Disability Specialist - Warwickshire
| Posting date: | 15 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £28,000 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Warwick, Warwickshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | AbilityNet |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Join a meaningful UK-wide initiative powered by AbilityNet in partnership with BT Group, focused on reducing digital exclusion. As a Digital Skills Disability Specialist, you will provide expert guidance on disability and assistive technology to disabled individuals across a designated region. You’ll also play a vital role in supporting trainers and volunteers throughout the UK and Northern Ireland, helping to deliver the BT Group-funded Digital Skills Training Programme with impact and integrity.
Please download the full job description for detailed information about the role, responsibilities, and area of coverage.
What we're looking for
Ideal candidates will have and be able to demonstrate the following:
- IT Proficiency: In-depth knowledge of assistive technologies across both hardware and software. Demonstrates strong digital literacy and technical confidence, including proficiency in Office 365.
- Self-Motivation: A proactive, self-starter with a proven ability to take initiative, drive projects forward independently, and deliver impactful results.
- Training and Facilitation: Proven experience in facilitating training for groups and individuals, including confidence in delivering presentations.
- Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities, with a talent for engaging, motivating and supporting learners and colleagues.
- Organisation: Highly organised with strong administrative skills, able to manage competing priorities with efficiency and accuracy.
- Relevant Experience: Demonstrated experience working with disabled people, older individuals, and charitable organisations.
- Travel Flexibility: Willing and able to travel regularly across a large region, with occasional travel outside the designated area to support broader programme needs.
Please download the full job description for detailed information about the role, responsibilities, and area of coverage.
What we're looking for
Ideal candidates will have and be able to demonstrate the following:
- IT Proficiency: In-depth knowledge of assistive technologies across both hardware and software. Demonstrates strong digital literacy and technical confidence, including proficiency in Office 365.
- Self-Motivation: A proactive, self-starter with a proven ability to take initiative, drive projects forward independently, and deliver impactful results.
- Training and Facilitation: Proven experience in facilitating training for groups and individuals, including confidence in delivering presentations.
- Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities, with a talent for engaging, motivating and supporting learners and colleagues.
- Organisation: Highly organised with strong administrative skills, able to manage competing priorities with efficiency and accuracy.
- Relevant Experience: Demonstrated experience working with disabled people, older individuals, and charitable organisations.
- Travel Flexibility: Willing and able to travel regularly across a large region, with occasional travel outside the designated area to support broader programme needs.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.