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Agency General Services, Office of

Title Special Assistant (Accessibility Navigator Manager) - VID 189753

Occupational Category Other Professional Careers

Salary Grade NS

Bargaining Unit M/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary Range From $90931 to $114940 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Exempt Class

Travel Percentage 5%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County To Be Determined

Street Address TBD

City TBD

State NY

Zip Code 12242

Duties Description The NYS Digital Service team at the Office of General Services (OGS) seeks a creative professional to serve as an Accessibility Navigator. The accessibility navigator will support the State’s efforts to create a digital accessibility community of practice and evaluate websites for conformance. The accessibility navigator will support the NYS Digital Service’s accessibility evaluation framework while conducting audits and providing digital accessibility guidance and training for a variety of state agency clients. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of digital technologies and accessibility, experience with information and communication access through a disability lens, and creative approaches to addressing accessibility issues. Duties include, but not limited to, the following:? Work under the direction of the Solutions Director to build, research, propose, or evaluate a tech/digital solution or accessibility implementation.? Assist state agencies, vendor or IT engineering teams, or other stakeholders in developing an accessibility roadmap and strategy.? Lead trainings and assess client’s accessibility readiness while identifying opportunities for improvement or innovation.? Create standards, evaluation frameworks, and guidelines for how to meet accessibility goals and legal conformance.? Conduct accessibility audits using a standardized framework and produce conformance reports for a range of digital products including websites, applications, web apps, SaaS products, and documents.? Assist in developing report cards, data dashboards, or other standardized reporting frameworks for managing and comparing conformance levels and accessibility objectives between NYS websites.? Work with project management to ensure timelines and resources are appropriate to the project scope and business need. ? Work with state or vendor engineering teams to analyze, understand, and remediate accessibility issues. ? Present concepts to a wide-range of audiences for internal review and key stakeholders.? Assist in building simple technology solutions, write documentation, alter or adapt common libraries to unique project needs, and/or contribute to a NYS Web Design System or Digital Utilities Library.? Commit or review code - or documentation - in OGS Digital Services or NYS ITS github repositories.? Facilitate meetings with technical teams, clients, stakeholders, or content teams to understand and communicate requirements and challenges faced in implementing an accessibility strategy or conducting an audit.? Write and review tickets in an AGILE management/organizational tool and participate in sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos. NOTE:• Travel may be required (approximately 5%), including during evening and weekends, depending on mission and assignment. • Possession and maintenance of a valid Driver’s License issued by the NYS Department of Motor Vehicle is required, or otherwise demonstrate the capacity to meet the transportation needs of the job.Location: Various job locations are available in Albany, NY or New York, NY. Please indicate your preferred location when applying.EVERYDAY IMPACT AT NYS DIGITAL SERVICEThe NYS Digital Service is a team of strategists, product managers and technologists working with agencies to streamline and improve the digital experience across New York State. We strive to create a community that works together to provide programs and services to New Yorkers in an efficient and user-friendly way.

Minimum Qualifications A bachelor’s degree in media, new media, English, communications, journalism, broadcasting, public relations, films, TV productions, or digital marketing AND four years of experience in public or governmental relations, and/or in writing or producing content for various media OR A master’s degree in media, new media, English, communications, journalism, broadcasting, public relations, films, TV productions, or digital marketing AND three year of experience in public or governmental relations, and/or in writing or producing content for various media OR Eight years of the experience described above. Preferred Qualifications:? ? Demonstrable expertise with web accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 / Section 508) and experience evaluating and auditing websites and digital tools for conformance. ? Demonstrable portfolio or examples of work providing accessibility guidance, code level remediations, audits, training materials, or other accessibility work.? A history of innovation and the ability to lead complex projects independently. ? Experience conducting accessibility audits and creating conformance reports.? Strong understanding of and familiarity with a range of assistive technologies, particularly screen readers. ? Strong communication and writing skills to distill complex technical problems encountered by people in the disability community into plain language for non-technical clients and stakeholders.? Experience with organizational tools suited to AGILE software development, such as Atlassian JIRA, GitHub Projects, or Azure DevOps, or similar.? Broad knowledge of modern web browsers in terms of functions and limitations.? Familiarity with core web languages including HTML, CSS, and Javascript.? Experience with and understanding of web content management systems.NOTE: IN ORDER TO AWARD THE PROPER CREDIT FOR WORK EXPERIENCE, RESUMES MUST INCLUDE MONTH AND YEAR FOR START AND END DATES ALONG WITH THE HOURS PER WEEK FOR EACH POSITION LISTED.

Additional Comments The Office of General Services (OGS) is an equal opportunity employer, and we recognize that diversity in our workforce is critical to fulfilling our mission. We encourage applicants from all communities to apply. For a full version of OGS’s EEO/AA statement and benefits joining Team #OneOGS, please visit http://www.ogs.ny.gov/employment.NOTE ON TELECOMMUTING: Employees are required to apply and obtain approval through management to telecommute according to the agency’s Telecommuting Program Guidelines.

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Name Human Resources/SP

Telephone 518-473-5282

Fax 518-486-1631

Email Address [email protected]

Address

Street NYS Office of General Services, HRM

31st Floor Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12242

Notes on Applying Please submit a resume and cover letter detailing how you meet the minimum qualifications along with the month/year and hours per week for each position listed. Indicate the Position Title & Vacancy ID number of each position you are applying to.