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Central New Mexico Community College · 23 hours ago

Accessibility Technician

ABQ-SF Metro Area

Part-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$21.04/hr - $25.25/hr

Central New Mexico Community College is dedicated to creating an inclusive and accessible learning environment. The Accessibility Technician will support the CNM community by evaluating and enhancing the accessibility of digital technologies and content, ensuring compliance with established standards.

Higher Education

No H1B

Responsibilities

Under departmental direction, works closely with faculty to review, assess, and provide basic accessibility remediation for inaccessible course content or textbooks

Review captioned content for accuracy

Escalate inaccurate content for professional captions or provide direct captioning of short content items as directed

Deliver accessibility-related workshops to faculty and staff under departmental direction

Create and present material for faculty and staff on best practices based on quality standards for WCAG/accessibility

Proctor and provide recommendations on latest educational technologies and use this information to develop training opportunities for the CNM community

Participate in developing online self-help resources, website content, paper guides, workshops, presentations, and other support resources related to accessibility

Provide information access to course content through notes for all live course activities. This includes editing and formatting notes into the required format for student accessibility needs and delivering notes to students per departmental policy

Provide visual support, dictation, manipulation of objects, or operation of peripheral computer equipment to address specific student access needs per their accommodations

Provide testing accommodation access for students, both on campus and virtually, through proctoring, reading, and scribing

Support other college-wide accessibility-related projects as directed by the department

Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualification

WCAG standardsAssistive technologiesMicrosoft OfficeAdobeHTMLCSSJavaScriptTraining developmentDigital accessibility standards

Required

High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Preferred

Proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe, and web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Hands-on experience testing with assistive technologies (screen readers, magnifiers, voice recognition)

Expert knowledge of WCAG standards, WAI-ARIA, and accessible form design

Experience developing and delivering training

Ability to travel between CNM campuses

Ability to quickly learn digital accessibility standards and new assistive technologies

Company

Central New Mexico Community College

Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) is the state's largest community college with five campuses, a Workforce Training Center, and an Advanced Technology Center.

Founded in 1965