Accessibility statement for the University of York jobs portal
The University of York is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This accessibility statement applies to the subdomain jobs.york.ac.uk
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliance(s) listed below.
Non accessible content
Text reflow
At 400% zoom the user has to scroll both vertically and horizontally to view the full page content.
Content that cannot be enlarged without requiring horizontal scrolling is not compliant with WCAG guideline 1.4.10.
We are working to correct this issue.
Page titles in PDFs
PDF documents should have titles that describe the topic or purpose of the page. The page title for job description documents have the title “downloaded_document”.
Documents that do not have a title are not compliant with WCAG guideline 2.4.2.
We are reliant on the third-party supplier of our job application portal to resolve this, and we are working with them to correct this issue.
Non-text content in PDFs
In PDF documents you must ensure that images are tagged correctly with alternative text. The background image on page 1 of the job description document does not have alternate text.
Documents that do not have alternative text for images are not compliant with WCAG guideline 1.1.1.
The template documents used to generate the job description have been corrected to provide alternative text for the background image on page 1. However, job description PDFs currently available (as of 14 August 2024) will have been created from the template documents before the changes were applied. The number of job description PDFs in the system that have alternate text for the background image will increase over time as the updated templates are used for creating job descriptions.
Text contrast in PDFs
Poor colour contrast makes it difficult for someone with sight loss to see the content properly. The blue headings in the job description PDF document, such as 'Main purpose of the role' and 'Person specification', do not have sufficient colour contrast.
Text that does not have sufficient colour contrast is not compliant with WCAG guideline 1.4.3.
The template documents used to generate the job description have been corrected to provide sufficient colour contrast in the headings. However, job description PDFs currently available (as of 14 August 2024) will have been created from the template documents before the changes were applied. The number of job description PDFs in the system that have sufficient colour contrast in the headings will increase over time as the updated templates are used for creating job descriptions.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 14 August 2024. It was last reviewed on 14 August 2024.
This website was last tested on 31 July 2024. The test was carried out by the website accessibility monitoring team at the Government Digital Service, using the latest version of Axe.
The HR Systems team last tested this website on 2 September 2024. The tests were conducted using the following tools:
Feedback and contact information
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email the HR Systems team at hr-systems@york.ac.uk.
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’).
If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).