IT DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY OFFICER

**THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION**

The Digital Accessibility Office (ADA Technology & Digital Accessibility) provides strategic leadership, direction, and oversight for the organization’s digital accessibility program. This role ensures enterprise‑wide compliance with ADA, WCAG 2.1 AA, and relevant state regulations, while coordinating with a team of accessibility specialists in each unit within JSO and partnering with leaders across IT, Strategic Communications, HR, Facilities, Legal, and Procurement.

• Serve as the primary expert for “Electronic and Information Resources Accessibility Coordinator” (EIRAC) and perform all the responsibilities associated with that designation.
• Policy: Maintain JSO’s Digital Accessibility Program Plan and all subsidiary policies, plans, and processes in appropriate digital channels (e.g., website, intranet, knowledge base).
• Compliance Reporting: Generate regular reports on the progress of remediation efforts. Complete regular Accessibility surveys.
• Collaborate: Work with key stakeholders to operationalize the Digital Accessibility Program Plan.

• Procurement: Coordinate with the JSO budget and procurement office as well as the Information Technology budget and procurement teams. For the purpose of purchasing, contracts, and property departments to review all requested Technology purchases for accessibility. Obtain accessibility documentation (e.g., Accessibility Conformance Reports, ACRs; Vendor Accessibility Development Services Information Request, VADSIR) from vendors, and process exception requests when necessary. Record and update accessibility status of all Technology in an existing database.
• Remediation of Existing EIRs: Coordinate with JSO budget and procurement office as well as the Information Technology budget and procurement teams and other appropriate departments to acquire a list of all technology used for JSO business, to include but not limited to websites, to be maintained in an existing database or elsewhere. Ensure accessibility documentation is provided that can determine if the technology is compliant with current technical accessibility standards.  Ensure the appropriate responsible party has filed an accessibility exception request for technology that is non-compliant (VPAT - Voluntary Product Accessibility Template).
• Website Accessibility: Coordinate with the appropriate departments and entities to include but not limited to Strategic Communications to acquire a list of all JSO websites and online material locations. Ensure an enterprise solution can periodically scan all web properties. Document the results of those scans.  Coordinate with those involved to ensure appropriate content creators and maintainers have access to the results and options for remediating the digital content. This includes researching potential assistive technology or remediation solutions (e.g., captioning services, accessibility checkers). The digital accessibility officer is expected to provide training, guidance, and coordination on remediation, however, not remediate the digital content.

• Accessibility Website: Manage and update the JSO accessibility website.  This website should outline JSO’s accessibility program and contain useful information, such as policies and processes, required forms, how-to’s for officers and staff, and links to external accessibility resources.
• Increase JSO awareness of accessibility issues through regular presentations, outreach and campaigns.
• Coordinate with Strategic Communications and the technology resources to educate JSO on how to incorporate accessibility into their websites and other digital content.
• Coordinate with Strategic Communications on how to incorporate accessibility into any materials that pertain to content design.
• Create training programs for developers, designers, content creators, and leadership
• Build internal accessibility champions and expand institutional knowledge
• Lead awareness campaigns to embed accessibility into organizational culture.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to be able to work with people at all levels of an organization.
• Proven ability to influence an organization.
• Knowledge of major laws regarding accessibility, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 508 of the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Florida Administrative Code, and various industry-based accessibility standards such as the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative.
• Must be meticulous when it comes to documentation and reporting.
• Must be able to manage many priorities at the same time and effectively coordinate with many constituencies throughout JSO.

• • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Eight (8) years of experience working in technology compliance or a compliance-related field.
  • Solid experience with a combination of the following compliance-related activities: committee management; audits and assessments; remediation management; contract/purchase review; and policy development and review, especially with regard to information technology.
  • Experience with Law Enforcement and outreach, e.g., teaching classes, making presentations, drafting and sending out communications, and managing an informational website.
  • Additional education/experience may be considered as a substitution for the minimum requirements to include:
    • High School Diploma or GED and twelve (12) years’ experience or
    • Associate’s degree and ten (10) years’ experience or
    • Bachelor’s degree and eight (8) years’ experience or
    • Master’s degree and six (6) years’ experience.
• • Master’s or another Advance Degree.
  • Five (5) years’ experience working in technology compliance or a compliance-related field.
  • Experience with accessibility tools (e.g., JAWS, Siteimprove), designing EIRs specifically for accessibility, or remediating EIRs for accessibility.
  • Experience with a Law Enforcement environment.