[Remote] Office Assistant
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of Utah Financial Services is seeking a Web Content Assistant to support a major ADA web accessibility compliance project across their departments' websites. This role involves updating content in Wordpress and addressing accessibility requirements based on new ADA guidelines, providing an excellent opportunity for students in related fields to gain hands-on experience.
Responsibilities
- Update and edit website content in Wordpress according to accessibility requirements
- Document completed work in shared Excel tracking sheets
- Track, manage, and complete assigned tasks in ADA monitoring software
- Assist with website inventories and content audits as needed
- Expectations: Ability to shift between tasks and projects as priorities change
- Reliable communication with project managers and teammates via MS Teams and email
- Interest in learning new platforms, tools, and accessibility best practices
- Comfortable performing meticulous, detail-heavy work
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment
Skills
- High school diploma or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) required
- One year full-time customer service experience or equivalency, demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills also required
- Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description
- Experience with website content management systems, such as Drupal, WordPress or something similar
- Experience in HTML, CSS tags, etc
- Knowledge of Adobe tools – Acrobat, PDF viewer, accessibility tools, etc
- Experience in updating websites
- Customer service experience (Bonus but not required)
- Interest in web accessibility, front-end development, QA, or UX/UI (Bonus but not required)
- Knowledge of WCAG and media accessibility principles
Benefits
- The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work).
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