Digital Accessibility Specialist - Harrisburg, PA

Job Title: Digital Accessibility Specialist

Location: Harrisburg, PA (Hybrid – 1–2 days onsite per week)

Type: Contract

Work Schedule: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (30-minute lunch)

Position Overview

"Navitas Partners, LLC" is seeking a Digital Accessibility Specialist to support an enterprise-wide accessibility initiative. This role focuses on evaluating, testing, remediating, and creating accessible digital content to ensure compliance with applicable digital accessibility regulations and standards. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with accessibility testing tools, assistive technologies, and remediation best practices.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and remediate digital documents, including PDFs, forms, and other digital formats, to meet accessibility guidelines and standards

• Conduct manual and automated accessibility testing to verify compliance

• Perform accessibility testing using keyboard-only navigation, screen readers, and other assistive technologies

• Utilize automated accessibility testing tools and manual testing methodologies

• Clearly document testing processes, remediation steps, and results

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to support accessibility goals

• Perform related duties as required

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in digital accessibility testing, remediation, and digital content creation

• Strong knowledge of digital accessibility principles and disability inclusion

• Understanding of WCAG (current version) and Revised Section 508 Standards

• Experience testing web and digital content using accessibility evaluation tools for mobile and non-mobile platforms

• Hands-on experience with assistive technologies such as JAWS, VoiceOver, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, ZoomText , and color contrast analyzers

• Experience using automated accessibility testing tools

• Ability to independently develop test plans, document test strategies, results, and remediation recommendations

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders

Preferred Education

• Associate degree (2-year college) or equivalent technical training

Highly Desired Certifications & Training

• Section 508 Trusted Tester Certification

• Accessible Technology Certified Professional (ATCP)

• Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)

• Web Accessibility Specialist (HTML, JavaScript, WCAG)

• Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA)

• PDF Accessibility Essentials (Adobe Experience League)

• Certified Document Remediation Specialist (508 Institute)

• Accessible Document Specialist

For more details reach at [email protected]

About Navitas Partners, LLC: It is a certified WBENC and one of the fastest-growing Technical / IT staffing firms in the US providing services to numerous clients. We offer the most competitive pay for every position. We understand this is a partnership. You will not be blindsided and your salary will be discussed upfront.