Senior Web Accessibility Consultant

Job Description

Winnebago Seed Fund, provides a range of analytical, acquisition, and business management support services to federal agencies. Winnebago Seed Fund is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Join a dynamic team of forward-thinking professionals in our growing company

Your duties and responsibilities:
Seeking a Senior Section 508 tester to support a fast-paced team of accessibility advocates that are supporting the Section 508 compliance for a federal agency in DC. The candidate must possess excellent skills and relevant experience in the field of Section 508 (WCAG) testing compliance and remediation. The individual shall be qualified in analyzing, testing, providing remediation consultation/training, and reporting of Section 508 compliance to agency customers, vendors, and stakeholders, to ensure Departmental compliance with Section 508.

The candidate shall be qualified in analyzing, reviewing testing, and reporting of products purchased, owned, developed, and or sponsored by the Department to ensure Section 508 compliance, as well as all forms of information and communication technology (ICT) as covered by Section 508 (electronic forms, databases, mobile applications, software applications, website content and electronic documents including but not limited to: several different formats of documents (PDF and Microsoft Office).

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Knowledge of 508 compliance and WCAG 2.0 A& AA requirements.
• Experience with testing tools like ANDI, Favelets for Checking Web Accessibility, Axe.
• Experience with assistive technology used for testing. Screen Readers, JAWS, NVDA, Voice Over Color Contrast Analyzer.
• Experience Supporting a Federal Client preferred.
• Coordinate and prioritize 508 Compliance testing activities and work with multiple development teams and software projects.
• Write test report documentation that is clear and easy to consume by both technical and non‐technical audiences.
• Knowledge in making documents accessible e.g. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks within restricted timeframes.
• Detail-oriented, able to work independently, self-motivated, proactive team player.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language with excellent communication skills.
• Experience working with senior leadership and attending executive level meetings
• A bachelor’s degree in technology, business, or related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience working on Section 508 testing and remediation projects.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced, dynamic environment in a fully remote position.

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. US Citizenship is a requirement for a Public Trust clearance at this location.

Job Type: Full-time, Remote

Work Remotely

• Yes

Job Types: Contract, Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• JavaScript: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote