Senior Accessibility Consultant

Job Description

Here at HM Land Registry, we have an exciting opportunity availablefor a Senior Accessibility Consultant. This is a permanent position and can be flexible working, full-time or part-time. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £38,552 - £40,861 per annum (£42,099 - £44,262 for Croydon).This role can be based in any of our 14 office locations:Birkenhead, North West, CH41 6DU : Croydon, London, CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 3BH : Durham, North East, DH1 5TR : Weymouth, South West, DT4 9TT : Gloucester, South West, GL1 1DQ : Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and the Humber, HU2 8JN : Leicester,East Midlands, LE3 5DR : Nottingham, East Midlands, NG1 7AU : Peterborough, Eastern, PE1 1QF : Plymouth, South West, PL6 5WS : Preston, North West, PR4 1TE : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ : Telford, West Midlands, TF3 4LRIt is an exciting time for HM Land Registry as we continue on a major transformation programme. HMLRs ambition is to become the worlds leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data.We are now looking for a Senior Accessibility Consultant to join our Digital, Data and Technology team to help us to achieve this.Our Senior Accessibility Consultant: As a Senior Accessibility Consultant, you will manage the high-level strategic plan for accessibility and inclusion work at HMLR, project managing a wide variety of streams of accessibility and inclusion work for internal and external services,and act as both the technical specialist for accessibility and inclusion, but also own and be the authority responsible for accessible design policy development, including making decisions regarding accessibility, inclusion, and the impact those decisionshave.This is a new role in the HMLR design practice and is an exciting opportunity to shape the role, strategy, direction, and processes for accessible and inclusive design from scratch. You will manage responses to accessibility complaints brought to HMLR, providingsolutions and recommendations to delivery teams to fix, and a strategy to senior stakeholders on how to avoid these in future.What were looking for in our Senior Accessibility Consultant:To meet the requirements of this role, you will have relevant work experience or a degree or further education in a related discipline, including accessibility, interaction, service and digital design.You will be able to provide evidence of expert skills in putting together and executing on a strategy for accessible and inclusive services, including experience of communicating a vision and agreeing or negotiating requirements with a wide range of seniorstakeholders, directors, and heads of practices. You will have strong negotiation and persuasion skills to ensure accessibility is considered at programme level. A broad range of communication skills are essential including, presenting complex data and topics,public speaking, teaching, coaching and excellent written skills.In addition, you will have expert knowledge and experience of the Government Service Standard, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Equality Act 2010, the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018 and ensure compatibility with AssistiveTechnologies. Demonstrable experience of evaluating the accessibility of digital products and presenting feedback, advice, training, and solutions to help fix identified issues is essential.Benefits of becoming our Senior Accessibility Consultant: We offer very competitive terms, conditions, and benefits. We provide excellent opportunities for career progression, training, and development. You will have access to Civil Service pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances, as wellas flexible/remote workingexactly what you would expect from a progressive employer.It is a great place to work, where difference is celebrated and were committed to fairness and equality for all, so you feel valued for who you are and what you do. Diversity fuels our innovation. Our shared values help us work together, to benefit thecommunities we serve. Our employee diversity networks support our culture of inclusion and contribute to our diversity action plan.To continue your application for ourSenior Accessibility Consultant role, please click Apply now.Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Sunday 24th October 2021