Digital Accessibility Specialist – 6-month fixed-term contract
Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane only – 50% office attendance required
- You are an experienced, hands-on digital accessibility specialist
- You bring the technical expertise to embed accessibility in design, code and reusable components
- Together, we will deliver an accessible corporate banking experience whilst scaling capability through AI-enabled tools and ways of working
About us
At CBA, our goal is to deliver dignity by design. Our Digital Accessibility specialists' partner with design, engineering and product teams to create inclusive digital experiences and embed accessibility throughout delivery—not just at final compliance.
About the role
This six-month role sits within Business Banking Digital and supports the rapid delivery of a new, accessible CommBiz experience for corporate and institutional banking customers.
You will provide hands-on design and build assurance, embed accessibility from day one through reusable design-system components, patterns and documentation, and develop AI-assisted and agentic workflows that increase safe self-service, automate repeatable tasks and improve team productivity.
What will your day look like?
- Review Figma designs to identify and resolve accessibility risks early.
- Define clear, code-ready accessibility requirements for web and app engineers.
- Test web and app experiences against WCAG 2.2 Level AA using assistive technologies, guide remediation and provide accessibility sign-off.
- Embed accessible behaviours, patterns and guidance into reusable design-system components.
- Identify the accessibility checks and decisions teams can safely self-serve, and where specialist review remains essential.
- Prototype and operationalise AI-assisted and agentic workflows that automate repeatable tasks and improve quality and productivity.
What will you bring?
- Demonstrated experience in specialist digital accessibility roles, partnering with design, engineering and business teams.
- Strong knowledge of WCAG 2.2, WAI-ARIA and accessibility requirements across web and native apps.
- Hands-on experience with assistive technologies, accessibility settings and testing tools across Windows, macOS, iPhone and Android.
- The ability to diagnose code-level accessibility issues and provide practical recommendations. HTML and WAI-ARIA expertise is required; React experience is preferred, and iOS SwiftUI and Android Jetpack Compose are strongly preferred.
- Experience embedding accessibility into web and app component design systems.
- Practical experience with AI-assisted tooling, workflow automation or agentic approaches—or the technical capability to prototype and operationalise them quickly.
- Experience translating new tools and processes into clear guidance, communications and enablement that drive adoption.
- The ability to explain accessibility clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Confidence working independently, with a proactive and pragmatic approach to balancing accessibility risk, customer impact, technical constraints and delivery timeframes.
- Experience working in a large, complex organisation is preferred.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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Skills Required
- Demonstrated experience in specialist digital accessibility roles partnering with design, engineering, and business teams
- Strong knowledge of WCAG 2.2, WAI-ARIA, and accessibility requirements across web and native applications
- Hands-on experience with assistive technologies, accessibility settings, and testing tools across Windows, macOS, iPhone, and Android
- Ability to diagnose code-level accessibility issues and provide practical recommendations
- HTML and WAI-ARIA expertise
- Experience embedding accessibility into web and app component design systems
- Practical experience with AI-assisted tooling, workflow automation, or agentic approaches, or the technical capability to prototype and operationalize them quickly
- Experience translating new tools and processes into clear guidance, communications, and enablement
- Ability to explain accessibility clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
- Confidence working independently with a proactive and pragmatic approach
- React experience
- iOS SwiftUI and Android Jetpack Compose experience
- Experience working in a large, complex organization
Commonwealth Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Commonwealth Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Commonwealth Bank.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The bank offers additional Life Leave, the option to purchase up to four extra weeks, pet leave, and paid volunteering leave alongside flexible-working options. Public materials indicate these leave features compare well within Australian banking.
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Parental & Family Support — Permanent employees can access up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave, and superannuation is paid for up to 34 weeks of unpaid parental leave. These provisions extend support for new parents beyond standard settings.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Access includes CBHS Health Fund, Fitness Passport, a 24/7 wellbeing platform with telehealth, an Employee Assistance Program, and employer‑paid income protection for up to two years, alongside staff banking perks and share plans. This combination provides day‑to‑day value across health, protection, and financial perks.
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What We Do
Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances.
