Web & Digital Accessibility Manager

Web & Digital Accessibility Manager

Job No: 495531 | Closes: | Work Type:
Staff Full‑Time | Locations:
Baton Rouge, LA | Categories:
Media Services, Public Relations, Technical, Web Development

Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Building Accessible Online Environments, Encouraging Innovation, and Supporting Institutional Excellence

The Web & Digital Accessibility Manager serves as the College’s authority for web governance, digital accessibility compliance, and the strategic management of BRCC’s public‑facing website. This position oversees the enterprise CMS (Content Management System), ensures compliance with all state and federal accessibility requirements, and serves as BRCC’s designated Digital Accessibility Coordinator. The position operates at the intersection of communications, information technology, marketing, and compliance — establishing standards, reducing institutional risk, and ensuring a consistent, high‑quality user experience for all audiences that aligns with the college’s marketing and branding efforts.

• Manage a distributed network of campus content editors; develop documentation, checklists, and resources for campus contributors
• Partner with departments to improve clarity and effectiveness of high‑impact content
• Create web pages, edit content, post updates and emergency messages as needed, and support campus with all necessary web content

• Administer and maintain the College’s enterprise CMS (Content Management System), including templates, workflows, and user permissions
• Perform technical updates, code‑level fixes, and performance optimization
• Provide front‑end development support (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Troubleshoot issues with integrations, third‑party tools, and user‑facing functionality
• Coordinate with IT and vendors on hosting, security, and performance

• Lead institutional compliance with WCAG 2.2 AA, ADA, Section 508, PPM 74, and evolving standards
• Conduct manual and automated accessibility audits of content and templates
• Remediate accessibility issues at both the content and code level
• Validate accessibility using assistive technologies
• Review third‑party tools and VPATs for compliance
• Maintain documentation, reporting, and communication related to accessibility initiatives
• Conduct campus‑wide accessibility training for employees

• Help develop, implement, and enforce web governance and accessibility policies
• Establish standards for content quality, metadata, SEO, and publishing workflows
• Support procurement processes by evaluating accessibility conformance

• Monitor analytics to inform improvements in navigation, content, and user experience
• Track accessibility metrics and remediation progress
  
  Identify systemic issues and implement scalable, template‑level solutions
• Stay current with evolving standards in accessibility, SEO, UX, and digital strategy

• Other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• 5 years of experience with CMS administration and front‑end web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python)
• 5 years of experience with Web/Digital Accessibility best practices, tools, regulations, and policies
• 3 years of experience working in digital communications, marketing or PR

• Certification in digital marketing, such as DMI-CDMP or comparable certification
• Certification in web/digital accessibility, such as CPACC, CPWA, WAS, or other WCAG certifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Python
• Proven knowledge of WCAG, ADA, Section 508, and digital accessibility best practices
• Extensive experience with analytics tools such as GA4
• Extensive experience using Adobe Creative Suite products
• Strong communication, organizational, and project‑management skills
• Ability to multi‑task and work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty and staff

• Bachelor’s degree in web…