Digital Accessibility Specialist

Australian Citizens with the ability to obtain Baseline Clearance residing in Australia only respond.

• Contract start 11 February 2024 to 12 months, 12 months extensions.
• Australian Citizen, Ability to obtain Baseline Clearance, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne role.

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Overview
Do you enjoy working a department that is invested in helping to deliver inclusive and accessible services and digital products?
You will be a great fit for this role if you;

• Have a passion for inclusivity and accessibility
• Have solid knowledge of WCAG
• Understand how to embed accessibility through all stages of the software Development lifecycle in an agile way.
• Ability to collaborate with the designers, developers, testers, content writers, BAs, product managers, business stakeholders, communicate accessibility requirements when delivering accessible digital products and services
• Love learning as much as teaching and helping others build capability too.
• Demonstrate Independence, motivation and timely production of high-quality work.
• Embrace solid communication between you and your team.
• Have a collaborative, problem solving attitude.
• Generous with your time for others and display passion, pragmatism and empathy.

Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission.
Essential Criteria
1. Very briefly outline your experience as an Accessibility Specialist
2. Why is inclusivity and accessibility important in delivering public digital services?
3. Tell us about a professional contribution you have made to a product, service, team or organisation of which you are proud.
4. Outline your knowledge and experience in the following: - WAI-ARIA, best patterns and practices - HTML, CSS, JS - Common assistive technologies
5. Tell us about your experience with WCAG compliance audits and reviews
Desirable Criteria
1. What experience do you have in contributing to training and capability uplift?