Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for Current Vacancies at ARU

This accessibility statement applies to ARU’s Current Vacancies site at jobs.aru.ac.uk.

This website is run by Anglia Ruskin University. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• Link text is not always unique
• Some of the PDFs containing job descriptions are not fully accessible
• Some input fields on the vacancy search have no description
• Some input field labels are not visible
• Application form errors are not handled effectively

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please contact us as hrsystems@aru.ac.uk with the URL of the page you need in a different format.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact hrsystems@aru.ac.uk

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Anglia Ruskin University is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

• Link text is not always unique
• Some of the PDFs containing job descriptions are not fully accessible

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Link text is not always unique. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context). We plan to use unique link text for all new job listings posted.

Some input fields on the vacancy search have no description. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships, and 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions, and 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value. We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

Some input field labels are not visible. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions. We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

There are empty heading fields on job details pages. This fails WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

Bold tags have been used to highlight text. This fails WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

Colour contrast is insufficient when showing the stages of application form completion. This fails WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum). We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

There is no option to skip repeated content. This fails WCAG 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks. We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

There is no focus indicator on drop downs. This fails WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible. We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

Application form error handling. There is no indication of errors apart from the use of colour. This fails WCAG 3.3.1 Error identification. We are exploring solutions with the platform vendor and commit to updating this by January 2021.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs which contain job descriptions and person specifications. From September 2020, we will ensure any new roles advertised have accessible PDFs.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 22 September 2020.

This website was last tested on 16 September 2020. The test was carried out by Anglia Ruskin staff with the assistance of the SiteImprove tool.

The site was testing using a sample of pages including the homepage, a selection of jobs listing pages and the registration process.