Digital Accessibility Advocate (On-Campus)

Lancaster University; Bailrigg; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancaster University in Bailrigg, UK, invites applications for a Digital Accessibility Assistant in the Digital Adoption team. This fixed-term role supports staff and students with digital accessibility and assistive technology, delivering training and helping improve accessible content across the University.

The successful candidate will act as the first point of contact for the team, coordinate day-to-day operations of the captioning service, and work closely with accessibility specialists and

Qualifications

• Interest in digital accessibility and assistive technology.
• Experience in a customer-facing support role would be advantageous.
• Strong administrative, organisational and IT skills.
• Good understanding of creating accessible content, including documents and videos.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for staff and students on accessibility initiatives.
• Support training and accessibility initiatives across the University.
• Act as first point of contact for the team.
• Manage day-to-day operation of the University's advanced captioning service.
• Collaborate with digital skills developers, accessibility specialists and learning technologists.

Skills

Digital accessibility

Assistive technology

Customer-facing support

IT skills

Administrative skills

Tools

Captioning service

University IT systems

Job description

Lancaster University in Bailrigg, UK, invites applications for a Digital Accessibility Assistant in the Digital Adoption team. This fixed-term role supports staff and students with digital accessibility and assistive technology, delivering training and helping improve accessible content across the University.

The successful candidate will act as the first point of contact for the team, coordinate day-to-day operations of the captioning service, and work closely with accessibility specialists and