remediate DCS policy documents, protocol documents, fillable forms, and other related documents for accessibility. 
• Create accessible Microsoft Word source documents and convert them to accessible PDFs when required. 
• Remediate existing PDFs to meet applicable WCAG 2.1, 2.2, AA and PDF/UA requirements. 
• Create or remediate accessible electronic forms, with special attention to Form Fields, Labels, Instructions, Grouping, Tab Order, and Keyboard Navigation. 
• Conduct automated and manual accessibility testing, including review of document structure, reading order, forms, tables, links, images, and navigation. 
• Perform quality-control reviews of remediated documents before publication. 
• Assist with development or refinement of accessible Word and form templates. 

Identify recurring accessibility issues and recommend practices that reduce the need for future remediation.