The London Borough of Bexley is committed to making its websites and applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This accessibility statement applies to the Recruitment portal which includes a display of current vacancies and links to the job application process for roles at the London Borough of Bexley including roles in the Schools where we provide a HR Service.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard.

The Council is aware that its Recruitment website does not fully comply with W3C / WCAG accessibility guidelines. The below outlines the areas that do not fully comply.

The Recruitment Team will be migrating to a new recruitment system, which will allow the Council to address all the accessibility issues outlined below, making the whole recruitment site fully W3C / WCAG compliant. The implementation project to create a new site will commence at the beginning of September 2024 and it's anticipated that this will take a period of at least 20 weeks to complete. We will update the Accessibility Statement during the project milestones and stages and when the new system is fully implemented.

The areas of non-compliance are listed as follows:

WCAG 2.1.1 Keyboard

At 200% zoom and more, the magnifying glass and hamburger are not accessible using the keyboard.

WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible

The keyboard focus is not visible on the dropdown menus for 'Contract type' and 'Service Area/ School'.

At 200% zoom and more, the keyboard focus is missing for 10 keyboard tabs after tabbing from the top of the webpage.

WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum): Elements do not have sufficient colour contrast

There are multiple colour contrast issues across the webpage, including;

• when the button 'Start search' receives focus
• the 'You are here' breadcrumb menu
• the links 'Forgotten password' and 'Remember me'

WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: Links do not have discernible text

This refers to an empty link above 'Start search'.

This refers to the 'Privacy' link at the bottom of the webpage.

My candidate area (Log in/Create) page issues

WCAG 2.1.1 Keyboard

At 200% zoom and more, the magnifying glass and hamburger are not accessible using the keyboard.

WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible

The keyboard focus is not visible on the dropdown menus for 'Contract type' and 'Service Area/ School'.

At 200% zoom and more, the keyboard focus is missing for 10 keyboard tabs after tabbing from the top of the webpage.

WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum): Elements do not have sufficient colour contrast

There are colour contrast issues across the webpage, including;

• when the button 'Start search' receives focus
• the 'You are here' breadcrumb menu
• the links 'Forgotten password' and 'Remember me'
• 'Forgotten password' at 200% zoom and more under 'Log in to candidate area'

WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: Links do not have discernible text

This refers to an empty link above 'Start search'.

This refers to the 'Privacy' link at the bottom of the webpage.

This refers to the link 'To consult our Job Applicant Privacy Notice, click here'.

General vacancy page issues

WCAG 2.1.1 Keyboard

At 200% zoom and more, the magnifying glass and hamburger are not accessible using the keyboard.

WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible

The keyboard focus is not visible on the dropdown menus for 'Contract type' and 'Service Area/ School'.

At 200% zoom and more, the keyboard focus is missing for 10 keyboard tabs after tabbing from the top of the webpage.

WCAG 1.4.4 Resize Text

At 200% zoom, 'Apply for vacancy' partially covers the 'Go to top' button at the bottom of the webpage.

WCAG 1.4.10 Reflow

At 400% zoom and in mobile view, the button 'Apply for vacancy' does not reflow to fit the webpage.

WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum): Elements do not have sufficient colour contrast

There are colour contrast issues across the webpage, including;

• when the buttons 'Start search' and 'Apply for vacancy' receive focus
• the 'You are here' breadcrumb menu
• the links 'Forgotten password' and 'Remember me'

WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: Links do not have discernible text

This refers to an empty link above 'Start search'.

This refers to the next and previous arrows under 'Senior Health & Safety Adviser'

This refers to the 'Privacy' link at the bottom of the webpage.

Forgotten Password page issues

WCAG 2.1.1 Keyboard

At 200% zoom and more, the magnifying glass and hamburger are not accessible using the keyboard.

WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible

The keyboard focus is not visible on the dropdown menus for 'Contract type' and 'Service Area/ School'.

At 200% zoom and more, the keyboard focus is missing for 10 keyboard tabs after tabbing from the top of the webpage.

WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum): Elements do not have sufficient colour contrast

There are colour contrast issues across the webpage, including:

• the 'You are here' breadcrumb menu
• the links 'Forgotten password' and 'Remember me'
• when the button 'Start search' receives focus

WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: Links do not have discernible text

This refers to an empty link above 'Start search'.

This refers to the 'Privacy' link at the bottom of the webpage.

WCAG 2.1.1 Keyboard

At 200% zoom and more, the magnifying glass and hamburger are not accessible using the keyboard.

WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible

The keyboard focus is not visible on the dropdown menus for 'Contract type' and 'Service Area/ School'.

At 200% zoom and more, the keyboard focus is missing for 10 keyboard tabs after tabbing from the top of the webpage.

WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum): Elements do not have sufficient colour contrast

There are multiple colour contrast issues across the webpage, including:

• the 'You are here' breadcrumb menu
• the links 'Forgotten password' and 'Remember me'
• when the button 'Start search' receives focus

WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships: Table cells that use the headers should only refer to cells in the same table

This refers to the table under 'Table of keyboard shortcuts'.

WCAG 1.4.1 Use of Color: Links are not distinguishable without relying on colour

This refers to the links under 'Accessibility and compliance status'.

WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: Links do not have discernible text

This refers to an empty link above 'Start search'.

This refers to the 'Privacy' link at the bottom of the webpage.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared and last reviewed on 6 August 2024.

Feedback and contact information

If you require assistance in using our Recruitment website and/or in the completion of an application for an advertised role then please contact the Recruitment Team by emailing recruitment@bexley.gov.uk

Please also provide feedback or notification of any further compliance failure and/or to request information and content excluded from the scope of the Directive by emailing recruitment@bexley.gov.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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint you may wish to contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), details of how to contact the EASS can be found on their website.