Job Title: Digital Accessibility Business Analyst
Duration: 12 months (Extension Highly Likely)
Location: St. Paul, MN - 55155 (Hybrid)
Hrs per week :20 Hrs / week
The client is seeking a Business Analyst to support the digital accessibility remediation of our public facing websites. The selected candidate(s) will be required to sign a confidentiality, participation, and assignment of rights agreement in a form acceptable to State.
The State PMO Manager will work with the contracted business analyst to determine the specific and necessary deliverables for each project based on how each of the projects is progressing during the contracted timeframe.
The following project deliverables will be expected from the business analyst for each of the projects identified above. It should be noted that not all of the identified projects may be fully completed in the time period contracted, but all projects must complete at a minimum, the deliverables for the stages determined by the State PMO Manager and have concrete plans in place for project execution. Therefore, the list below indicates all deliverables expected to be delivered for projects that are completed within the contracted timeframe.
- Requirements documentation captured in a workbook or spreadsheet
- User stories and acceptance criteria developed and documented
- Remediation task definitions and prioritization.
- Assesses the accessibility of digital content across , in-app webviews, and courtissued documents.
- Document business process improvements for projects to develop a representation of functionality to be used by the business to understand itself better, improve the business system, or design future state business processes to meet the court's needs.
- Work directly with the project team to ensure understanding of the solution's requirements, functionality, size, and scalability.
- Facilitate meetings with business owners and subject matter experts to identify impacted business processes and document the project business requirements.
- Work with vendors on business and system analysis practices and project requirements.
- Perform detailed research when required and reports research findings to the project team.
- In addition to the above deliverables, the selected business analyst will participate in project team meetings and maintain all necessary communications between team members, the State PMO Manager and other State leadership, as necessary.
The Business Analyst: SharePoint Contractor will have 3 5 years of business analysis experience. This role requires strong requirements gathering, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills to support digital accessibility planning, technical implementation, and successful business adoption.
Required Qualifications
- Four years' hands-on experience in an agile environment covering quality assurance, usability, access requirements, and inclusive design.
- Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, and to translate technical terminology into terms understandable to non-technical employees.
- Ability to interact with and influence resources at every level within the organization.
- Ability to work with vendors, architects, and highly technical resources to implement projects and resolve issues.
- Knowledge of and expertise in project, program and portfolio management methodology, tools and techniques desired.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3-5 years' experience with assessing WCAG 2.1, Level AA compliance according to legal requirements.
- Working knowledge of websites, CMS/web technologies, and digital accessibility/WCAG.
- Project management experience.
Proposal Requirements
- Cover sheet signed by vendor authorized representative and candidates.
- Resume of proposed candidate demonstrating the following:
- Required qualifications.
- Required and desired skills.
- References: Provide three (3) client references that the proposed candidate has assisted with same or similar projects
- Conflict of interest statement (Appendix A) as it relates to this project to be completed by all submitted candidates.
- Statement confirming that criminal background checks have been completed for all submitted candidates.