Digital Accessibility Partner

J&C Associates Ltd ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Role: Digital Accessibility Partner Start date: 13th July 2020 Location : London Day Rate : share your day rate (outside IR35) Security Clearance : SC Experience: 6+ years Tenure : 2 Years (based on 6 months performance review) Essential Skill : * * Demonstratable experience of supporting 5 agile delivery teams concurrently to integrate accessibility into their product / service. * Demonstratable experience of researching and understanding the needs of people with disabilities * Experience of working with delivery teams to building their capabilities in delivering accessible and inclusive products / services * Demonstrable experience of conducting user focused accessibility testing, user focused defect prioritisation and providing fix solutions using ARIA attributes * Demonstratable experience of identifying and implementing workarounds and adjustments for disabled users using a journey whilst defects are resolved by performing Defect retesting * Demonstrable experience of identifying accessibility issues beyond the scope of WCAG2.1 Guidelines , such as digital interface optimisation, offline contexts and policies to build truly inclusive services across multiple teams concurrently. * Experience of recruiting a diverse workforce and promoting a supportive and inclusive culture * Experience of deploying innovative approaches to test products and service accessibility * Able to provide the estimation efforts to changes relating to accessibility to team & Stakeholder * Expert usage of Assistive Technology (AT) and understanding the needs of people with disabilities such as : JAWS, NDVA, CC Analyser, Axe other open source tools. Nice to have: * * Demonstrable experience of supporting teams to meet the government's Service Standard * Demonstrable experience of placing accessibility consultants into agile delivery teams in government * Experience and understanding of the Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile) Accessibility Regulations (PSBAR ) * Demonstrable experience of integrating and collaboration with an existing in-house accessibility team