WCAG Accessibility Specialist - 12 Months contract + extn
12 Months Contract + possible extensions
Must be
Australian Citizen.
Baseline Clearance
preferred
.
Client: Fed Gov
(This is a replacement position for someone leaving, exclusive to us and potentially a quick start)
Accessibility Specialist
requires a strong understanding of design (including Inclusive Design), User Experience, Accessibility and WCAG best practice. They work with business and ICT to design strong, inclusive and accessible user experiences. They also undertake Accessibility
Highlights
12 Months Contract + possible extensions
Location:
ACT
(Hybrid working.)
Must be
Australian Citizen.
Baseline Clearance
preferred
.
Client: Fed Gov
(This is a replacement position for someone leaving, exclusive to us and potentially a quick start)
Accessibility Specialist
requires a solid understanding of design (including Inclusive Design), User Experience, Accessibility and WCAG best practice. They work with business and ICT to design strong, inclusive and accessible user experiences. They also undertake Accessibility
Key Duties
Provide Inclusive Design, Accessibility and WCAG advice for business and ICT solutions and documentation across the lifetime of the project to ensure digital products are developed in the right way.
Work in collaboration with user experience and interface designers to ensure designs meet user and business needs, and comply with relevant patterns, which reflect Inclusive Design, Accessibility and WCAG
Undertake accessibility assessments of prototypes, PIT/SIT and production versions of services and provide reports to teams across the agency capturing insights and providing recommendations, to support developers creating solutions or investigating and fixing issues
Build awareness and deliver capability uplift of Inclusive Design, Accessibility and WCAG, in projects and across the agency
Maintain and update accessibility practices and documentation
Understanding of HTML/CSS Build rapport, collaborate
Primary Knowledge / Skills / Systems / Tools required for role include:
Screen Reader software
, e.g. NVDA, JAWS
Text to Screen Software
, e.g. DRAGON
Accessibility Testing Tools
, e.g. WAVE
Axe DevTools
Colour Contrast Tools
JIRA / GitLab
Essential Criteria
Demonstrated 3+ years minimum experience as an Accessibility Specialist
Demonstrated high level of expertise across various platforms to conduct accessibility assessments and reviews to WCAG standard.
Appropriately skilled via experience or formal training to undertake work as an embedded Accessibility Specialist in an MDT utilising Agile Methodology.
Experience in using Accessibility Testing and Evaluation
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