Selecting the Right Accessibility Specialists
Hiring is one of the toughest challenges any company can face, either large enterprises or new startups. There is a great deal of know-how kind of experience when hiring a Accessibility Specialist, not all companies have the right processes that can warrant best hires.
At SupportFinity, we streamlined our processes and in-house standards to make sure of having one of the top world-class hiring processes. The magic mix of skills ingredients is what separates a great hire from a not-so-good one. We came to this conclusion through consulting top technical and HR experts in addition to our years of work and exposure with most sophisticated projects across almost all tech verticals and areas of expertise. So you get one of the best recruitment processes to hire a Accessibility Specialist.
As we have created and crafted a unique method of teams’ customization, we have also perfected our signature model of matching the right skills for our customers to hire either one Accessibility Specialist or a team of Accessibility Specialists. We have a long lasting belief in the power of data analytics in creating unmatchable results, thus, we apply our analytical models on our hiring process same as we do in our business model.
Accessibility Specialist Job Description Template
Accessibility Specialist
AKA: Digital Accessibility Manager
The Accessibility Specialist is responsible for identifying issues through quality assurance testing and suggesting potential solutions for accessibility barriers, based on the accessibility related issues.
- The Accessibility Specialist translates ideas from clients (e.g., researchers, external partners)
- Creates prototypes or storyboards for new or redesigned assessment tasks.
- The Accessibility Specialist conducts usability studies or evaluations to meet usability, accessibility, (graphic/information design standards).
- On a consulting basis, assists other groups by providing user interface or user experience design services.
- Analyzes existing applications and web contents.
- Keeps abreast of the trends and latest research in human computer interaction and related fields.
- The Accessibility Specialist collaborates with technical staff, designers and outside consultants as needed.
- Remains current with usability and Accessibility guidelines that change with evolving technologies.
- Be well-versed in a variety of common electronic communication accessibility experience on mobile devices.
- Be able to suggest testable solutions designed to integrate with a dynamic code base
- .Command a keen sense of dynamic UI coding and design.
- Have excellent project management and organizational skills.
- Works collaboratively and productively with diverse teams or alone.
- Be able to teach methods & techniques for addressing accessibility barriers on mobile devices and in a variety of forums.
- Experience testing web, software, and eLearning applications using accessibility testing tools.
- Experience with testing and remediating all types of files, such as Microsoft Office files and PDF's.
We know that communication starts from speaking common languages, thus we put this aspect as a first factor in our selection process, we do not proceed with hiring for Accessibility Specialist before making sure that the candidate passes the language ability tests first.
The ability of self-explanation ( writing – speaking )
The ability of describing problems structurally and technically ( writing & speaking)
The ability of explaining ideas, situations and problems ( reading, writing & speaking)
This part mainly measures the logical, numerical and analytical aptitude of each candidate, top ones are the only ones we select for next stages.
We have a set of interview tests that measure the agreeability levels of each candidate for
Accessibility Specialist, we do so as we believe that likability of any person starts from the ability
to achieve high levels of agreeability without compromising critical thinking.
We also measure the creativity side of the Accessibility Specialist you look for, where we see when and how each
candidate can apply out-of-the-box and innovative ways of fixing problems or creating new solutions.
Some people can do well when working on their own, some others cannot!
Knowing this matters a lot when hiring a Accessibility Specialist with regard to the team size needed.
Remote work needs a special level of team work skills, so we make sure that your Accessibility Specialist can adapt and work well with your team
and be quickly part of it if needed.
We care about hiring someone who can deliver, create and perform the way you expect
with passion and enthusiasm.
We assess our people’s technical abilities on the merits of achievements more
than anything else.
Hiring the right Accessibility Specialist is an uneasy decision, we consider
measing the actual technical skills of each candidate.
Having a great resume
is just the start for us, we select candidates know what they say
they know!
We conduct advanced technical tests to make sure we cover the needed knowledge your
Accessibility Specialist needs to have to excel for your business.
We weigh academic qualifications as well, we also request our full time employees to submit their education evidence as a major hiring rule to follow. We believe having the right academic qualifications can make a great difference, especially in advanced science based areas like electronic design, engineering planning...etc.
One important metric for us is the ability of your Accessibility Specialist to learn new skills, so we make sure that we select people who are only dynamic and willing to learn new ones.
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