Communicator at Hospitals in the West

The Hospitals in the West is an administration within the Västra Götaland Region and consists of four hospitals – Alingsås Hospital, Angered Local Hospital, Högsbo Local Hospital, and Kungälv Hospital. Approximately 3000 employees work with us every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare of the highest quality.

About the Organization

The Communications Unit consists of four communicators, led by a communications manager, and together we provide strategic and operational support to management and operations based on various areas of expertise.

The responsibilities of the Communications Unit include: internal, management, and external communication, internal and external web, social media, press and media relations, crisis communication, branding work, film and photography, graphic production, and project communication. The Västra Götaland Region and the Hospitals in the West are currently focused on the transformation of healthcare, where digitalization and developed working methods are key components.

About the Position

The position of communicator with us primarily involves responsibility for press and media relations as well as crisis communication. In the role of communicator, you will strengthen the communication team and also work strategically and operationally with varied tasks within the communication field. You will be based at Kungälv Hospital, but the position includes working from our various hospitals as needed.

Your main tasks will include:

• proactive press and media work where you monitor the external environment
• press communicator and respond to media inquiries
• news production
• crisis communication
• practically work with communication in various projects (analyzing communication needs, identifying target groups, messages, activities, and channels) and publish in various channels.
• contribute to the continuous development of communication work and work processes to strengthen the unit's overall communicative competence.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• a university degree in media and communication science or journalism.
• very good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form, as well as a strong sense of language.
• several years of experience working with media relations both proactively and in critical situations.
• experience in crisis communication and acting during a crisis.
• experience working in CMS (we use Optimizely/Episerver and Pressmachine).

We are looking for an engaged and knowledgeable person who works well both in a team and independently. You interact well with others and relate to them in a responsive and smooth manner. You listen, communicate, and solve any obstacles constructively. You appreciate working in an open climate, close to your colleagues, where we help each other, support one another, and have fun at work. You are goal- and results-oriented while being unpretentious. You have good judgment and make trade-offs and priorities for the benefit of the organization. You weigh complex information and various considerations and demonstrate good judgment in statements, actions, and decisions.

To be successful in the role of communicator with us, you need to work in a planned and long-term manner, while also being able to quickly shift focus to work on current issues here and now. You should have the ability to make your own assessments and priorities as the work demands high capability to handle a fast pace and to make balanced decisions even under pressure. You should also be adaptable to changing circumstances. You can quickly change your perspective and approach and see opportunities in various changes.

We place great importance on personal suitability.

Are you the one we are looking for? We look forward to reading your application. Please attach some examples of press releases or articles you have written.

Selection and interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Warm welcome with your application!

About the Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communications throughout Västra Götaland.

The Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more working methods. To be part of the digital transformation, you should possess basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a state of readiness.

Application

The Västra Götaland Region prefers that you register your application via the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position or for special reasons cannot register your information in a public system - please contact the contact person for the respective advertisement.

To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you as a seller: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job advertisements. The Västra Götaland Region has contracted agreements.