Senior Accessibility Specialist

As an accessibility specialist at GDS you’ll work in multidisciplinary teams, alongside researchers, designers and developers, to deliver world-class, user centred public services. You’ll help the government transform the way it delivers services, so that they’re more efficient, simpler, faster and easier to use. You’ll focus on our solutions (including native iOS and Android apps) to help users prove their identity and use digital credentials at scale. As a Senior Accessibility Specialist you’ll: * work with the Accessibility lead and Head of UCD to evolve our accessibility strategy and practice that goes beyond basic WCAG compliance * be able to demonstrate a passion for inclusive and accessible design * identify and implement ways to champion and embed accessibility in regular practice for all GOV.UK One Login colleagues * share accessibility knowledge within GOV.UK One Login and across GDS, providing accessibility consultancy, increasing capability and raising awareness * write guidance and documentation and advise on applying WCAG requirements and accessibility best practice to our service * contribute to policy, governance and assurance processes * assess products for accessibility best practices and conformance with accessibility standards and regulations * provide proactive consultancy with product teams, helping them meet accessibility standards and best practices * review implementations using a range of techniques including design reviews, automated testing and manual code inspection * recommend solutions for code, design and content to be as accessible as possible Person specification We’re interested in people who have: * demonstrable experience of evaluating the accessibility of iOS and Android apps or websites, providing feedback, advice and solutions to help fix identified barriers * expert knowledge of existing and emerging accessibility guidelines and standards, particularly the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 and proven ability to identify barriers that impact users that technically "pass" a WCAG accessibility audit * knowledge and experience of testing with a range of assistive technologies including iOS and Android native accessibility features, screen magnification, screen readers, speech recognition and literacy software * proven experience of collaborating with agile multidisciplinary delivery teams to identify and fix accessibility barriers and raising accessibility capability by guiding others and offering recommendations on the best tools and methods to use * experience of iterating, improving and challenging accessibility strategy, governance and assurance processes, and leading initiatives to raise accessibility maturity or remove risks associated with not meeting accessibility standards Please note This role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible. DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.