Senior Accessibility Tester

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual life and investment firm is hiring a Senior Accessibility Tester to enhance digital accessibility across their platforms. This hands-on role demands expertise in WCAG standards and the ability to communicate effectively with technical teams. The ideal candidate will conduct audits, deliver actionable insights, and collaborate on the improvement of digital products to ensure an inclusive user experience. This position offers a hybrid working model based in Alderley Park or Edinburgh, with comprehensive employee benefits.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Clear communicator who can explain accessibility principles and solutions.
• Experience in conducting accessibility audits and delivering recommendations.
• Ability to identify common accessibility barriers and propose solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead manual and automated accessibility audits across websites and apps.
• Evaluate digital products against WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
• Collaborate with design teams to embed accessibility into designs.
• Partner with developers to fix accessibility issues and optimize code.
• Use assistive technologies like NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack.
• Deliver actionable reports and guidance to technical teams.
• Champion accessibility awareness through events and workshops.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Proven expertise in accessibility audits

Problem-solving skills

Technical proficiency in WCAG 2.2, ARIA roles, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Hands-on experience with assistive technologies

Skilled in accessibility testing tools

Tools

Axe

CCA

Siteimprove browser extension

Job description

Job Title: Senior Accessibility Tester

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Park or Edinburgh

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 28th Decemeber 2025

Royal London is hiring a Senior Accessibility Tester to join our dynamic Design Team, an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional passionate about inclusive digital experiences.

In this hands‑on role, you'll lead accessibility testing and audits across websites, native mobile apps, and digital artefacts, ensuring they meet Royal London Group's accessibility standards. You'll evaluate products using both manual and automated methods, identify accessibility issues, and deliver clear, actionable insights to development teams across the business. You will have the opportunity to directly feed into the shaping of products that will support our customers and deliver real 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 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.

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.