Rate: £450 per day (Outside IR35)
Duration: 12 Months
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote
Clearance: Active SC Required

At this role level, you will:

• coach and mentor more junior colleagues
• support in providing training materials and learning content
• perform accessibility audits
• engage with and contribute to the cross-government accessibility community

Looking for an Accessibility Specialist to join a long-term government project.

Description

• Provide advice, guidance and recommendations based on your specialist knowledge and experience
• Propose methodologies to follow and approaches to implementation
• Frame problems so they can easily be understood, and troubleshoot where required, to support the business in operating more effectively
• Analyse and provide feedback on governance and project documents, and on governance boards, according to a predefined framework, assessing them against accessibility standards
• demonstrate knowledge and communicate the requirements of accessibility standards and legislation
• advocate appropriate technical solutions to a range of accessibility issues
• perform detailed audits of websites, services and documents, and document findings clearly for others to work from
• be an advocate for the people affected by accessibility barriers across the department
• provide introductory awareness and training about accessibility
• demonstrate confidence using one or more assistive technologies, and knowledge of others
• review requirements and specifications, and define test conditions
• identify issues and risks associated with work
• analyse and report test activities and results
• identify and engage with users or stakeholders to collate user needs evidence
• understand and define research that fits user needs