Graduate Accessibility Tester

**About us**:
We are an independent software and technology consultancy that works with clients in both the public and private sectors. Our mission is to help clients improve their businesses through innovative digital services. By understanding their needs, we deliver practical and meaningful solutions. Our work spans various areas, including strategy, technical design, user experience, software development, and launching new digital services.

We’re excited to offer graduates the chance to join us as Graduate Accessibility Testers within our Quality Engineering team. If you’re passionate about technology and want to help create services that work for everyone, this is a fantastic opportunity. We’ll provide all the training and support you need to develop your skills as an accessibility tester. By the end of your training, you’ll be equipped to work on exciting projects that shape the future of digital services for both government and private sector clients.

**What is accessibility?**

Accessibility is about making sure that digital services, like websites and apps, are usable by everyone, including people with disabilities. This includes making sure people can navigate a website using a keyboard, read the text with a screen reader, or adjust colors for better visibility. Accessibility work is rewarding because you’ll play a key role in ensuring digital services are inclusive, something that benefits society as a whole.

**Why accessibility?**
- Make an impact and help improve digital services for people with disabilities and make the online world more inclusive.
- Accessibility skills are highly sought after, giving you a unique advantage in your tech career progression.
- Accessibility is a growing field with increasing demand across industries. You would be future-proofing your skills.
- Knowing your work makes a difference in people's lives is deeply rewarding and fulfilling.

**About you**:
You don’t need prior technical experience—just a genuine interest in technology, accessibility, a passion for user-centred development, and a desire to learn. We’re looking for someone who:

- Has a passion for creating solutions that work for everyone.
- Enjoys problem solving in a structured and thoughtful way.
- Communicates clearly and works well with others.
- Is motivated to learn about accessibility and user-centered design.

You might come from a background in design, user experience (UX), human-computer interaction (HCI), or even something non-technical. If you’re eager to explore how accessibility testing works, this role is for you.

**Why join us?**

We’re committed to helping you grow in your career. You’ll have access to:

- **Training and support**:We’ll provide all the knowledge you need to become confident in accessibility testing and digital design principles.
- **Diverse experience**:Work on different stages of projects, from planning to delivery, in both government and private sectors.
- **Meaningful work**: Be part of a field that is all about making technology inclusive and impactful for everyone, while developing your expertise in testing and inclusive design.
- **Supportive environment**:We value teamwork and personal growth, ensuring you feel supported every step of the way.

**Main duties**:

- You’ll be working as an accessibility test engineer on client projects, typically moving onto other client work after 6-12 months
- Working as part of Agile teams, collaborating on requirements, development and testing
- Responsible for accessibility testing features through automated, manual and assistive technology testing
- Responsible for writing audit reports
- Being part of a larger team - working with and learning from senior accessibility specialists and QA engineers.
- Working closely with clients to understand their needs and working within the team whilst on client site.
- Helping us to grow our QA practice.

**Requirements**:

- Strong degree in any discipline
- Enthusiastic, motivated, committed and capable individuals
- Passion for accessibility and user-centred services and products
- Genuine interest in a career in software development and technology
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Intellectual curiosity and a need for wanting to learn naturally.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken word with an ability to successfully engage with team members and clients.
- Understanding of Agile methodology is not essential but desirable.
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle is not essential but desirable.
- Understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript and manual accessibility testing tools (e.g. NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver) is not essential but would be helpful to have.

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary
- Private healthcare insurance
- 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Flexibility to work from home
- Up to 10 days allocated development training per year
- Generous discretionary bonus
- Statutory & Contributory pension
- Free gym membership
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