Website Content and Accessibility Officer

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Website Content and Accessibility Officer to join our team. The successful candidate will support the Council's IMT Digital Strategy to ensure our online services are accessible to all. This role involves working with the IMT Digital team to shape our website governance, standards, and reporting frameworks, and develop an accessibility improvement plan across all websites and online services provided by the council.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is on an exciting journey of digital transformation of its information and communication technology capability. Our mission is to provide easy to access public-facing services with access when, where and how our customers want them.  

We are looking for an experienced professional with a sound understanding of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to ensure the Authority remains compliant with Cabinet Office requirements.

This role requires engagement with internal and external customers and suppliers to ensure digital content complies  with Government Accessibility regulations.

Closing date for applications: Friday 18 April 2025 

Interviews will be held on: Week commencing 28 April 2025

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Alan Quinton on 01493 846487. 

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate that they have the following skills, knowledge, and work experience.

• Experience with writing accessible content.
• Experience using website content management systems.
• Experience providing training.
• Familiarity with privacy legislation (UK Data Protection Act 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
• Experience undertaking manual website accessibility audits.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has the goal to achieve excellence for the Borough. We don’t just say we are ambitious; we mean it. We are always looking at the ways in which we can improve and be the best that we can, providing the best for the people who live, work, visit and operate businesses in the Borough.

We have big plans for the future and massive opportunities ahead. We are one of the most successful enterprise zones in the country, Great Yarmouth is England’s offshore energy hub and Norfolk’s biggest seaside resort at the edge of the Broads National Park. The challenges we face in the borough are wide, but our commitment to achieving more has never been so focused.

We know that our team members are our most valuable asset, working hard to achieve our short and long term goals. Find out more about the people who work with us, and if you are as ambitious as we are, apply now and be part of our team.

We offer a range of exciting benefits as an employer and are committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and the services we provide.

There is more information on the Jobs page of the Great Yarmouth Borough Website, with details of how to apply and the recruitment process. You will also be able to find more details regarding DBS checks (if relevant for the job role), Right to Work checks, along with details of our values and behaviours, agile working and our Privacy Notice.