IT@JH University Information Systems (UIS) is seeking a Digital Accessibility Coordinator who will be the primary accessibility technology leader with responsibility for the support, technical direction, assessment, coordination and implementation of new and existing technologies at Johns Hopkins University. This position will take the lead in developing standards of practice and business processes that create repeatable and meaningful impacts on accessibility and facilitate the University’s compliance with applicable laws and national standards. This position will provide expertise to the university community on acquisition, development, and implementation of digital information and digital services, including documents, multimedia, websites, web and native applications.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads one or more IT related projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost to meet the specified requirements to the satisfaction of the customer.
• Leads the people, work and resources involved.
• Assigns resources necessary to carry out the project.
• Gather information to plan, organize, direct, implement and evaluate requirements and tasks.
• Ensure all requirements and objectives are properly documented at project onset.
• Identify deviations from the plan
• Escalate decisions and unresolved issues.
• Owns project documents and communication plans.
• Maintains project documents which may include scope documents, project plans, project charters and communications plans.
• Maintains issues list and coordinates the resolution.
• Effectively use of PMO project management system(s).

Accessibility Capabilities

• Serves in a lead position to develop standards of practice and uniform business processes to drive ongoing improvements to the level of campus technology accessibility compliance, focusing on WCAG 2.+ Level A and AA.
• Oversees regular audits and remediation efforts of campus-wide digital assets and develop plans for continual improvement.
• Work with procurement processes to enable accessibility evaluations of IT products and services.
• Provides on-demand consulting services and assessment/remediation support
• Communicates accessibility expectations to university staff, provides training on accessibility topics and maintains the accessibility website.

Accessibility Coordination

• Builds and maintains effective partnerships with campus peers and constituents, to increase the awareness and importance of digital accessibility on campus and advance the accessibility of the University's public web properties and digital artifacts.
• Works closely with partners and advocates to support campus-wide accessibility initiatives.

Training and Education

• Develop and implement training on accessibility standards and best practices for a wide variety of audiences including faculty, staff and students.
• Maintains proficiency regarding accessible technologies, related laws, and common practices, by maintaining a diverse professional network of accessibility peers and experts and other means of research.

Technology

• Identifies or develops tools and processes for evaluating technology assets, platforms, and services for compliance with accessibility standards.