Published on: 29 July 2024
Last updated: 26 July 2024
This statement applies to content published on the MaPS careers microsite https://micro.green-park.co.uk/maps/. This statement does not apply to content on other sites or subdomains (for example, maps.org.uk or moneyhelper.org.uk).
Accessibility statement for the Money and Pensions Service careers website
This accessibility statement applies to the website at https://micro.green-park.co.uk/maps/.
This website is run by the Money and Pensions Service. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
- access the site on smaller devices.
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- zooming and scaling does not work on all pages for mobile devices
- colour contrast does not meet AA standards in all cases
- not all form fields are correctly labelled
Third party content
YouTube Videos
We have included closed captions and transcripts for our videos. BSL versions are also available.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format, such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or Braille, contact us:
email: contact@maps.org.uk
call: +44 (0)1159 659570.
write/visit: The Money and Pensions Service, Bedford Borough Hall, 138 Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
We’ll consider your request and get back to you within two days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that we haven’t listed on this page, or if you think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, we’d want to hear from you. Please send us an email describing the problem and tell us which page you were using when it happened. Send this email to recruitment@maps.org.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).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
You are welcome to contact us in advance, so that we can arrange reasonable accommodation for your visit. For example, you will be able to request a space with low lighting or low noise levels, or you can ask us to arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
To make enquiries visit our contact us page.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The Money and Pensions Service is committed to making its careers website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons;
Non-compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA
Website results
| Issue
|
Description
|
WCAG Criterion / Level
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| Zooming and scaling must not be disabled | Zooming and scaling not possible on all pages with mobile devices | 1.4.10 Reflow, Level AA |
| Elements must meet minimum colour contrast ratio thresholds
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Link styles on application page to not meet minimum ratio
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1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) Level AA
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| Form elements must have labels | Not every form element on application page has a label | 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value Level A
|
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDF or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We are fixing the issues for each area listed above. We will update this page when issues are fixed.
We include accessibility acceptance criteria when working with our suppliers, and will .
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was first prepared on 26 July 2024.
This website was last tested on 26 July 2024. The test was carried out by MaPS.
The testing used accessibility evaluation tools, visual inspection of code and testing with assistive technology to evaluate a representative number of pages and functionality.
The testing assessed the following pages:
Pages tested
- Careers homepage
- About us page
- Application page
- How we help people
- Current vacancies