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The Department of Swedish, Multilingualism and Language Technology conducts education, research, and collaboration within the subjects of Swedish, Swedish as a second language, multilingualism, and language technology. The education includes courses at undergraduate and advanced levels, bachelor's programs, participation in teacher education, doctoral education, as well as commissioned education. Research and education focus on the structure and use of the Swedish language; individual and societal multilingualism; the Swedish language community; language policy; language and school; linguistic research infrastructure; large language models.

Job Description

The duties as a communicator at the department are distributed across a broad spectrum. You will handle all the department's ongoing communication tasks. This includes, among other things:

• Strategy and policy work, in close collaboration with the Head of Department and management group
• Editorial responsibility for the department's external web pages, intranet, and student portal
• Newsletters
• Student recruitment and advertising (both digital, on social media, and in print)
• Print production, work with templates, and support in their use
• Photography and film
• Event and fair administration
• Participate in faculty- and university-wide networks
• Take minutes and meeting notes
• And serve as daily support to the department's employees on various communication matters

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a post-secondary education in communication, or equivalent as the employer finds relevant, or alternatively equivalent competence that can be assessed as comparable. You should have a few years of experience working with communication tasks, preferably within the public sector, higher education and/or university, or other scientific activity. Good language skills in Swedish and English, both spoken and written, are required for the position.

It is meritorious to have worked with:

• Infoglue
• Drupal
• Adobe Photoshop
• InDesign
• Akeneo PIM
• Acrobat

At the time of appointment, a holistic assessment of the above qualifications will be made, and the person with the best prerequisites for performing the tasks will be prioritized.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

Employment

The employment is a fixed-term contract for 6 months on a full- or part-time basis with placement indefinitely at the Department of Swedish, Multilingualism and Language Technology.

The start date is September 1, or as agreed.

Contact Information for the Position

If you have questions about the employment, you are welcome to contact:

Helén Sandström, Administrative Director (on leave until August 10)
Tel: +46 31 – 786 1774
E-mail: [email protected]

Jong Ho, HR Officer (available until July 29)
Tel: +46 766-18 44 46
E-mail: [email protected]

Trade Union Organizations

You can find trade union representatives at the University of Gothenburg here: https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#kollektivavtal-och-fackliga-foretradare (https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#kollektivavtal-och-fackliga-foretradare)

Application

You apply for the position via the University of Gothenburg's recruitment portal by clicking the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is at the university's disposal by the last application date.

The application must be received by: 2026-08-06

The university works actively for a working environment with equal conditions and values the qualities that diversity brings to the operations. The university applies individual salary setting. According to the National Archives' regulations, the university is obliged to keep application documents for two years after the appointment decision. If you as an applicant specifically request your documents back, they will be returned when the two years have passed, otherwise, they will be destroyed. To staffing and recruitment agencies and to you who are sellers: The University of Gothenburg uses a procured advertising agency in connection with the recruitment of staff. We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of job advertisements.