Digital Accessibility Transformation Specialist
Salary: £35,000 – £40,000, negotiable depending on experience
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Location: IB (International Baccalaureate®) Global Centre, Cardiff
Hybrid working opportunity
About the IB
The International Baccalaureate provides world-class educational services to over 6,000 schools across 160 countries. A career with the IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.
About the Role
This specialist role within the Digital Assessment Innovation department focuses on supporting and embedding technical accessibility standards across IB’s digital assessment ecosystem, ensuring compliance with WCAG, EN 301 549, the European Accessibility Act, 1EdTech (QTI & PNP), and other relevant global standards,
The role will provide expert guidance to strengthen IB’s compliance, improve accessibility across design and delivery practices, and build organisational capability. It will also play a key role in raising internal organisational awareness, recommending improvements to policy, design and development processes, and ensuring that technical accessibility standards are considered from the outset and throughout the assessment lifecycle.
The role will maintain oversight of the evolving external standards landscape, ensuring that relevant changes are understood and effectively implemented within IB.
Responsibilities- Act as subject matter expert on global accessibility standards (WCAG, EN 301 549, EAA, 1EdTech)
- Translate accessibility standards into clear, implementable requirements and frameworks
- Monitor and report on compliance status, risks, and progress
- Lead remediation of accessibility issues and manage related technical backlogs
- Embed accessibility across end-to-end product lifecycle processes
- Define and implement accessibility checkpoints within delivery workflows
- Deliver training and guidance to build accessibility capability across teams
- Contribute to accessibility governance, policy, and audit readiness
- Establish and support accessibility communities of practice
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in accessibility practices
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience; professional accessibility certification desirable
- Significant experience in digital accessibility and compliance
- Proven experience applying accessibility standards such as WCAG, 1EdTech and EAA
- Experience leading accessibility audits and remediation activities
- Strong knowledge of accessibility regulations and web technologies
- Experience working across multidisciplinary digital delivery teams
- Ability to translate complex standards into practical solutions
Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:
- 10% employer pension contribution from first day of employment (minimum contribution required from yourself is 3%)
- 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays
- 10 days work from anywhere leave (per calendar year)
- Enhanced family friendly benefits
- Life assurance 4x annual salary
- Paid volunteering leave (one day per calendar year)
- Flexible benefits allowance at 1.5% of your annual salary
- Excellent continuous professional development
- Health and wellness schemes
- Disability Confident Employer
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounts on a range of products, including days out and gym memberships
- Cash back opportunities available from a wide range of retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free onsite parking
Opportunity & Belonging
We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. The International Baccalaureate is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all qualified applicants. As a global employer, we adhere to all relevant employment legislation in the countries in which we operate, and we’re happy to provide any reasonable support or adjustments as needed to ensure applicants can fully participate in our recruitment process.
Applications will be accepted until 23:55 BST, 08 July 2026
Skills Required
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience
- Professional accessibility certification
- Significant experience in digital accessibility and compliance
- Proven experience applying accessibility standards such as WCAG, 1EdTech and EAA
- Experience leading accessibility audits and remediation activities
- Strong knowledge of accessibility regulations and web technologies
- Experience working across multidisciplinary digital delivery teams
- Ability to translate complex standards into practical solutions
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
What We Do
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student. Our four programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Founded in 1968, we currently work with over 5400 schools in 158 countries to develop and offer four challenging programmes to over a million students aged 3 to 19. Office Locations: Geneva | Washington, DC | The Hague | Singapore | Cardiff IB Foundation Office Rue du Pré-de-la-Bichette 1 1202 Genève Switzerland IB Global Centre, Washington DC 3950 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 USA IB Africa/Europe/Middle East Global Centre Churchillplein 6 Den Haag, South Holland 2517 JW Netherlands IB Asia-Pacific Global Centre 600 North Bridge Road #21-01 Parkview Square Singapore, 188778 Singapore IB Global Centre Cardiff Peterson House Malthouse Avenue Cardiff, Wales CF23 8GL United Kingdom
