Accessibility Consultant (AX Consultant) - London

Job Title: Accessibility Consultant (AX Consultant)
Location: London (3 days a week on-site)
Salary/Rate: £472 per day inside IR35
Start Date: February 2025
Job Type: 12 month Contract

Our Client in the technology sector is urgently seeking an Accessibility Consultant to assist on a large scale project. The Accessibility Consultant plays a critical role in evaluating and producing detailed accessibility reports using client-approved assistive tools. This includes researching, verifying, and validating digital content against established accessibility standards and providing actionable recommendations.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
1. Deliver accessibility reports aligned with project plans, ensuring timely and high-quality completion of tasks.
2. Provide support to development teams by resolving queries related to accessibility issues and addressing ad hoc requests from other teams or leadership.
3. Identify critical accessibility issues efficiently, propose effective resolutions, and track issues to closure.
4. Produce well-organised, informative, and analytical reports that clearly communicate findings and recommendations.
5. Conduct accessibility evaluations for digital products, including mobile devices, native apps, and non-HTML content, to ensure compliance with WCAG standards.
6. Guide design and development teams to incorporate accessibility best practices through feedback, prototypes, and sample artifacts.
7. Audit wireframes, visual designs, and prototypes to ensure accessibility compliance and prepare detailed audit reports.
8. Conduct walkthroughs of findings and provide in-depth recommendations to project teams.
9. Guide design and development teams to incorporate accessibility best practices through feedback, prototypes, and sample artifacts.
10. Audit wireframes, visual designs, and prototypes to ensure accessibility compliance and prepare detailed audit reports.
11. Conduct walkthroughs of findings and provide in-depth recommendations to project teams.
12. Implement accessibility test cases to verify compliance across different browsers and operating systems, ensuring adherence to WCAG AA standards.
13. Strong experience of professional experience in digital accessibility.

Required Skills/Experience
1. Strong understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG guidelines.
2. Hands-on experience with assistive technologies (eg, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack) and tools like CCA.
3. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ARIA to offer technical solutions and assist remediation teams.
4. Practical experience evaluating accessibility on mobile devices and providing optimized solutions.
5. Familiarity with accessibility in non-HTML content and native applications.

Desirable Skills/Experience
1. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities.
2. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
3. Proficiency in business writing, particularly in creating well-structured reports.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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