Communication Manager

Job Description

As Communication Manager you will work on behalf of the Heads of Communication for corporate, various business areas and staff functions and with other communication disciplines including Media Relations, Public Affairs and Brand.

You will independently drive communication for diverse national and international projects. Think of topics like environmental and sustainability initiatives across business areas, development of communication activities for E-mobility or corporate change programmes. Working on projects, your weekly tasks range from strategic work like developing and implementing communication plans or preparing decision-making documents to hands-on work like creating and distributing communication materials or coordinating internal and external stakeholders.

Besides working on projects you will contribute to developing our team. How can we, as communication managers, work in ways that are smarter, faster, more fun?

Business and Corporate Communication

We exist to help Vattenfall achieve its business objectives by supporting with the right communication – to enable the fossil freedom that drives society forward.

The core team consists of 10 members, based in Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Stockholm and Luleå - all working as communication managers. The extended team also includes the 4 Heads of Communication.

The Heads of Communication are responsible for specific business areas and are also part of the respective management teams. This way, they closely follow what’s happening businesswise and can take communication topics or projects back to our team, if they need our support.

On behalf of the Heads of Communication, we lead or support communication topics and projects that are of strategic importance to Vattenfall and the various business areas and that improve Vattenfall's reputation internally and externally. We use our broad network and knowledge of Vattenfall to proactively leverage synergies, identify opportunities and risks and work on solutions.

What are you going to do?

1. Manage.

• Collaborate in national and international (communication) projects.
• Independently lead the communication part in projects.
• Effectively manage the needs and interests of all project stakeholders.
• Create decision-making documents for the Heads of Communication regarding  communication topics.

2. Analyse, Develop and Produce.

3. Advise and Coordinate.

Qualifications

Who are you?

As our new Communication Manager, we expect you to :

You meet the following qualifications :

In addition, these qualifications are advantageous :

Additional Information

Our Offer

We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as ‘Ask and Share’ concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development. Click here for further information.

Location

Solna, Amsterdam, Berlin & Hamburg.

Travels

Trips to other Vattenfall locations occurs on regular basis.

For more information  about the position you are welcome to contact hiring managers (job-sharing) Christina Reuter christina.reuter@vattenfall.com and Silja-Elena Morgner, silja-elena.morgner@vattenfall.de. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Anna Uppström, anna.uppstroem@vattenfall.com.

We welcome your application in English no later than April 27.

We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.

We look forward to receiving your application!