EIR Accessibility Coordinator Roles & Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities defined below assume that the EIR accessibility coordinator role in a Texas state agency or institution of higher education is a full-time position. If the coordinator has additional job roles and responsibilities, the list below should be carefully prioritized based on the EIR accessibility needs of the agency.
Guiding and Consulting
- Provides leadership and guidance, and acts as liaison to all functional areas where EIR is developed or procured
- Recommends best practices for EIR accessibility for new and existing technologies, including software, hardware, web-based applications, and documents
- Recommends and advises on EIR accessibility criteria for integration into development and testing processes, procedures, resource requirements, and schedules
- Identifies and recommends tools for developing and testing EIR
- Facilitates the EIR accessibility exceptions process
Ensuring Compliance
- Develops and maintains policies, procedures, guidelines, and tools that meet the requirements of
1 TAC 206 and
1 TAC 213); and
TGC 2054.451
- Consults with operations and EIR procurement staff members to ensure that accessibility requirements are incorporated into EIR procurement processes (SOWs, specifications, receiving, etc.)
- Works with staff to develop compliance plans
- Provides guidance on corrective action plans for inaccessible websites, and other EIR
- Drives resolution of accessibility issues
- Develops, implements, and maintains a process for the public and staff members to report inaccessible agency web content, and other EIR, to the EIR agency accessibility coordinator
Planning
- Plans, monitors, and coordinates EIR accessibility activities
- Develops EIR accessibility strategies and implementation plans
Reporting
- Regularly reports EIR accessibility status, progress, and other relevant information to management
- Participates in responding to Texas Department of Information Resources' EIR Accessibility Survey as part of the Information Resources Deployment Review
- Develops administrative reports, studies, research projects, etc., as needed
Training and Promoting
- Builds support for EIR accessibility among staff members and stakeholders through presentations, training facilitation, and consultation on accessibility-related topics
- Identifies EIR accessibility training needs and develops training plans to meet those needs