Accessibility

Accessibility Statement

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to making its website(s) accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This accessibility statement applies to https://careers.gloucestershire.gov.uk/.

Compliance status

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

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reason(s):

(a) non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

A “commuting times map” link that opens an image with no accessible text alternative (WCAG 1.1.1).
Some older PDFs have not yet been replaced with accessible versions that are checked for compliance with accessibility guidelines (WCAG 1.1.1, 1.3.2, 1.4.1, 1.4.3, 1.4.5, 2.1, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2).
- E.g. the “Benefits” leaflet linked from some job adverts has non-compliant reading order and several images which have not been appropriately tagged as decorative. The document also has numerous other issues flagged by the Adobe Acrobat compliance checker which will need to be assessed – some with manual checks.
Some minor HTML validation issues. However, this is very unlikely to affect assistive technology (WCAG 4.1.1 - removed from WCAG 2.2).

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22 January 2024.

The initial assessment was carried out by the Cabinet Office using Deque Axe and other tools to review a selection of pages on the site which are listed in their report with the issues found that do not comply with WCAG 2.1 AA.

This report was shared with the site developers who corrected the issues found and followed up with a further assessment by the Gloucestershire County Council Digital Team once issues listed in the Cabinet Office report had been addressed.

This follow-up confirmed that the issues had been fixed but discovered the minor issues described in the “non accessible content” section.

The statement was last reviewed on 22 January 2024.

Tools used

Microsoft Edge on Windows and MacOS
Google Chrome on Windows, MacOS and Android
Opera on Google Pixel 7 (Android 14)
Chrome on Google Pixel 7 (Android 14)
Add Ons on Microsoft Edge
- axe DevTools
- HeadingsMap
- WAVE Evaluation Tool
- Accessibility Insights for Web
- Validity checker
- Adobe Acrobat Pro

Issues re-tested

Landing page

WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible - on 'Visit Gloucestershire County Councils Career Site' and 'Visit Gloucester City Councils Career Site'
WCAG 1.4.4 Resize Text - At 200% zoom, the text 'Search by keyword' and 'Find the latest jobs' overlap
WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) - poor colour contrast when the 'Search for jobs' and 'Sign up now' buttons receive focus

Contact page

WCAG 1.4.10 Reflow - in mobile view (320 x 256 pixels), the email recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk does not reflow to fit the webpage

Home page

WCAG 1.4.4 Resize Text - At 200% zoom, the text 'Search by keyword' and 'Find the latest jobs' overlap
WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) - poor colour contrast when the 'Search for jobs' and 'Sign up now' buttons receive focus
WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text Content - image for 'Sign up to job alerts'

View all jobs page

WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) - poor colour contrast when the 'Search for jobs', 'Filter' and 'Sign up now' buttons receive focus
WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value - filter boxes including 'Job Category Section' – remove aria-expanded=”true”

Temporary Staff Roles page

WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) - poor colour contrast when the 'Search for jobs', 'Create alert' and 'Apply now' buttons receive focus
WCAG 1.4.1 Use of Color - the link 'Temporary Staff Service'