Section 508 Task Coordinator

Bowhead is seeking a Section 508 Task Coordinator to provide 508 testing knowledge to compliance for the IRS. The Section 508 Task Coordinator will be working with a team of IRS professionals to maintain the 508 Compliance for its customers. Section 508 Program Office is an organization within the US Department of the Treasury’s, Office of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that provides agency wide support Assistive Technology (AT) as a reasonable accommodations and technical Section 508 guidance for IRS projects and Agency initiatives.

Responsibilities

- Working Knowledge of the appropriate way to use AT for testing. Able to recommend and defend the proper specification and configuration for each of the IRS Standard AT, when using the AT as a test tool.
- Ability to translate non-conformance to Test Standards into a Risk statement based on the impacted user population
- Basic familiarity with the components of a standard IT SDLC: Plan, Define, Design, Build, Deploy, Transfer to Ops, etc. Knowledge of 508 law including provisions.
- Knowledge of WCAG 2.0 Principles, Guidelines, Success Criteria, and Sufficient Techniques.
- 508 Testing Ability.
- Report Writing.

Qualifications

- Requires High School diploma along with a minimum three (3) years of office/administrative experience; BS Degree preferred
- Must have solid working knowledge of MS Office Automation products (Word, Excel, etc)
- Experience with Microsoft Outlook including Tasks. Reading ability; Communication and analytical skills
- Knowledge of 508 law including provisions.
- Knowledge of WCAG 2.0 Principles, Guidelines, and Success Criteria. Email communication.