Senior Accessibility Specialist

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Employer pension matching (up to 14%)

Job summary

Royal London is hiring a Senior Accessibility Specialist to join our growing Design Team in Alderley Park. This hands-on role aligns with multiple agile teams, ensuring outputs are accessible and that accessibility is embedded from design to deployment.

You will lead manual and automated accessibility testing across websites, apps, and PDFs, provide clear guidance, and champion inclusive digital experiences that support customers with impairments.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in conducting accessibility audits and delivering actionable recommendations.
• Strong problem-solving to identify accessibility barriers and advise on best practices.
• Technical proficiency in WCAG 2.2, ARIA, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with assistive technologies including NVDA, TalkBack, VoiceOver, ZoomText and Dragon.
• Experience auditing across websites, native apps, PDFs and other artefacts.

Responsibilities

• Lead manual and automated accessibility audits across websites, native apps and other artefacts.
• Evaluate digital products against WCAG 2.2 AA.
• Collaborate with design team colleagues to embed accessibility into design artefacts.
• Partner with developers to resolve accessibility issues and optimise code.
• Use assistive technologies (NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, ZoomText, Dragon).
• Deliver clear, actionable reports to technical teams and stakeholders.
• Champion accessibility awareness through events and internal workshops.

Skills

Clear communication

Audits & reporting

Technical WCAG 2.2

ARIA/HTML/CSS/JS

Assistive technologies

Accessibility testing tools

Tools

Axe

CCA

Siteimprove

Job description

Royal London is hiring a Senior Accessibility Specialist to join ourgrowingDesign Team. This isan exciting opportunity for an experiencedaccessibility specialist whopassionate aboutremoving barriers by proactivelyshapinginclusive digital experienceswith the wider team.

In this hands-on role, youwill bealignedto several agile teams and actastheiraccessibilityspecialist, ensuring theiroutputsareaccessible. You Will beinfluencingtheir approach to inclusive design and developmentandwilltake theleadonaccessibility testingdigital artefacts. This may cover acombination ofwebsitesand application, native mobile apps,PDFsandotherdigital artefacts. Collaborating closely with designers and developers, you’ll confirm that designs are accessible before implementation and provide expertise throughout the product lifecycle. Using both manual and automated evaluation methods, you’ll identify accessibility issuesas early as possiblein the lifecycle,and deliver clear, actionable guidance to development teams. Your input will directly shape products that support our customers and create meaningful impact for users with impairments.

About the role

Job description

Contract type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Royal London is hiring a Senior Accessibility Specialist to join ourgrowingDesign Team. This isan exciting opportunity for an experiencedaccessibility specialist whopassionate aboutremoving barriers by proactivelyshapinginclusive digital experienceswith the wider team.

In this hands-on role, youwill bealignedto several agile teams and actastheiraccessibilityspecialist, ensuring theiroutputsareaccessible. You Will beinfluencingtheir approach to inclusive design and developmentandwilltake theleadonaccessibility testingdigital artefacts. This may cover acombination ofwebsitesand application, native mobile apps,PDFsandotherdigital artefacts. Collaborating closely with designers and developers, you’ll confirm that designs are accessible before implementation and provide expertise throughout the product lifecycle. Using both manual and automated evaluation methods, you’ll identify accessibility issuesas early as possiblein the lifecycle,and deliver clear, actionable guidance to development teams. Your input will directly shape products that support our customers and create meaningful impact for users with impairments.

• Lead manual and automated accessibility audits across websites, native apps, and other digital artefacts.
• Evaluate digital products against WCAG 2.2 AA.
• Collaborate with design team colleagues to embed accessibility into design artefacts.
• Partner with developers to resolve accessibility issues and optimise code.
• Use assistive technologies like NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, ZoomText and Dragon.
• Deliver clear, actionable reports and guidance to technical teams.
• Champion accessibility awareness through events like GAAD and internal workshops.

About you

• Clear communicator, you are able to explain accessibility principles, issues, and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven expertise in conducting accessibility audits, generating detailed reports, and delivering actionable recommendations.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify common accessibility barriers and advise on best-practice solutions.
• Technical proficiency in WCAG 2.2, ARIA roles, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with assistive technologies including NVDA, TalkBack, VoiceOver, ZoomText and Dragon.
• Skilled in accessibility testing using tools such as Axe, CCA, and Siteimprove browser extension.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.