Workplace Accessibility Specialist

About the role

Working in the AXA UK HR team, the Workplace Accessibility Specialist will create and be accountable for the HR arm of AXA's accessibility related policies and processes. Using your expertise, you'll take the lead in ensuring AXA is putting accessibility for its employees at the forefront of its priorities. You'll play a critical role in the centre of excellence empowering business areas and employees to achieve the accessibility and reasonable adjustments a truly inclusive employer wants to provide

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home at your local office

What you'll be doing:

Enhance AXA's Inclusivity by improving our identification and implementation of accessibility and reasonable adjustments requirements within the workplace


Create and own the processes for understanding what adjustments are needed within our employee population, supporting the business in assessing whether they are ‘reasonable' and improving speed and efficiency of implementation


Undertake holistic workplace assessments and provide recommendations to the business (training will be provided, if required)


Key relationship holder with all internal and external accessibility related stakeholders and suppliers including– Occupational Health, Access to Work, Business Disability Forum, relevant charity networks etc


Relationship Manager for all internal stakeholders in the accessibility space including Employee Relations, Diversity and Inclusion Team, IT, Health & Safety


Highly collaborative working relationship with the Accessibility Concierge in Resourcing to ensure the smooth transition of employees with or requiring adjustments throughout their employee journey including redeployment opportunities


Increase awareness of AXA's commitment and responsibility to Accessibility


Offer expert advice and guidance on championing Disability, Accessibility and Reasonable adjustments in the workplace


Relationship owner of the everyday ‘business as usual' provisions of the Occupational Health Service, linking in with the Culture & Engagement Team to help drive any strategic changes in terms of Occupational Health provision


Work closely with Employee Relations and be the escalation point and manage a caseload, for individual cases / scenarios where adjustments are required and drive the processes/ actions through to implementation

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply

About you


Expert in managing and championing disability, accessibility, and adjustments in the workplace


Proven track record in devising workplace accessibility processes from inception, embedding new ways of working and overcoming challenges or resistance to progression


Proven experience of working with external accessibility support networks such as Access to Work, relevant charities and support agencies with the aim of broadening AXA’s access to these services and subject matter experts


Experience in navigating accessibility support networks to allow speedy adjustments and improvements to be made


Proven experience in improving accessibility within a large organisation and particularly within the digital workplace


Tenacious personality, driven to get the job done, finding creative ways of achieving this and knocking down barriers


Strong Influencing skills across internal and external stakeholder networks

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in the United Kingdom

What we offer

At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

Competitive annual salary


Annual company & performance-based bonus


Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)


Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)


25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays


Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave


AXA employee discounts


Gym benefits

To apply, click on the ‘apply for this job’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long term health condition or disability and require reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to ***************@axa-insurance.co.uk

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About AXA

With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career

You’ll work in an open and supportive environment where you’ll be developed, challenged and encouraged to move around to achieve even bigger and better things – nationally and internationally. You’ll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. And you’ll enjoy real responsibility, really early on

Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. But at AXA UK, these values form an integral part of everything we do. For us, it’s about bringing together the best talent, helping people to realise their full potential by being 100% themselves at work and delivering outstanding service to everyone – regardless of difference

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you’ve got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you’re just starting out, we’ll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.