Digital Accessibility Officer

Digital Accessibility Officer

Requisition ID: 2024-8364
# of Openings: 1
Location: US-UT-Logan
Category: Other
Position Type: Benefited Full-Time
Job Classification: Exempt
College: Executive Vice President
Department: Digital Learning and Innovation
Advertised Salary: Minimum $85,000; Commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits.

Overview
The campus Digital Accessibility Officer leads all Utah State University digital accessibility efforts, including oversight across all university colleges and divisions for compliance with University, state, and federal accessibility standards and regulations. The position promotes and implements accessibility measures and oversees the development and implementation of digital accessibility solutions and training resources.

Responsibilities

Develop and administer University policies, procedures, processes, and systems related to digital accessibility and ensure all standards are clearly understood and implemented.
Establish and maintain effective relationships across divisions, departments, business areas, and vendors. Be a champion of accessibility principles. Participate with committees and advise senior leadership on relevant issues.
Collaborate with partners to identify and prioritize existing and emerging organizational risks, develop mitigation strategies, and implement digital accessibility best practices. Respond to requests for information and data regarding digital accessibility activity.
Develop and support digital accessibility training efforts and knowledge bases to support all the Universitys content creators and digital resource managers. Provide and oversee coaching, leadership, consultation, and the development of training and knowledge base materials.
Act as system administrator for all enterprise accessibility systems, including tools that support captioning, web accessibility, learning management system accessibility, and University-wide desktop assistive technology tools. Oversee tool user administration, training, and support.
Conduct periodic accessibility audits of digital resource collections and enterprise systems. Monitor data to measure the effectiveness of accessibility initiatives and provide reports that clearly summarize findings to relative stakeholders. Ensure that risks associated with University activities around digital accessibility are identified, measured, monitored, and managed.
Evaluate digital assets, applications and services being developed, considered for acquisition, or implemented.
Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate Digital Accessibility Services staff.
Manage a department budget, including operational costs and service reimbursement from other campus organizations.
Manage the development and maintenance of custom software tools created to support internal accessibility efforts.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:

Masters degree in a related field, with at least one year of experience implementing digital accessibility practices; OR bachelors degree with at least three years of relevant professional experience.
Strong commitment to accessibility and disability inclusion and understanding of principles of universal… For full info follow application link.

USU recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the universitys academic mission of learning, discovery, and engagement. USU is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any of its programs and activities based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity/expression, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy or local, state, or federal law (htt
ps://equity.usu.edu/non-discrimination).