Press Communicator at the Swedish Migration Agency

At the Swedish Migration Agency, we work with one of the major societal issues of our time – migration. We are about 6,000 people here, and we have an unusually important job!

We are looking for a press communicator with good knowledge of the Swedish Migration Agency's operations for the press and production unit in Sundbyberg.

This is a personal substitute position lasting until 270401.

With us, you will work on engaging and current societal issues that are constantly influenced by events in our surroundings. We offer a challenging assignment in a dynamic environment characterized by change and a focus on collaboration. As an employee at the Swedish Migration Agency, you can expect a rewarding job in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement, collaboration, and respect for people. With us, you make a difference and contribute to social benefit.

What do we do in the communications department?

We are about 45 employees distributed across the press and production unit, the communications unit, and the digital communication unit. We carry out most of the work together in close collaboration with the rest of the organization. Our mission includes management and leadership communication, overall internal and external communication, news about our operations, crisis communication, graphic profile, media management, training in communication issues, the agency's presence on social media, and the development and management of websites and other digital channels.

What does a press communicator do?

As a press communicator, you will work both strategically and operationally with the agency's media issues. You will be involved in planning, coordinating, and executing various types of press activities. You will gather facts about our operations and package them for different channels. You will act as strategic media support to managers and experts and provide good service to the media. The assignment also includes working with the agency's crisis communication.

The tasks in the press service broadly include:

• Handling media inquiries and providing good service to journalists
• Performing ongoing communication tasks, such as producing messages and news texts.
• Supporting managers and employees in media management
• Proactively planning and developing the agency's media work
• Media monitoring and analysis
• Crisis communication.

Who are you?

You have a very good ability to quickly adapt assignments and working methods based on conditions influenced by events in the world around you. You are passionate about conveying facts about the Swedish Migration Agency's mission to the public in a pedagogical manner. You communicate engagingly in individual meetings and small and large groups, listen, and are receptive to the other party and adapt to the situation. You work well with other people, create contacts, and maintain relationships. You are driven, take initiative, start activities, and achieve results. Furthermore, you work well with complex issues, break them down into their components, and solve them. You remain calm regardless of circumstances and have the ability to focus on the right things. You often come up with ideas and new approaches to work-related issues. You have innovative thinking that can be put into practice and leads to results.

Requirements for applicants

• University degree in communication, law, social or behavioral sciences, or other education combined with relevant experience.
• Very good communication skills in both Swedish and English.

It is meritorious if you have

• Experience being interviewed by journalists.
• Current work experience from the Swedish Migration Agency's operational activities.
• Experience writing news texts and messages under time pressure.
• Experience working in case management systems like Wilma, SKAPA, Simba.

Information

Employment type: Personal substitute position lasting until 270401
Scope: Full-time
Working hours: Office hours
Salary: We apply individual salary setting.
Location: Sundbyberg
Start date: By agreement.

If you want to know more about the current role, you can contact unit manager Maria Rydström at 010-4858806
Read about our employment conditions and benefits here (https://www.migrationsverket.se/om-migrationsverket/jobba-hos-oss.html).

Warm welcome with your application documents by 260204. We accept your application via our recruitment system.

About the recruitment process

For us, it is important that all competencies in the labor market are utilized. We therefore welcome all applicants and strive for a balanced gender distribution and diversity. As a government agency, we recruit based on merit and skill. You can read more about what this means at this link (https://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/jobba-statligt/fragor-och-svar/Hur-ser-rekryteringsprocessen-ut-for-statliga-jobb/).

We use selection questions during the application. Please answer them as thoroughly as you can, as your answers are important for whether you qualify to proceed in the recruitment process. In some recruitments, we also use tests to assess how well your skills match the position you are applying for. During a possible interview, you may also be asked questions related to security.

If you want to contact union representatives, contact details for Saco-S, Seko, and ST can be found at the bottom of the page under “Available jobs and expressions of interest” here (https://www.migrationsverket.se/om-migrationsverket/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/fragor-och-svar-om-att-soka-jobb-hos-oss.html#svid12_5560a3b619996eafa4b2b0).

To work at the Swedish Migration Agency, you must have the right to reside and work in Sweden on one of the following grounds: Swedish citizenship (requirement for certain positions), Nordic citizenship, EU citizenship, or permanent residence permit.

If you have protected personal information or other information that you consider to be sensitive, please contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) before you submit your application, and we will tell you more about our security procedures.

The Swedish Migration Agency's recruitments are conducted entirely in our own or contracted providers' management. We therefore ask not to receive phone calls and emails from recruitment companies and ad sellers.