Lead Accessibility Advisor

Accessibility Advisors provide support, advice and guidance about how to create accessible services. They use knowledge of accessibility standards, provide testing and technical expertise, and are the voice of disabled users to ensure their needs are taken into account. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) enables access to quality skills, training, and employment to support Australians find secure work in fair, productive and safe workplaces – supporting individuals, businesses and our nation to prosper.  The department is seeking an experienced Lead Accessibility Practitioner (Digital Accessibility Specialist) to meet emerging needs of the department and business areas.  Key duties and responsibilities As a Lead Accessibility Practitioner (Digital Accessibility Specialist), you will be required to: Work under limited supervision. Participate in routine agile ceremonies. Participate in routine design, planning, and estimation sessions. Work with delivery and sustainment teams to identify opportunities for accessibility improvements. Perform accessibility reviews of design wireframes, prototypes, developed interfaces, and existing systems. Use assistive technologies such as screen readers (desktop, mobile), speech recognition software, operating system, and browser accessibility features, etc, to assess accessibility compliance and needs. Perform WCAG compliance audits of websites, mobile applications, digital documents, emails, etc using Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology as well as industry-standard techniques. Create and manage accessibility work items using Azure DevOps. Collaborate with delivery team members to produce quality work. Work within the department’s delivery framework. **Please note that DEWR will not be extending this opportunity to any additional Sellers**  Criteria The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters. Essential criteria 1. Demonstrated experience working as an Accessibility Practitioner (Digital Accessibility Specialist) in a medium to large enterprise. 2. Experience working as part of an accessibility team helping multiple delivery teams to build accessible and inclusive enterprise class systems for the department. 3. Experience working in an agile based environment with UI/UX Designers, Service Designers, Business and System Analysts, Software Designers and Developers, SCRUM Teams, Product Owners, Product Managers, and System Users to advocate for, review, assess, maintain, and support Digital Accessibility of the department’s enterprise systems. 4. Understand digital diversity and have a passion for accessibility with the necessary technical skills to assess software accessibility and to propose and manage specific requirements throughout the systems development and sustainment lifecycles. Opportunity summary Sellers can submit Up to 3 candidates Number of sellers invited Between 5 and 10 Number of candidates submitted Fewer than 10 RFQ closing time 01 Weeks 00 Days 06 Hours Send us feedback About Accessibility Privacy Terms of use Disclaimer and copyright An initiative of the Digital Transformation Agency The Australian Government acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present. © Commonwealth of Australia