Head of Digital Accessibility and Inclusion

Our client is a well-known building society with headquarters in Swindon; As one of the largest savings and mortgage providers in the UK, 15 million members are at the heart of everything they do.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Head of Digital Accessibility and Inclusion for a 6 Month contract based in London/Swindon (Hybrid -2 days in a week)

Purpose of the Role:

We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience in embedding digital accessibility thinking into a large complex organisation - someone who's created a clear strategy, training and education programme and execution plan before - from must do activities, such as fixing digital accessibility gaps across many complex and fragmented digital applications, to embedding and distilling an 'inclusive first' approach to designing and developing new platforms across the society.

Responsibilities of the role:

Provide consulting support to teams responsible for digital touchpoints across the society on what is required to meet WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards.
Ensure that all of our digital platforms have been consistently accredited on a regular basis through our partnerships with the Digital Accessibility Centre and AbilityNet.
Support the development of a clear and up to date accessibility statement, highlighting assistive technologies that we support, documenting any exceptions that are required.
If required, help to create a business case to fix any non-compliant areas, getting buy in from senior stakeholders including finance for it's prioritisation and approval.
Provide expertise in ensuring that the society has all of the skills and techniques to confidently design and build accessible and inclusive digital experiences. This will ensure that don't just fix accessibility one, and fall back to old habits, but change our behaviours forever.
Provide thought leadership on the next steps that the society could take to evolve it's digital inclusion strategy and maturity.


What we require from the candidate:

Demonstrable experience of leading, shaping and delivering a Digital Accessibility programme, embedding WCAG 2.2 AA standards into all digital touch points.
Experience of Implemented accessibility strategy across large organization.
Financial Service experience ideally, or private sector experience.


Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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