Digital Accessibility Advocate

SKL Technology is searching for a Digital Accessibility Advisor to join their client based in Health/Disability Insurance.

This is a 12 month contract with a 12 month extension.

Multiple office locations in Australia.

Must be an Australian Citizen to apply.

Key duties and responsibilities

• 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 of screens and components, developed in collaboration with designers and developers 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.
• Focusing on accessibility-first digital product and system design and development.
• 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.

Essential criteria

1. This is a senior position and requires that you can demonstrate at least 5 years of experience working in a fast-paced and multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality and wide-ranging accessibility-related outputs.

2. Practical knowledge of accessibility across responsive web, native Android and iOS apps with understanding of platform-specific guidelines (Material Design and Apple Accessibility Guidelines)

3. Knowledge of ARIA and WAI-ARIA specifications, with proven experience applying accessibility best practices to complex UI components within mobile and web portal applications. Proficient in leveraging ARIA roles, states, and properties to ensure compliance with WCAG standards and to optimize support for assistive technologies across native mobile platforms and responsive web environments.

4. An understanding of how people with disability use digital products and systems and the functional impact of impairments, injury, and health conditions on accessibility, and be able to educate developers on how people with disabilities use assistive technologies. 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.

5. Skilled at identifying accessibility barriers in user journeys, wireframes, designs (Axure/Figma) and prototypes (e.g., interaction and content design principles, best practices, and industry trends) and reviewing front-end code to embed accessibility from discovery and design phase

6. Ability to conduct accessibility validation testing using assistive technology tools to meet accessibility standards.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience conducting usability testing with people that have disabilities

2. Knowledge of inclusive design methodologies

3. Understanding of accessibility in emerging platforms

4. Comfortable with new ways of thinking about accessibility and enthusiastic about accessible design & development will be highly regarded.