Analyst, Digital Learning Accessibility

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Analyst, Digital Learning Accessibility

Job Description Summary:

Responsible for the planning and implementation of digital learning accessibility plans in support of faculty to ensure online courses and digital instructional materials are usable by students with disabilities.

Job Description:

Supervision Received and Exercised

Operates under the direct supervision of the department manager or designated supervisor. The role does not typically include supervisory responsibilities but may occasionally provide guidance to junior staff or new hires as part of onboarding and training processes. The position is expected to work independently on routine tasks while seeking direction for more complex assignments. Analysts are responsible for managing their own workload and deadlines, ensuring all tasks are completed accurately and efficiently. They may also collaborate with other team members and stakeholders to achieve department goals. 

Competency Expectations 

• Identify, analyze, and recommend solutions for various college processes and initiatives. 

• Perform complex analytical and technical work. 

• Analyze opportunities and develop opportunity assessments (hypothesis) based on stakeholder needs, competitor analysis, research, and best practices and provide recommendations and define desired outcomes. 

• Perform strategic research, analyses, interprets data, and creates reporting formats for requested reports; may conduct stakeholders’ need analysis, identifies instructional goals and objectives, and creates a training model appropriate for a given project and audience. 

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Assist the Associate Vice Chancellor of Distance Education in overseeing the daily digital accessibility operations, ensuring that digital learning environments and instructional content are consistently designed for universal access and ADA compliance.

• Collaborate with the Associate Vice Chancellor to develop digital accessibility plans to support online and digital learning.

• Evaluate digital learning assets (e-learning modules, PDFs, websites, videos) for WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) and Section 508 compliance.

• Perform manual testing using assistive technologies (such as screen readers and keyboard navigation) and automated tools (e.g., Axe, WAVE).

• Develop technical plans to fix accessibility barriers in content and systems, working with instructional designers and faculty.