Senior Accessibility Specialist

Summary: The Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist role involves conducting technical accessibility audits and providing solutions to enhance digital content compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards. The position requires strong negotiation skills and the ability to work autonomously while mentoring others in accessibility concepts. This fully remote position is offered as a 12-month contract with a focus on authoring VPATs and ACRs. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience with accessibility testing tools and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities:
* Author VPAT/Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACRs) against W3C WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
* Troubleshoot user accessibility issues, guiding product teams to solutions and coaching on appropriate testing tools.
* Author detailed specifications for remediating websites, mobile applications, and PDFs to meet the W3C WCAG 2.2 A standards.
* Work with core team developers and UX to test, steer, and validate designs and code to accessibility standards.
* Author product accessibility statements.

Key Skills:
* Strong Accessibility Auditing experience.
* Experience conducting technical accessibility audits.
* Ability to identify and solve technical accessibility defects.
* Negotiation skills with stakeholders.
* High-level decision-making capabilities.
* Experience in authoring high-quality VPATs/ACRs for enterprise web applications.
* Expert knowledge of WCAG 2.2 techniques.
* Experience using accessibility testing tools (WAVE, aXe, Microsoft Insights, Color Contrast Analyzer) and screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver).
* High degree of initiative and autonomy.
* Mentoring skills in accessibility concepts.

Salary (Rate): £550/day
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Title: Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist - Audit Specialist

Location: Fully remote working in the UK

Salary/Rate: £500/day-£550/day

Start Date: November 2025

Job Type: 12 - month contract

Company Introduction: We are currently representing a global academic research company who are recruiting a Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist with very strong Accessibility Auditing experience for an exciting 12-month contract.

Required Skills / Experience: The ideal candidate will have the following:
* Strong Accessibility Auditing experience is crucial.
* Specific experience conducting technical accessibility audits is extremely important.
* Being able to identify and solve technical accessibility defects is very important, too.
* Being able to negotiate effectively with stakeholders and work autonomously is a must.
* Being able to make high-level decisions is also required.
* Candidates will be asked to provide an audit report that they have written, and to provide evidence how they conducted the report.
* They will also be asked to show the solutions that they provided.
* Strong experience in authoring high quality VPATs/ACRs for enterprise web applications.
* Expert knowledge of how to recommend WCAG 2.2 techniques around websites and digital content.
* Rich experience using accessibility 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 positive attitude in mentoring people to learn accessibility concepts.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives:
* Author VPAT/Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACRs) against W3C WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
* Troubleshoots user accessibility issues, guiding product teams to solutions and coaching on appropriate testing tools.
* Author detailed specifications for remediating websites, mobile applications, and PDFs to meet the W3C WCAG 2.2 A standards.
* Work with core team developers and UX to test, steer, and validate designs and code to accessibility standards.
* Author product accessibility statements.

Desirable Skills/Experience Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:
* 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.
* Expert knowledge of and mobile application accessibility testing and techniques.
* Wide experience with user interface design patterns including rich internet applications, single page web applications, and AI / chatbots.