Senior Accessibility Specialist

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension up to 14% employer match

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London is hiring a Senior Accessibility Specialist to join our growing Design Team. This hands-on role will align with several agile teams to ensure outputs are accessible and will lead accessibility testing across websites, native apps, PDFs and other artefacts.

You will collaborate with designers and developers, use manual and automated evaluation methods, and deliver clear, actionable guidance to improve inclusive design and customer experiences for users with impairments.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead accessibility audits across multiple digital artefacts (web, native apps, PDFs).
• Experience evaluating products against WCAG 2.2 AA and documenting findings.
• Collaborates with designers and developers to embed accessibility into design and code.
• Partners with development teams to resolve accessibility issues and optimize performance.
• Proficient with assistive technologies (NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, ZoomText, Dragon).
• Produces clear, actionable reports and guidance for technical teams.
• Champions accessibility awareness through collaborative initiatives and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead manual and automated accessibility audits across digital artefacts.
• Evaluate digital products against WCAG 2.2 AA.
• Collaborate with design team to embed accessibility into artefacts.
• Partner with developers to resolve accessibility issues and optimize code.

Skills

Clear communicator

Accessibility expertise

Collaboration

Assistive technology proficiency

WCAG 2.2 knowledge

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.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accessibility, and a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences. You will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with predominately technical teams.

Job description

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

About the role

• 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.

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.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accessibility, and a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences. You will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with predominately technical teams.

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.