Senior Accessibility Specialist

TL;DR

Senior Accessibility Specialist: Ensuring inclusive experiences across hirify.global's products and enterprise systems with an accent on embedding accessibility into product lifecycles and influencing procurement. Focus on driving continuous improvement in accessibility practices and building accessibility capability across teams.

Location: UK Wide - Hybrid - The role is not office based (working from an office is available if required, but not essential), but there will be a requirement to travel to different hirify.global’s bases as required.

Salary: £50,000- £60,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

Company

hirify.global's mission is to inform, educate and entertain.

What you will do

• Lead accessibility across complex products and enterprise systems.
• Embed accessibility into product lifecycles, working with design, engineering and product teams.
• Influence procurement and supplier management by defining requirements and assessing risk.
• Act as a senior advisor to stakeholders, balancing accessibility, delivery timelines and business priorities.
• Build accessibility capability across teams through guidance, training and mentoring.
• Drive continuous improvement in accessibility practices, contributing to standards, governance and maturity.

Requirements

• Strong experience in accessibility testing using assistive technologies and manual techniques.
• Expert knowledge of WCAG 2.2, WAI-ARIA, HTML and CSS.
• Experience embedding accessibility into product development and delivery processes.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with suppliers or contributing to procurement and accessibility assurance.

Nice to have

• Experience working with enterprise systems (e.g. HR, finance, SaaS platforms).
• Understanding of accessibility maturity models or organisational capability building.
• Experience delivering accessibility training or enablement programmes.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards such as EN 301 549 or ATAG.
• Experience working in complex, multi-team or large-scale environments.
• Experience exploring or applying AI tools to support accessibility.

Culture & Benefits

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.