Digital Accessibility Specialist II

About Us

Since our founding in 2005, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) has been dedicated to providing an exceptional educational experience to our students. We believe student success is our success and are committed to creating a culture that supports and uplifts them throughout their academic journey.

The Digital Accessibility Specialist II serves as the primary accessible technology contact and promotes compliance with college, state, and federal accessibility standards. This position provides digital accessibility training and support, conducts accessibility reviews, provides remediation strategies, evaluates technology acquisitions and application development projects, and makes recommendations prior to purchase and/or implementation.

• Design and deliver digital accessibility-related professional development, documentation, and resources.
• Provide one‑on‑one support on technological and pedagogical practices related to digital accessibility.
• Perform accessibility reviews for digital content and recommend remediation strategies; use accessibility checking software to review existing digital content and identify accessibility issues.
• Review Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs), conduct evaluations of proposed technology acquisitions and application development projects, and make recommendations to IT leadership.
• Create accessible digital document templates.
• Manage vendors that provide document/content remediation, captioning, audio description, and other services and features that improve accessibility.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of accessibility and compliance standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 4‑year bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3 or more years of relevant experience; equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Experience working in higher education.

• Graduate degree.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
• Demonstrated experience with accessible content design and development, including accessibility compliance techniques and testing tools in creation and remediation of digital content.
• Two years’ experience using learning management systems such as Brightspace by D2L.
• Two years’ experience providing professional development to a variety of audiences and skill levels.
• Demonstrated experience improving the accessibility of mathematical and scientific content.
• Demonstrated experience improving the accessibility of multimedia.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating technologies for accessibility compliance.

63,500 - 79,500. Salary will depend on experience and qualifications, internal equity, budget availability, and salary administration guidelines.

• Knowledge of accessibility standards such as ADA and Section 508.
• Familiarity with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
• Familiarity with screen readers and text‑to‑speech tools to test accessibility.
• Familiarity with common authoring tools (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Acrobat).
• Familiarity with digital content remediation tools such as Yuja Panorama or Blackboard Ally.
• Familiarity with common learning management systems such as Brightspace by D2L.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to utilize problem‑solving skills.

Georgia Gwinnett College is an equal employment, equal access, and equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, train, and promote persons without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status as required by applicable state and federal laws.

Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States and proof of eligibility will be required upon acceptance of an employment offer. Offers are contingent upon completion of a background investigation, including a criminal background check. Applicants may be subject to a pre‑employment drug test.