Digital Accessibility Advisors (EL1 equivalent)

Mandatory: Australian Citizenship required to work within Federal Government.

About the company:

This leading Federal Government agency supports Australians in achieving their goals and leading better lives. Their work significantly impacts the social sector, and this role offers you the opportunity to contribute to that positive difference. The agency is well regarded for its strong workplace culture across teams and its excellent office locations. This is a fantastic opportunity for Digital Accessibility Advisors to join a dynamic team on a 12-month assignment.

About the role:

• Supporting the user researchers, developers, and designers in the design and development of world-class accessible digital products and systems in each phase of the product lifecycle.
• Reviewing prototypes of screens and components, developed in collaboration with designers and developers to identify content and visual design-related accessibility issues early in the product lifecycle.
• Providing high-quality, accurate, and timely advice about user behaviour, digital accessibility, and assistive technologies to stakeholders across the Agency.
• Contributing to the design and delivery of usability testing with people with disability including the Agency staff and the Agency participants.
• Evangelising accessibility-first digital product and system design and development throughout the Agency.
• Leading any accessibility-related design and development work and collaborate with analysts, product owners, developers, testers, and project and delivery managers in multiple projects simultaneously.

You will have:

• This is a senior position and requires that you can demonstrate at least 5 years of experience working in a fast-paced and multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality and wide-ranging accessibility-related outputs.
• Practical knowledge of accessibility across responsive web, native Android and iOS apps with understanding of platform-specific guidelines (Material Design and Apple Accessibility Guidelines)
• Knowledge of ARIA and WAI-ARIA specifications, with proven experience applying accessibility best practices to complex UI components within mobile and web portal applications. Proficient in leveraging ARIA roles, states, and properties to ensure compliance with WCAG standards and to optimize support for assistive technologies across native mobile platforms and responsive web environments.
• An understanding of how people with disability use digital products and systems and the functional impact of impairments, injury, and health conditions on accessibility, and be able to educate developers on how people with disabilities use assistive technologies. Further, knowledge of and proficiency with common assistive technologies such as screen magnifiers, speech-to-text applications, screen readers, and operating system accessibility features and accessibility-related utilities.
• Skilled at identifying accessibility barriers in user journeys, wireframes, designs (Axure/Figma) and prototypes (e.g., interaction and content design principles, best practices, and industry trends) and reviewing front-end code to embed accessibility from discovery and design phase
• Ability to conduct accessibility validation testing using assistive technology tools to meet accessibility standards.
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Benefits:

• July start (pending Federal Police Clearance)
• Full time hours Monday to Friday 
• 12 Months Contract with posibility of extension
• Geelong or Melbourne locations 
• Rate to be determined based on market expectations and skillset in relation to the essential Criteria.

How to apply:


At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, neurodiverse, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.
You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion.


Please note the successful candidate for the role must hold Australian Citizenship.

Please click ‘APPLY” to upload your details and resume to be considered for this role. 

Applications close 15.00 PM AEST, 10th June 2025