Digital Accessibility Specialist

7 days ago

Council of the City of Ryde, Australia Singtel Group Full time

As a core member of the Customer Experience team, the Digital Accessibility Specialist is accountable for upholding accessibility standards, driving inclusive design practices and ensuring compliance with the latest WCAG guidelines.

The role takes an end-to-end approach to inclusive design, improving the reach and usability of digital platforms for the widest possible audience—not just those with disabilities.

Your day in the life of a Digital Accessibility Specialist at Optus

  • Maintaining WCAG compliance, conducting regular accessibility audits, and encouraging innovation to build user-friendly, inclusive digital products.
  • Ensure adherence to accessibility policies and legal requirements while proactively managing risks, resolving issues, and operating effectively under pressure.
  • Requirement gathering and undertaking audits for websites and apps.
  • Clearly communicating summaries and results from audits that can be easily understood by a broad audience (i.e. not purely technical), including key summaries and recommendations.

Your skills to pay the bills

  • Previous digital accessibility experience, specifically, WCAG, ARIA and an understanding of accessibility laws and standards, in relation to design systems and components.
  • Proven exposure to conducting digital accessibility audits to assess compliance and identify areas for improvement.
  • Familiarity with QA/Testing and crafting Acceptance criteria for functionality and A11Y compliance of a component.
  • E-commerce, IT, Telco and/or experience working within a large organisation (highly desirable).
  • A good understanding of UX/UI design principles.

Perks we love at Optus

  • 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit
  • Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver.
  • All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the 'Parents at Work portal'.
  • Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue – even earn a MBA micro-credential via OptusU (University).
  • Connect at work through our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans, Yarn Network, Wellbeing Network and Young Professionals.
  • Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office.
  • Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon

Keen to see what it's really like to work at Optus? Search #OptusLife on LinkedIn to go behind the scenes

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying 'yes' to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170. We're here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch within 48 hours.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity.

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