Senior Accessibility Consultant

Senior Accessibility Consultant – Salary £65,000-£70,000 (12-month Fixed-Term Contract)

We are currently recruiting a Senior Accessibility Consultant to be a part of our User-Centred Design Team at Aviva. This is a role in Aviva’s digital team and the successful candidate will have an opportunity to shape the strategy and vision for inclusive and accessible digital experiences. This role is great for someone who is passionate about accessibility and has demonstratable experience uplifting accessibility in large organisations. 

A bit about the job: 

As a member of the UCD team and wider Digital team, you will be working collaboratively with Product Designers, UX Writers, Researchers, Optimisation Managers, Product Owners and other digital colleagues. There will be variety day-to-day. You may be supporting projects as an accessibility SME, defining our processes and ways of working, attending inclusive user research sessions, consulting on the design system, creating learning materials and guidelines, and providing expert accessibility advice within working groups, forums, and committees. 
 

Skills and experience we’re looking for: 

• Experience conducting accessibility assessments and reviews at all stages of the design and development lifecycle including early low-fidelity, detailed designs, and coded prototypes. 

• Experience supporting design, content, development and testing teams with creating inclusive user journeys and components including delivery of complex interactions and components in a financial services setting.  

• Expert knowledge of WCAG and other relevant accessibility guidelines and principles  

• Working knowledge of screen readers, screen magnifiers, speech recognition, and other assistive and adaptive technologies.  

• Working or conceptual knowledge of web technologies HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ARIA and app technologies like React Native. Knowledge of accessibility and usability for people with sensory, motor, and cognitive disabilities. 

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary between £65,000-£70,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Martyn Biddulph a call on 07721 572 935 or send an email to martyn.biddulph@aviva.com