Aps 5 Digital Accessibility Officer

3 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Full time

APS Level 5
- Canberra, ACT
- $83,908 - $89,706

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**
We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future.

**About the Division**
The Digital Solutions Division (DSD) designs, builds, maintains, and supports large-scale (enterprise) specialised software systems used by departmental staff and businesses to provide quality services to job seekers and employers; respond to national future skills needs through access to VET graduates with the right skills; reduce barriers to undertaking quality VET; administer and implement programs and services related to Workplace Support.

**The Role**
As a **Digital Accessibility Officer**, you will work as part of an accessibility team helping multiple delivery teams to build accessible and inclusive enterprise class systems for the department.

In a predominantly Microsoft and Azure technology environment, you will work 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.

You will 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. You will support accessibility throughout the department and Australian Public Service (APS), help to raise awareness, and work with various stakeholders to ensure that accessibility is a priority.

The successful applicant will receive the necessary training, mentoring, and guidance to perform the key responsibilities of the role and to advance their careers in the Australian Public Service (APS).

**Duties and Responsibilities**
Responsibilities of the **APS5 Level** may include:

- 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.
- 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.
- Assist other Digital Accessibility Officers as required.

**Qualifications and Education**
**Mandatory**
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS.

**Desirable**
- Tertiary qualifications in a related field
- Knowledge of WCAG 2.2
- Knowledge of WAI-ARIA, accessibility patterns and best practices

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide up to a one-page summary (no more than **500 **words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**

**Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.

**Please refer to the Job Information Pack for more information about the role.**

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