Freelance Accessibility Consultant

Accessibility-focused travel consultancy for visitors who want to experience Edinburgh with clarity and confidence.

We are building a panel of paid freelance consultants to undertake accessibility user-testing of visitor attractions, hotels, and various hospitality venues (bars, restaurants and cafes) across Edinburgh, as well as user-testing of travel routes and travel itineraries.

Main tasks

• planning site visits
• in-person assessment of different destinations in terms of specific accessibility criteria as well as the overall visitor experience. This will include photography and note-taking onsite, interaction with venue staff and the delivery of a templated (electronic) report after the visit
• collaboration on the design of visitor itineraries and the promotional activities of the business, including content creation
• opportunity to conduct consultations (via video call) with clients directly.

Essential

• Lived experience of disability, including but not limited to powered and manual wheelchair users, D/deaf people and people with visual impairments.

Desirable

• Previous consultancy experience 
• candidates will need to be able to work (and share work) remotely and have familiarity with digital workplace platforms, specifically Google Workspace 
• experience in the Travel and Tourism and/or hospitality industry 
• experience of photography, social media asset creation and content creation 
• language skills additional to English, particularly at an upper-intermediate level of conversational ability in German, Spanish, Italian, French, Mandarin, Wu (Shanghainese) or Yue (Cantonese).

We particularly welcome applicants who:

• are happy and comfortable working independently (specifically on site visits) as well as collaborating
• have good attention to detail and who are able to plan and organise their own time
• have customer-facing experience and are used to dealing with a range of individuals
• are proactive and keen to add suggestions to the promotion of the business
• are happy to appear in photographic promotional materials and generate social media content.

Please note that as this is a consultancy role, contracted hours are flexible and negotiable rather than fixed.

Get in touch with our team if you need support with your application or would like to apply in a different format.