Co-op, Accessibility Team Strategist

Job Description:

The Expertise You Have

• Must be proficient with Power Point and Excel 

• Strong work ethic, reliability, and desire to learn. 

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment.   

• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

• Strong interest in working within financial services after graduation preferred. 

The Team

IWMS is committed to delivering accessible digital experiences for our clients and their investors alike.  To successfully deliver on this commitment, accessibility best practices, techniques and requirements need to be ingrained throughout the product development lifecycle and processes across the platform.   

To achieve this, we are in the process of building out a team of associates with accessibility expertise whose primary objective is to help drive a culture of accessibility.  The opportunity is for an Accessibility Strategist to meaningfully contribute to accessibility related work, not only in FIT but across the enterprise.  This would include engagement with Procurement, Governance, Fidelity ERGs and cross-platform teams. 

The Value You Deliver

• Assist with accessibility information architecture  

• Build out an Accessibility Hub on either Sharepoint or Confluence that would serve as a resource for all FIT/FBOT associates 

• Identify and create linkage to appropriate enterprise level documentation 

• Communication 

• Partner with Squad members (Squad Leaders, Chapter Leaders, and squad members representing UXD, Development and Testing) across FIT to create and document role specific best practices. 

• Support Office Hours and the distribution of post meeting collateral.  

• Execute on opportunities to improve accessibility vendors and relationships. 

• Ensure FI accessibility documentation aligns with enterprise accessibility initiatives: 

• Test cases 

• Checklists 

• Compliance Gates 

• Training/Rollout 

• Representing FIT/FBOT, support enterprise D&I initiatives 

• Champion a culture of accessibility and inclusion 

• Global Accessibility Awareness Day 

• Disability Awareness Month 

• Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary 

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Accessibility Strategist co-op to join our Accessibility Team in Boston.  They will have the unique opportunity to collaborate with cross functional teams working in the Platform domain with a focus on our future digital experience.  

Additional work: 

• Agile Best Practices  

• Change Management 

How we will provide support