Communicator for the Assistive Devices Operations

The Assistive Devices Operations is responsible for the operation of assistive device services for individuals with mobility impairments in the southern part of Stockholm County, as well as county-wide responsibility for individuals in need of consumable assistive devices at home, medical technology equipment at home, and communication, cognition, vision, and hearing aids.

Description

The position of communicator within the operational support of the Assistive Devices Operations.

We are 20 employees supporting areas such as finance, IT, operational monitoring and development, and patient safety.

In this role, you will support our operations at our three offices, Fruängen and two in Solna. One of these will be your fixed location, but you will regularly be at all offices. We value the collaboration that arises when we meet, but of course, there is the possibility of remote work when it suits the tasks.

Responsibilities

As a communicator, you will work with qualified communication tasks. You will provide operational and strategic support in internal and external communication efforts. The work alternates between long-term projects, quick tasks, and ongoing duties.

You will be the sole communicator in the organization and independently drive our communication efforts. To succeed in this role, you need to work both strategically and operationally and take responsibility for the entire communication process – from identifying needs to implementation and follow-up. You see the whole and the context and translate our goals into relevant efforts.

Your main tasks will include:

• responsibility for and development of our communication channels, e.g., our website, 1177, intranet, etc.
• planning, coordinating, implementing, and following up on communication
• creating, editing, and publishing written, moving, and oral communication
• providing strategic and operational support to the organization's managers and key personnel
• ensuring target group adaptation, user and accessibility perspectives
• follow-up and analysis of the effects of communication and environmental monitoring
• quality assurance and language review of communication

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with experience in independent work as a communicator with the knowledge required to take responsibility for the entire process, from strategy and planning to implementation and follow-up. You have experience acting as communication support to managers and leadership, where you have translated the organization's goals into relevant efforts. You have experience independently driving projects of varying sizes and leading communication efforts during change. As a writer, you are accustomed to moving between different channels and have a solid ability to tailor content to target groups with a focus on clear language and accessibility. You have experience working with moving communication, layout, and design.

Furthermore, you have:

• relevant higher education in communication or media, or other education that we consider equivalent
• several years of current experience in both strategic and operational communication work, internally and externally
• very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• experience working in CMS, e.g., Episerver/Optimizely

It is advantageous if you also have experience in:

• relevant public sector work
• project management
• planning and conducting training and workshops

Personal qualities

We are looking for someone who is relationship-building with the ability to create trust and collaborate with managers and key personnel. You are communicative, self-driven, and proactive in driving your own work forward. With commitment, you take responsibility for both managing and developing our communication and making the complex understandable.

In a changing everyday life, you are flexible and solution-oriented. You find constructive ways forward. You work in a structured and quality-conscious manner; with effective planning to meet deadlines and ensure that our communication maintains high quality. Your personal maturity makes you secure and stable in your role. Through a strategic holistic view, you ensure that each step contributes to the organization's goals.

We offer

We offer good benefits and a work environment characterized by professionalism, development, and social responsibility. Our benefits include:

• Collective agreement with agreed insurances
• Occupational pension
• Wellness hour and wellness contribution of 5000 SEK/year
• Subsidized healthcare (free outpatient care)
• Reduced price on SL card

The position will be filled on the condition that it does not need to be used for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

In patient-related work within the Stockholm County healthcare area:

• background checks will be applied before hiring decisions according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during employment.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment examination, according to current directives, which is done through occupational health services before employment.
• in addition to Swedish professional certification, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements are guiding for non-certified personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County's healthcare area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer health and medical care in the Region Stockholm's management within psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, habilitation and health, as well as assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/ (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/)

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