Accessibility Officer

5 days ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Government Digital Service Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 272778**Salary**:

- £32,640 - £33,500-
**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GDS - Product and Technology**Type of role**:

- Digital
- Information Technology**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Bristol, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
GDS exists to help government make brilliant public services that empower people in the UK. We work at the very centre of government to drive digital transformation, focused on users. We build and maintain common platforms, products and tools for others to use and create great public services that are accessible, inclusive and easy to use. We also work with departments to identify patterns, share learning and create change to make a government more efficient.

Our teams are organised around delivering on our priorities, these are:

- Make it easier for people to find what they are looking for on GOV.UK
- Build common service platforms to make it simpler and cheaper to build quality digital services
- Promote agile, user-centred design practices both in the UK and across the world

**Job description**:
The Accessibility Officer will play a key role in delivering GDS’s legal obligation to monitor digital accessibility across the public sector. The post holder will help manage the casework of the service, administering the tools for automated accessibility testing, conducting simple accessibility checks against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and processing recommendations and correspondence.

The post holder will also field queries from the public sector, contributing to discussions about accessibility standards, best practice and implementations.

The post holder will support the team in creating and updating accessibility guidance and documentation to help delivery teams across the public sector increase their accessibility capability and meet their legal obligations, and will support the Senior Accessibility Specialists.

As a Accessibility Officer at GDS you'll:

- correspond with public sector bodies and equality enforcement bodies about monitoring, accessibility statements and web accessibility and keep our case information up to date
- review public sector websites for conformance with accessibility standards using automated testing and some manual testing and produce reports
- compare accessibility statements with findings from accessibility testing

**Person specification**:
We're interested in people who:

- demonstrate delivery at pace to tight deadlines
- produce accurate technical written reports
- are self-motivated, organised and adaptable with excellent communication skills
- can effectively use casework systems and spreadsheets

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Career progression
- Paid volunteering leave
- Access to employee assistance programme
- Career coaching
- Advances on pay
- Death in service benefits
- Cycle to work scheme / facilities
- Access to children's holiday play schemes across different locations

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:
The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of:

- An interview - We will asses you against the behaviours listed above and your experience

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

GDS offers hybrid working for all employees. This means that everyone does some working from home/remote working and also spends some time in their local office. You will agree to your hybrid working arrangement with your line manager in line with your preferences and business needs.

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

The level of clearance required for this role is BPSS or Security Clearance depending on the team you join. Further details are outlined in Security vetting for GDS employees

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family



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