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From: Mickey Williamson
Date: Jun 16, 2015 8:17AM

Thank you, everyone. Very helpful!

@Joseph - sorry, the position isn't open at the moment. I'm essentially
writing my own job description. :-)

Thanks,
Mickey

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E] <
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> I'm surprised that Section 508 of the Rehab Act isn't mentioned, though
> I'm glad that at least Section 504 was.
>
> Gary M.Morin
>
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> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 09:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility Lead job description
>
> - michelle.williamson@
>
> 13.06.2015, 14:20, "Mickey Williamson" <
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> > I've been tasked with putting together a job description for an
> > Accessibility Lead for an agency that builds websites. The person would:
> >
> > - Evangelize web accessibility inside and outside the company
> > - Ensure company websites and digital media is accessibile
> > - Work with Development, Design, and Sales and Marketing departments to
> > produce accessible websites for clients.
> > - Train staff and clients on accessibility
> >
> > I found this:
> http://athenpro.org/sites/default/files/sample_web_access.pdf
> > which is good with some modification.
>
> Yeah, in particular, having some experience working with people with
> disabilities - which doesn't seem to be mentioned - is pretty useful. And
> not that hard to come by… ;)
>
> Note that from the description this sounds like a pretty big job. It might
> be helpful to have some sense of the balance between "here is how much time
> you are expected to be assessing what the other people in the agency do"
> and "here is how much time you spend teaching them to do it themselves so
> you can focus on getting the complicated things right"...
>
> Just my 2 cents
>
> cheers
>
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> Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
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