Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist - Remote / London

Square One Resources; England; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist to enhance its accessibility program. This role involves guiding product teams on digital accessibility best practices and ensuring compliance with WCAG standards. You will author VPATs, test mobile applications, and develop training materials to educate staff on creating accessible content. Join a world-class team dedicated to making digital experiences inclusive for all users, and help shape the future of accessibility in technology.

Qualifications

• Expertise in WCAG compliance and digital accessibility best practices.
• Experience in mentoring teams on accessibility integration.

Responsibilities

• Author VPATs against W3C WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Conduct usability testing with individuals experiencing disabilities.

Skills

VPATs/ACRs authoring

HTML5 and ARIA techniques

Mobile application accessibility testing

Testing tools (WAVE, aXe, etc.)

Screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver)

Usability and accessibility research

Education

IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist Certification

Degree in Digital Accessibility or related field

Tools

WAVE

aXe

Microsoft Insights

Color Contrast Analyzer

Job description

Job Title: Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist - Remote / London
Location: Remote UK working with occasional site visits in Central London.
Salary/Rate: £500 -£550 a day Inside IR35
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.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• 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.

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