The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) is a highly specialized adjudicative tribunal that hears appeals of final decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The WSIAT is currently seeking a professional to perform digital document remediation and accessibility design and review activities to assess digital documents and software design solutions to ensure all WSIAT digital documents and software design solutions comply with accessibility standards, legislation and regulatory requirements.
About the job
In this role, you will:Digital document Remediation:• Review and assess existing digital documents (e.g., PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets) for compliance with web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0, Level AA etc.) to ensure the layout of web-based materials and digital assets are logical and accessible to all users.
• Identify, recommend and implement technical fixes to ensure that all documents meet the necessary accessibility standards.
• Collaborate with internal customers to gather requirements and provide advice on accessibility design options when developing remediation plans.
Solutions Accessibility Design and Review:• Conduct accessibility audits of new and existing digital software solutions and make recommendations to ensure solutions comply with current standards, legislation and regulatory requirements and work in collaboration with web developers to implement fixes.
• Develop and maintain accessibility policies, guidelines, and best practices for internal teams in departments/business units across WSIAT, ensuring regular review and updating to align with accessibility regulations, industry standards and operational needs.
• Conduct user testing and audits on websites, software, technologies prior to implementation to ensure accessibility requirements are being met, ease of implementation and to provide feedback to relevant parties about potential non-compliance risk.
• Prepare training materials/instructions and provide guidance to internal clients on accessible design principles and best practices.
Key Customer Engagement:• Facilitate discussions and provide guidance to internal clients on accessibility considerations to educate internal teams on best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that accessibility is integrated into the development lifecycle and adheres to best practices, internal controls and operational standards from an accessibility perspective.
• Communicate accessibility findings from digital document review and assessment activities, and accessibility audits and make recommendations on document remediation plans and the implementation of accessible technology solutions that meet accessibility standards, regulations and legislation and the needs of users.
Project Work Management:• Manage and coordinate multiple concurrent work initiatives and individual projects that require accessibility input/advice.
• Utilize project management methodologies to prioritize project tasks based on business and organizational needs throughout the project lifecycle while ensuring timely delivery of project objectives and compliance with accessibility standards, legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain a knowledge base of accessibility resources, tools, and methodologies to support inclusive design and development practices.
• Continuously review and update the content of documentation and/or web solutions to reflect the latest advancement in accessibility standards and technologies.
What you bring to the team
Knowledge and Technical Skills:
• Understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards, as well as accessibility core competencies.
• Working knowledge of accessibility design principles and best practices, web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0. Level AA and higher).
• Ability to assess the accessibility of digital documents for compliance with standards, regulations and legislation.
• Experience preparing training materials and related instructions on accessible design principles and best practices.
• Knowledge of digital document formats (e.g., PDFs, Word documents) and remediation techniques, accessibility testing tools, such as WAVE, Lighthouse, NVDA, JAWS, and axe.
• Experience in supporting inclusive design and development, digital document remediation activities, user testing and accessibility audits of new and existing digital solutions.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and WAI-ARIA techniques to review and assess web solutions to ensure website content and design meets AODA regulatory compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of project management methods and techniques to manage and coordinate multiple concurrent work initiatives, ensuring timely delivery of project objectives.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical clients/customers.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that accessibility is integrated into the development lifecycle and make recommendations.
• Ability to facilitate discussions and provide guidance to internal customers/clients on accessibility considerations to educate internal teams on best practices.
• Has conducted accessibility audits and identify, recommend and implement technical fixes and solutions to issues identified.
• Ability to conduct user testing and audits on website, software, and technologies to ensure accessibility requirements are being met.
• Experience in interpreting and applying accessibility standards, regulations and legislation to ensure digital documents and design solutions comply with requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Acrobat, and other relevant software.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Additional Information:
Background Check:As a precondition of employment, the WSIAT requires that the final candidate for this position, prior to commencing employment, is required to undergo both a criminal record and social media search. Other types of background checks may also be requested such as education verification and professional credential validation.
Application InstructionsFor
INTERNAL candidates, please follow these directions:
1. Please log onto your ADP account and select Myself>Talent>Career Centre.
2. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, please show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us, confidentially, at Recruitment@wsiat.ca. Recruitment staff will contact you within 48 hours.
For
EXTERNAL candidates, please follow these directions:
1. Please submit your resume and cover letter through our online
WSIAT Career Centre.
2. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, please show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job.
3. If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us, confidentially, at Recruitment@wsiat.ca. Recruitment staff will contact you within 48 hours.