Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist - Remote / London

JR United Kingdom; Ashton-under-Lyne; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist to enhance its accessibility program. This role involves guiding product teams on accessibility best practices, ensuring compliance with WCAG standards, and authoring detailed specifications for digital content. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in accessibility testing, authoring VPATs, and using various testing tools. Join a world-class team dedicated to creating inclusive digital experiences that empower researchers and clinicians globally. If you're passionate about accessibility and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Expert in WCAG 2.1 AA standards and accessibility compliance.
• Experience in mentoring and educating teams on accessibility best practices.

Responsibilities

• Author VPATs and accessibility reports for compliance.
• Conduct usability testing with individuals experiencing disabilities.
• Collaborate with product teams to enhance accessibility.

Skills

VPATs/ACRs authoring

HTML5 and ARIA techniques

Mobile application accessibility testing

Testing tools (WAVE, aXe, Microsoft Insights)

Screen reader experience (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver)

Usability and accessibility research

Education

Certification in Digital Accessibility

Degree in User Experience or Digital Design

Tools

WAVE

aXe

Microsoft Insights

Color Contrast Analyzer

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Client:

Square One Resources

Location:

ashton-under-lyne, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist - Remote / London

Location: Remote UK working with occasional site visits in Central London.

Start Date: May

Job Type: 12-month contract with scope to extend

Company Introduction

Our client's Digital Accessibility team is seeking a Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist to grow its accessibility program. This team is a World-class one of experts in accessibility, serving researchers, scientists, and clinicians across the globe. They serve as the voice of accessibility in a global company where accessibility is embraced with empathy and executive support.

The Senior Accessibility Specialist will guide product teams in digital accessibility. The Sr. Accessibility Specialist will coach in: design, development, testing, and will verify compliance to WCAG and other accessibility standards. The ideal candidate will be able to evangelize accessibility best practices in a way that helps other teams integrate accessibility into their ways of working.

This individual will recommend accessible best practices for digital content, including web pages, mobile applications, emails, presentations, multimedia, PDFs, and other commonly used digital file types for WCAG compliance.

Required Skills/Experience

• Have rich experience in authoring VPATs/ACRs for enterprise web applications.
• Expert knowledge of how to recommend HTML5 and ARIA techniques around websites.
• Expert knowledge of and mobile application accessibility testing and techniques.
• Demonstrate experience using testing tools (WAVE, aXe, Microsoft Insights, Color Contrast Analyzer) and with screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver).
• High degree of initiative and autonomy coupled with an ability to function successfully as part of a virtual team.
• Generosity in sharing knowledge, skills, and a positive attitude in mentoring people to learn accessibility concepts.
• Experience with conducting usability and accessibility end-user research.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Author VPAT/Accessibility Conformance Reports against the W3C WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Author detailed specifications for remediating websites, mobile applications, and PDFs to meet the W3C WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Work with core team developers and UX to test, steer, and validate designs and code to accessibility standards.
• Author product information pages around accessibility compliance and features.
• Develop creative ways to educate staff on how to create more accessible content, including documents, emails, presentations, and communications.
• Plan, conduct, and summarize usability testing with people who experience disability.
• Forge long term accessibility collaborations with various product teams.
• IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist Certification or US DHS 508 Trusted Tester Certification.
• Previous roles or degree(s) in fields of Digital Accessibility, User Experience, Digital Design, or Software Engineering.
• Rich experience in designing or assessing various user interface design patterns including rich internet applications and single page web applications.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer

Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.