Web Accessibility Specialist

5 months ago

Walsall, United Kingdom Walsall Council Full time

Web Accessibility Specialist - Ref: RT02924
£31,364 - £35,745 pa

Join our talented and dynamic Digital Team and help us enhance user engagement and accessibility for all. We have a dynamic role in the growing field of web and digital compliance and accessibility.

As a Web/Digital Accessibility Specialist, we expect you to:

- stay updated with trends and best practices to ensure compliance and accessibility improvement
- coach and mentor colleagues across all services to help improve their accessibility skills, using a variety of methods and providing training materials and learning content
- conduct and manage accessibility audits and assessments, using industry-standard testing software and reporting software
- collaborate with colleagues, designers, developers, and suppliers to address accessibility issues and provide training
- communicate complex compliance results and technical information clearly to non-technical audiences
- internally promote accessibility policies and be a strong user advocate

**Requirements**:

- a portfolio/case studies to demonstrate knowledge of accessibility principles and guidelines
- experience in conducting accessibility audits and assessments with proven skills in report writing and the ability to recommend improvements
- knowledge of assistive technologies used by people with disabilities, and how they interact with digital products
- experience in developing and managing accessibility guidelines and standards
- strong communication and collaboration skills

**Walsall Council is a great place to work. **Our workforce is **proud **to be here, understanding and respecting our values as an organisation whilst delivering effective and efficient services to our residents every day. Our workforce strategy recognises that the success of our organisation depends upon attracting, developing and retaining talent and having the right infrastructure and rewards approach in place in order to do so.

If you are passionate about delivering high quality, customer focused service and want to achieve great things in a supportive environment that offers opportunity and challenge in equal measure, Walsall Council is your employer of choice.

As an employer, we provide an attractive employment package that includes:

- a generous holiday entitlement of 28 days per annum plus 9 concessionary/bank holidays. In addition we have a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days holiday per year
- hybrid working arrangements
- access to an award winning pension scheme
- promotion of training and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills. We will work with you and ensure you receive the training you need to make you successful in this role
- a genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and customers - we aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve

View Job Description & Employee Specification

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

**Living in Walsall
Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

**Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment.**

To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

**Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment**

Some of our children require a special kind of support: yours. Visit our microsite to find out more about joining Walsall Council as a Children's Social Worker.

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