Do you have at least 2 years of experience in working with communication? Do you have excellent writing and editing skills in English? If you are also looking for a job in an international organization with an important mission, you should keep reading. We might have the perfect role for you!

About the position

Perido is looking for a Communication Officer for our client, an independent and important agency of the European Union. The mission of this agency is to strengthen Europe’s defenses against infectious diseases and identify, assess, and communicate current and emerging threats to human health posed by infectious diseases. The position is placed at their office which is nicely located just outside of Stockholm city.

Note! For this position you need to provide us with a curriculum vitae in English and in the Europass CV template (https://europa.eu/europass/sv). We also need a letter of motivation, explaining which job specific expertise and personal characteristics you can bring to the job (of maximum 1 page).

Your daily tasks

In this role you will be working in the Communication section that aims at strengthening European capacities, knowledge and cooperation in communicable diseases prevention and control, in a way that is complementary to the other activities of the Centre. More specifically, you will be involved in following tasks:

• Communication work including media, internal communication, and risk communication activities
• Provide support in the communication of scientific outputs to the media and to the general public to make the information easily accessible to these target groups
• Support staff in drafting responses to media enquiries
• Write, edit, and publish content for external and internal communication purposes
• Organise internal meetings and events in the area of communication and/or support in the planning and organisation of information stands
• Perform other tasks in support of communication functions as assigned by the supervisor

Your qualifications

In order to be successful in this role, you need to have an excellent ability to communicate efficiently at all levels, internally and externally, in an appropriate manner. You also need to have excellent knowledge of how the media works and hands-on experience of conducting media relations. Furthermore, you have a high capacity to work under pressure and within tight deadlines, excellent planning and organisational skills, and an eminent ability to work in a team. Last but not least, we believe that you have a great ability to synthesize and analyze complex information and convert this into a format that is comprehensible for non-technical audiences. With a strong service minded approach and focus on delivering high-quality work, we know that you will succeed in your role!

Are you the one we are looking for? Please send us your application as soon as possible!

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience in communication
• Excellent ability to synthesize and analyse complex information and convert it into various formats for non-technical audiences
• Some experience in communicating with the general public, working in internal communication and/or conducting media relations
• Excellent ability to communicate efficiently and effectively at all levels internally and externally, in an appropriate manner
• Capacity to work under pressure and within tight deadlines
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Excellent command of English, spoken and written

Contract type and hours

Full time, consulting assignment until 2024-06-30, with the possibility of extension. Start ASAP.

Application

Please apply on our website perido.se/lediga-jobb/. Click on the apply button in the job ad and fill in your information and attach your CV. We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible as selection is ongoing. Note that certain information regarding the assignment and/or the client company may have been deliberately disclosed from the advertisement. If your profile matches what we are looking for, the responsible recruiter will give you all the information you need.

If you have questions, you are more than welcome to contact us at [email protected] and one of our recruitment administrators will do their best to help you. Always enter the reference number 34449 in the subject line.

About Perido

Why are we called Perido? It is from the Latin word Peridoneus which means "well matched". Matching our consultant's competence and career focus with our clients' needs is what we do best! Perido is a consulting and recruitment company in the white-collar sector that helps you to the next step in your career and our vision is for everyone to thrive and be engaged at work. We have grown steadily since the start in 2003 and have over 1300 employees across the country, of which about fifty works at our offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg. As a Perido consultant, you become an important part of our organization and you grow together with us by strengthening our clients' organizations with your skills. Please visit our website www.perido.se for more information.