Assistive Technology Specialist (Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist

THE POSITION

Join the Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau Of Blindness & Visual Services (BBVS) as an Assistive Technology Specialist and help staff deliver services through accessible tools and programs. This role offers the chance to teach others, solve problems, and support important technology used across the agency. Your work will help create better access for both staff and customers. Build a career that supports innovation and inclusion.

This position supports staff by providing training, guidance, and technical expertise on assistive technology and accessibility tools. The role focuses on reviewing content, updating resources, and ensuring software and hardware meet agency needs. As an Assistive Technology Specialist, you will perform the following duties:

• Accessibility Training:
  Lead statewide sessions that teach staff how to use assistive technology effectively
• Content Review:
  Check websites and documents for accessibility and provide recommendations for improvement
• Resource Development:
  Create guides, forms, and user materials that support accessible software use
• Technical Support:
  Use assistive software to test webpages and offer solutions for accessibility issues
• Program
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with staff to develop trainings, procedures, and reports across BBVS programs
• Information Sharing:
  Present updates and guidance at meetings and keep current with agency policies

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are negotiable, Monday - Friday, with a 30 or 60-minute lunch, based on the selected schedule. AWS (alternate work schedule) may be available.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, upon successful completion of the training period. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary:
  
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $69,086.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Three years of professional experience in rehabilitation work, vocational guidance, employment counseling or placement, psychology, or social work, two years of which must have been in the field of vocational rehabilitation; and a bachelor's degree; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training. Graduate study in the behavioral sciences may be substituted for the required general experience on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of one year.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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