Job Description
Apply By: Monday, June 30, 2026 11:5+ pm EDT
Accessibility Specialist (permanent part-time, 14.5 hours per week)
Job ID:
231355
Posting status:
Open
Organization:
Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
Division:
Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
City:
Toronto
Position(s) language:
English
Job term:
1 Permanent
Job code:
Not Available - Not Available
Salary:
Not available $640.23 - $783.3+ / weekly
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) is a highly specialized adjudicative tribunal that hears appeals of final decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The WSIAT is currently seeking a professional to perform digital document remediation and accessibility design and review activities to assess digital documents and software design solutions to ensure all WSIAT digital documents and software design solutions comply with accessibility standards, legislation and regulatory requirements.
About the job
In this role, you will:
Digital document Remediation:
Review and assess existing digital documents (e.g., PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets) for compliance with web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0, Level AA etc.) to ensure the layout of web-based materials and digital assets are logical and accessible to all users.
Identify, recommend and implement technical fixes to ensure that all documents meet the necessary accessibility standards.
Collaborate with internal customers to gather requirements and provide advice on accessibility design options when developing remediation plans.
Solutions Accessibility Design and Review:
Conduct accessibility audits of new and existing digital software solutions and make recommendations to ensure solutions comply with current standards, legislation and regulatory requirements and work in collaboration with web developers to implement fixes.
Develop and maintain accessibility policies, guidelines, and best practices for internal teams in departments/business units across WSIAT, ensuring regular review and updating to align with accessibility regulations, industry standards and operational needs.
Conduct user testing and audits on websites, software, technologies prior to implementation to ensure accessibility requirements are being met, ease of implementation and to provide feedback to relevant parties about potential non-compliance risk.
Prepare training materials/instructions and provide guidance to internal clients on accessible design principles and best practices.
Key Customer Engagement:
Facilitate discussions and provide guidance to internal clients on accessibility considerations to educate internal teams on best practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that accessibility is integrated into the development lifecycle and adheres to best practices, internal controls and operational standards from an accessibility perspective.
Communicate accessibility findings from digital document review and assessment activities, and accessibility audits and make recommendations on document remediation plans and the implementation of accessible technology solutions that meet accessibility standards, regulations and legislation and the needs of users.
Project Work Management:
Manage and coordinate multiple concurrent work initiatives and individual projects that require accessibility input/advice.
Utilize project management methodologies to prioritize project tasks based on business and organizational needs throughout the project lifecycle while ensuring timely delivery of project objectives and compliance with accessibility standards, legislation and regulatory requirements.
Develop and maintain a knowledge base of accessibility resources, tools, and methodologies to support inclusive design and development practices.
Continuously review and update the content of documentation and/or web solutions to reflect the latest advancement in accessibility standards and technologies.
What you bring to the team
Knowledge and Technical Skills:
Understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards, as well as accessibility core competencies.
Working knowledge of accessibility design principles and best practices, web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0. Level AA and higher).
Ability to assess the accessibility of digital documents for compliance with standards, regulations and legislation.
Experience preparing training materials and related instructions on accessible design principles and best practices.
Knowledge of digital document formats (e.g., PDFs, Word documents) and remediation techniques, accessibility testing tools, such as WAVE, Lighthouse, NVDA, JAWS, and axe.
Experience in supporting inclusive design and development, digital document remediation activities, user testing and accessibility audits of new and existing digital solutions.
Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and WAI-ARIA techniques to review and assess web solutions to ensure website content and design meets AODA regulatory compliance requirements.
Knowledge of project management methods and techniques to manage and coordinate multiple concurrent work initiatives, ensuring timely delivery of project objectives.
Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical clients/customers.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that accessibility is integrated into the development lifecycle and make recommendations.
Ability to facilitate discussions and provide guidance to internal customers/clients on accessibility considerations to educate internal teams on best practices.
Has conducted accessibility audits and identify, recommend and implement technical fixes and solutions to issues identified.
Ability to conduct user testing and audits on website, software, and technologies to ensure accessibility requirements are being met.
Experience in interpreting and applying accessibility standards, regulations and legislation to ensure digital documents and design solutions comply with requirements.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Acrobat, and other relevant software.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Additional Information:
Background Check:
As a precondition of employment, the WSIAT requires that the final candidate for this position, prior to commencing employment, is required to undergo both a criminal record and social media search. Other types of background checks may also be requested such as education verification and professional credential validation.
Application Instructions
For INTERNAL candidates, please follow these directions:
1. Please log onto your ADP account and select Myself>Talent>Career Centre.
2. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, please show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us, confidentially, at [email protected]. Recruitment staff will contact you within 48 hours.
For EXTERNAL candidates, please follow these directions:
1. Please submit your resume and cover letter through our online WSIAT Career Centre.
2. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, please show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job.
3. If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us, confidentially, at [email protected]. Recruitment staff will contact you within 48 hours.
Additional information:
Apply by:
Monday, June 30, 2026 11:5+ pm EDT
Position details:
1 English Permanent - Regular PartTime, 505 University Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region
Compensation group:
Excluded
Work hours:
Schedule N/A
Category:
Information Technology
Posted on:
Monday, June 16, 2026
Note:
This posting is for an organization that is not a part of the Ontario Public Service. The information and tips on the Ontario Public Service Careers website may not apply to this posting. Please use the contact information below to contact the organization directly if you have questions.
How to apply:
You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.
Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.
OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
Send application to:
Please see application instructions above.
[email protected]
Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.
Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
Information collection notice
We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1++0, c. M.25.
Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).
If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.
Strengthening Ontario, together
Accessibility Specialist (permanent part-time, 14.5 hours per week)
Job ID:
231355
Posting status:
Open
Organization:
Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
Division:
Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
City:
Toronto
Position(s) language:
English
Job term:
1 Permanent
Job code:
Not Available - Not Available
Salary:
Not available $640.23 - $783.3+ / weekly
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) is a highly specialized adjudicative tribunal that hears appeals of final decisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. The WSIAT is currently seeking a professional to perform digital document remediation and accessibility design and review activities to assess digital documents and software design solutions to ensure all WSIAT digital documents and software design solutions comply with accessibility standards, legislation and regulatory requirements.
About the job
In this role, you will:
Digital document Remediation:
Review and assess existing digital documents (e.g., PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets) for compliance with web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0, Level AA etc.) to ensure the layout of web-based materials and digital assets are logical and accessible to all users.
Identify, recommend and implement technical fixes to ensure that all documents meet the necessary accessibility standards.
Collaborate with internal customers to gather requirements and provide advice on accessibility design options when developing remediation plans.
Solutions Accessibility Design and Review:
Conduct accessibility audits of new and existing digital software solutions and make recommendations to ensure solutions comply with current standards, legislation and regulatory requirements and work in collaboration with web developers to implement fixes.
Develop and maintain accessibility policies, guidelines, and best practices for internal teams in departments/business units across WSIAT, ensuring regular review and updating to align with accessibility regulations, industry standards and operational needs.
Conduct user testing and audits on websites, software, technologies prior to implementation to ensure accessibility requirements are being met, ease of implementation and to provide feedback to relevant parties about potential non-compliance risk.
Prepare training materials/instructions and provide guidance to internal clients on accessible design principles and best practices.
Key Customer Engagement:
Facilitate discussions and provide guidance to internal clients on accessibility considerations to educate internal teams on best practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that accessibility is integrated into the development lifecycle and adheres to best practices, internal controls and operational standards from an accessibility perspective.
Communicate accessibility findings from digital document review and assessment activities, and accessibility audits and make recommendations on document remediation plans and the implementation of accessible technology solutions that meet accessibility standards, regulations and legislation and the needs of users.
Project Work Management:
Manage and coordinate multiple concurrent work initiatives and individual projects that require accessibility input/advice.
Utilize project management methodologies to prioritize project tasks based on business and organizational needs throughout the project lifecycle while ensuring timely delivery of project objectives and compliance with accessibility standards, legislation and regulatory requirements.
Develop and maintain a knowledge base of accessibility resources, tools, and methodologies to support inclusive design and development practices.
Continuously review and update the content of documentation and/or web solutions to reflect the latest advancement in accessibility standards and technologies.
What you bring to the team
Knowledge and Technical Skills:
Understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards, as well as accessibility core competencies.
Working knowledge of accessibility design principles and best practices, web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0. Level AA and higher).
Ability to assess the accessibility of digital documents for compliance with standards, regulations and legislation.
Experience preparing training materials and related instructions on accessible design principles and best practices.
Knowledge of digital document formats (e.g., PDFs, Word documents) and remediation techniques, accessibility testing tools, such as WAVE, Lighthouse, NVDA, JAWS, and axe.
Experience in supporting inclusive design and development, digital document remediation activities, user testing and accessibility audits of new and existing digital solutions.
Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and WAI-ARIA techniques to review and assess web solutions to ensure website content and design meets AODA regulatory compliance requirements.
Knowledge of project management methods and techniques to manage and coordinate multiple concurrent work initiatives, ensuring timely delivery of project objectives.
Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical clients/customers.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that accessibility is integrated into the development lifecycle and make recommendations.
Ability to facilitate discussions and provide guidance to internal customers/clients on accessibility considerations to educate internal teams on best practices.
Has conducted accessibility audits and identify, recommend and implement technical fixes and solutions to issues identified.
Ability to conduct user testing and audits on website, software, and technologies to ensure accessibility requirements are being met.
Experience in interpreting and applying accessibility standards, regulations and legislation to ensure digital documents and design solutions comply with requirements.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Acrobat, and other relevant software.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Additional Information:
Background Check:
As a precondition of employment, the WSIAT requires that the final candidate for this position, prior to commencing employment, is required to undergo both a criminal record and social media search. Other types of background checks may also be requested such as education verification and professional credential validation.
Application Instructions
For INTERNAL candidates, please follow these directions:
1. Please log onto your ADP account and select Myself>Talent>Career Centre.
2. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, please show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us, confidentially, at [email protected]. Recruitment staff will contact you within 48 hours.
For EXTERNAL candidates, please follow these directions:
1. Please submit your resume and cover letter through our online WSIAT Career Centre.
2. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, please show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job.
3. If you require accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify us, confidentially, at [email protected]. Recruitment staff will contact you within 48 hours.
Additional information:
Apply by:
Monday, June 30, 2026 11:5+ pm EDT
Position details:
1 English Permanent - Regular PartTime, 505 University Ave, Toronto, Toronto Region
Compensation group:
Excluded
Work hours:
Schedule N/A
Category:
Information Technology
Posted on:
Monday, June 16, 2026
Note:
This posting is for an organization that is not a part of the Ontario Public Service. The information and tips on the Ontario Public Service Careers website may not apply to this posting. Please use the contact information below to contact the organization directly if you have questions.
How to apply:
You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.
Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.
OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
Send application to:
Please see application instructions above.
[email protected]
Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.
Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
Information collection notice
We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1++0, c. M.25.
Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).
If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.
Strengthening Ontario, together
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Accessibility Specialist (permanent part-time, 14.5 hours per week) position is now open for candidates interested in the Helper Jobs sector. This role in Toronto offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Helper Jobs is a plus.
