Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist (6-Month Contract) Requisition ID: 216078 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture. **What you will be doing:** As the Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist, you will champion inclusive design and accessibility across Scotiabank, creating accessible digital experiences for our customers. **Is this role right for you?** **In this role, you will:** + Develop and document accessibility standards and policies, ensuring they are followed across all digital products. + Collaborate strategically with teams to support digital product development, providing resources and acting as a sounding board. + Mentor and guide other accessibility, design, and usability specialists, fostering a culture of inclusivity. + Serve as an accessibility technical authority, monitoring industry trends and best practices. + Drive contributions to ongoing accessibility standards and requirements, incorporating input from other centers of practice. + Develop and evolve accessibility testing processes, methodologies, tools, and criteria, ensuring thorough and effective testing. **Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?** **- We'd love to work with you if you have:** + 5-8 years of practical digital accessibility experience, with a strong understanding of digital accessibility standards and inclusive design principles. + Thorough understanding of front-end technologies and their constraints related to digital accessibility for mobile and responsive web applications. + High awareness of disability-related issues in digital accessibility, with expert knowledge of accessibility standards, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. + Experience creating, testing, and remediating accessibility for various document formats (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint). + Knowledge of assistive technologies, including screen readers, print magnification software, and alternative input systems. + Proven ability to provide accessibility solutions and communicate complexities to diverse audiences, including content creators, designers, developers, and testers. + Strong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to work independently and drive inclusive design principles. + Comfortable working within tight timeframes and creatively within constraints, with a fast-learning attitude towards understanding both simple and complex financial solutions. **What's in it for you?** + Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans. + Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements. + Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance. + Competitive rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one. + Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more! Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto || Canada : British Columbia : Vancouver Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, pleaseclick here (https://www.scotiabank.com/careers/en/careers/technical-support-for-applicants.html) . Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.