Job Description

Position Title: PCCD - User Experience Accessibility Specialist TAS1 (754501)
Location: Remote / Hybrid; Harrisburg, PA






Note: The position is hybrid; primarily remote off-site, and on-site when required for meetings and/or assignments. Candidates must currently reside within a reasonable commuting distance (2-hours/100-miles) to Harrisburg, PA.


Position Summary:
PCCD is seeking a User Experience and Accessibility Specialist to enhance the usability of critical systems. This is an exciting new position at PCCD, created to advance our commitment to usability and accessibility in public safety and criminal justice. Are you passionate about designing intuitive, accessible systems that make a difference in public safety and criminal justice? Join our team at PCCD as a User Experience and Accessibility Specialist to enhance the usability of critical systems like Egrants, CIPP, and JHELD. Your expertise in accessibility standards and modern UI/UX design will help ensure our applications serve all users effectively, including those with disabilities.
- Ensure usability and accessibility compliance for PCCD-developed and maintained systems, including Egrants, CIPP, JHELD, and others.
- Act as a key contributor in designing and developing user interfaces for an upcoming Egrants project.
- Evaluate applications for accessibility compliance (e.g., WCAG 2.1 AA), develop mitigation plans, and remediate identified issues.
- Recommend and implement responsive designs, optimizing applications for mobile and tablet usage.
- Collaborate with business and technical analysts to create prototypes and gather focus group feedback.
- Prepare recommendations for modernizing legacy .NET webforms applications into MVC or other contemporary frameworks.
- Assist the development team during product upgrades by:
- - Testing changes and documenting results using Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO).
- - Preparing and publishing product release notes.
- - Developing test plans for user acceptance testing.
- Communicate status updates effectively to stakeholders.
- Participate in team meetings to understand upcoming changes and provide UI/UX recommendations.
- Maintain accurate time tracking for all work activities.
- Establish and maintain mechanisms for users to report digital accessibility issues or concerns.


Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Demonstrated experience in the use of Accessibility tools used to identify areas of non-compliance
- 5+ Years: Developing complex applications in an OO environment
- 5+ Years: Developing complex applications in Visual Basic and C#
- 5+ Years: Demonstrated Experience in XML, CSS, HTML
- 5+ Years: Demonstrated Experience in SQL Server or comparable RDBMS
- 5+ Years: Relevant experience with UI/UX tools in emerging front-end development frameworks
- 5+ Years: Relevant experience with source code management tool
- 5+ Years: Demonstrated Experience in MS Office
- 3+ Years: Modern UI/UX tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe XD)
- 3+ Years: Relevant experience with accessibility testing approaches and tools
- 3+ Years: Relevant experience with issue tracking management tool
- 3+ Years: Relevant experience with contemporary user experience guidelines and, if applicable, tools
- W3C ATAG/UAAG knowledge
- Demonstrated experience with workflow diagramming
- Understanding of public safety and criminal justice concepts and precautions
- Understanding of grants management concepts
- Understanding of financial systems concepts
- Exposure to Telerik .net UI controls

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