About the role
Department Overview:
We are a software development team within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research who create and support web applications for tracking research compliance and oversight pertaining to human and animal subjects, stem cell research and biological safety.
Anticipated Start Date:
January 17, 2027
Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
Fall 2027
Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
Not Remote
Anticipated Hours Per Week:
Minimum: 5 Maximum: 15
Schedule:
Work schedule is determined by student availability, between the hours of 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday. We are flexible and try to accommodate scheduling around the student’s academic needs.
Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:
Minimum: $14.00
Number of Positions:
1
Qualifications:
Technically inclined self-starter with strong analytical skills. Must be a respectful, dependable, good communicator with an interest in human-computer interaction. Experience working alone and with a team. Current undergraduate student enrolled at UW-Madison.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
The ideal candidate will have experience writing and modifying HTML/CSS, working with code repositories (GIT), building web applications using a structured programming language. Other beneficial skills include ability to use technology to continually learn, software troubleshooting, and proficiency in technical documentation.
Position Summary/Job Duties
This position will support the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR)
Information Technology team in its initiative to comply with new federal digital accessibility
guidelines across OVCR's portfolio of applications and websites. Digital accessibility is the
practice of ensuring that digital content, documents, and web applications are accessible,
understandable, and usable by individuals with a wide range of abilities.
Working alongside software developers, the student employee will help evaluate and
improve the accessibility and usability of web-based applications that support research
oversight activities at UW-Madison.
Potential duties include:
- Researching accessibility best practices, tools, and emerging standards.
- Reviewing websites and web applications for accessibility and usability issues.
- Testing digital content against accessibility standards and documenting findings.
- Assisting with remediation efforts to improve accessibility compliance.
- Conducting quality assurance testing and verifying accessibility fixes.
- Creating and maintaining documentation related to accessibility testing and
findings.
- Troubleshooting application issues and testing software enhancements.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands
N/A
Institutional Statements
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Institutional Statement on Diversity
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu
Accommodation Statement
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/