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 strong understanding of design (including Inclusive Design), User Experience, Accessibility and WCAG best practice. They work with business and ICT to design robust, 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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