Digital Accessibility Advisor

Project overview

Assignment Description

Are you accurate, do you like creating an overview, and do you enjoy working with various parties? Then we have a great assignment within the Competence Center Website (CCW).

In the past period, an inventory of Rijkswaterstaat's website portfolio has been carried out. Now is the time for the next step: administratively organizing this portfolio so that we have a current and reliable overview to build upon.

In this assignment, you will work with website owners within RWS and with colleagues from other government agencies. You will coordinate data, check registrations, perform quality checks in the RIO, and support the archiving of relevant information. With this, you will make a direct contribution to reliable information management and better control over our digital landscape.

Handle questions, send certificates, create FAQs, and keep team knowledge up-to-date/shared.

Implementation of contract management for digital accessibility

Provide advice on accessibility challenges

Advise on Governance, process, and standardization of the chain with the aim that making information digitally accessible becomes self-evident in execution;

Implement the policy of the government's digital accessibility decision;

Share/secure knowledge within RWS on how apps/websites can/remain digitally accessible, for example by planning & organizing (online) sessions;

Background of the assignment

Rijkswaterstaat is the executive organization of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and consists of seven national and seven regional organizational units. For over 200 years, we have been working daily on a safe, liveable, and accessible Netherlands. We manage and develop national roads, waterways, and waters and focus on a sustainable living environment. Together with others, we work on a country that is protected against floods. Where there is enough greenery, and sufficient and clean water. And where you can travel quickly and safely from A to B.

Working together for a safe, liveable, and accessible Netherlands. That is Rijkswaterstaat.

Corporate Service (CD)

Do you want to work at Rijkswaterstaat within the Corporate Service (CD)? This organizational unit supports all primary work processes of the Board, the Board Staff, and the other organizational units of Rijkswaterstaat. This includes operational services such as HRM, communication, facility and financial services, administrative legal affairs, and real estate. Outside Rijkswaterstaat, the CD also provides support for other government agencies and parties, such as municipalities and water boards.

In total, approximately 1,000 people work within the CD, spread across the Customer & Services unit and the three directorates: Communication, Personnel & Law, Facility & Finance, Information Provision, Information Management & Control, and Operations & Procurement.

Directorate Information Management, Information Management, and Control (IIC)

The IIC directorate is a new directorate with a change agenda. This directorate is formed by four (4) departments under the leadership of an interim manager. One of the four departments is the Information Provision and Development (IVO) department. Within this department, you will find the information managers, business analysts, architects, and program managers. This is the department from which you will work. The department consists of approximately 40 colleagues.

• Coordinate with website owners within RWS;
• Maintain contact with other government agencies as needed;
• Check and update data;
• Perform checks in the RIO;
• Support archiving actions and complete registrations;
• Contribute to a current and reliable website portfolio.

Requirements

Offers can only be made via our portal Striive, accompanied by a complete Dutch CV of a maximum of 5 pages; otherwise, we cannot process them.

If you need help with this, you can contact our support department.

The offered candidate has at least 2 years of demonstrable experience as a Digital Accessibility Advisor within a government organization (municipality, province, water board) or another political-administrative environment.

The offered candidate must have completed at least 2 projects in the field of digital accessibility, information security, websites, and privacy.

The offered candidate must have at least a Bachelor's degree, preferably in the direction of Computer Science, Communication, or Business Administration.

Wishes

Degree to which the candidate has knowledge of and experience with applying the mandatory guidelines for government websites in websites and web content.

Degree to which the candidate possesses the following competencies: independent, strong communication skills, works methodically and accurately, and has a hands-on mentality (this is measurable based on CV and/or motivation and possibly an introductory interview).

Degree to which the candidate has knowledge and experience with the WCAG2 guidelines.

Additional Information

Offers can only be made via our portal Select; otherwise, we cannot process them.

When you, as a supplier, offer a professional to us and they are placed, we will need information from you as a contracting party, including regarding the Chain and Principal Liability Act.

The purpose of the 'WKA' is to prevent abuse in the remittance of payroll taxes at all links in the chain; from supplier to client. We cover these risks for our clients by means of a blocked account, the G-account. This is an account to which a portion of the invoice amount is deposited and from which you can pay payroll taxes and VAT to the Tax Authorities. The percentage to be deposited depends on whether you have a SNA certification (NEN-4400-1 or NEN-4400-2) or not, and whether your company is located in the Netherlands or abroad. You can apply for the G-account from the Tax Authorities.

If you cannot obtain a G-account (and you can provide proof of this from the Tax Authorities), you also have the option to submit an accountant's statement (assurance report regarding personnel lending) every quarter. In this, a certified accountant (AA or RA) will issue a statement about the correctness, completeness, and timeliness of the remittances. Please note that the costs for this statement are at your own expense.

Project details

• Start: 2026-10-14T22:00:00
• Location: Utrecht, NL
• Languages: Dutch