This is a 12 month initial contract (with the view to extended for a further 12 months). It it at the EL1 level, with a daily rate of up to $1100/day inc super
Responsibilities:
- Developing prototypes of screens and components using web technologies (code snippets) to evaluate and demonstrate design concepts and evaluate accessibility support.
- Supporting the user researchers, developers, and designers in the design and development of world-class accessible digital products and systems in each phase of the product lifecycle.
- Reviewing prototypes in collaboration with designers to identify content and visual design-related accessibility issues early in the product lifecycle.
- Providing high-quality, accurate, and timely advice about user behaviour, digital accessibility, and assistive technologies to stakeholders
- Contributing to the design and delivery of usability testing with people with disability
- Evangelising accessibility-first digital product and system design and development throughout the agency.
- Leading any accessibility-related design and development work and collaborate with analysts, product owners, developers, testers, and project and delivery managers in multiple projects simultaneously.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, and liaise with business areas and teams to recommend enhancements.
- Maintain documentation, processes and decisions to support knowledge transfer and future enhancements including the team’s.
- Demonstrate more than 5 years of experience working in a fast-paced and multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality and wide-ranging accessibility-related outputs.
- Basic skills with and knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or common front-end frameworks or libraries.
- Knowledge of ARIA and related WAI documentation, and of how ARIA can be used in complex user interface design and development
- An understanding of how people with disability use digital products and systems and the functional impact of impairments, injury, and health conditions on accessibility. Further, knowledge of and proficiency with common assistive technologies such as screen magnifiers, speech-to-text applications, screen readers, and operating system accessibility features and accessibility-related utilities.
- A solid knowledge of interaction and content design principles, best practices, and industry trends and an understanding of web technologies such as web browsers, the basics of system architectures, and the workings of common assistive technologies.
- A detailed understanding of WCAG guidelines, including how it is commonly interpreted and applied, and its shortcomings and limitations.
- A strong attention to detail and a focus on delivering high-quality outputs consistently and sometimes under pressure.
- A well-developed ability to present complex ideas visually, orally, and in writing to diverse audiences concisely and persuasively.
- A passion for inclusive design with a collaborative, open and nurturing approach to communicating accessibility requirements.
- Comfortable with new ways of thinking about accessibility and enthusiastic about accessible design & development will be highly regarded.
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