Communications Officer for the Employment and Welfare Administration

Description:

1 position(s). Are you ready for the future? We are – and now we're looking for you! Within the Employment and Welfare Administration in Kristianstad, we are embarking on an exciting transformation journey. Our vision is clear: An administration – ready for the future! We are developing our organization to meet the needs of the future and create even better conditions for our citizens. From April 2026, we will be working in a new organization – with a focus on modern, sustainable, and legally secure welfare. Today, approximately 480 dedicated employees work with us, making a difference for people at different stages of life every day. Together, we create security, participation, and opportunities. Do you want to make a difference through communications that stands out, resonates, and engages? We welcome your application! Your Role with Us The Employment and Welfare Administration is undergoing an exciting transformation to become an even more preventive and accessible social service, in line with the intentions of the new Social Services Act. We now need to strengthen our team with a driven communicator who is comfortable both thinking strategically and acting operatively. With us, you will have a key role where you help our operations succeed with their communications, both internally to our employees and externally to our citizens. You will plan, develop, and implement communication initiatives that truly make a difference. The role also involves supporting and strengthening your colleagues' communication skills, including through training and workshops. Together with your fellow communicator, you will be responsible for the overall communications of the administration. You will be responsible for different parts of the whole, but will also support each other. We look forward to your application and the opportunity to welcome you to a position where your expertise truly matters! In this recruitment, we will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. Who Are We Looking For? As an applicant, you have education at least at bachelor's level from a university or college in media and communication science or equivalent higher education that the employer deems equivalent. We want you to have documented experience in communications work and preferably within municipal administration or another politically governed organization, as well as experience working with different communication channels. It is meriting if you have: experience with communication initiatives to reach disadvantaged target groups in society in a simple and clear way experience working with photography and video and graphic design experience supporting operations in press and media work experience working with information security and digitalization knowledge of applicable legislation such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Since the work tasks include ensuring the quality of information, you must have very good Swedish in speech and writing. You have documented experience formulating, writing, and summarizing texts and messages adapted to different target groups, as well as a good ability to choose the right channel to reach the right message to the right audience. You can deliver presentations, lectures, and training sessions and adapt them to the target audience's needs and feedback. Furthermore, you have good IT skills and documented experience working with the Office package as well as CMS tools and Adobe CS. We also want you to have documented knowledge of image processing, layout, and web publishing. Experience working with information security and accessibility in e-services is particularly valuable, as these areas are important parts of our digitalization journey. As a person, you are confident in your professional role and know what you can contribute. You are curious, creative, innovative, and engaged so that you can quickly understand and summarize new areas of knowledge and find new perspectives and solutions. We want you to be action-oriented, unpretentious, courageous, and collaborative so that you can thrive in the role as a communicator with us. You have the ability to create and maintain good relationships, both internally and externally. Furthermore, you have the ability to plan and organize your work, to set goals, and to follow up on and complete activities. About Us Meet the future with us in the Employment and Welfare Administration. The administration is responsible for individual and family care services and certain labor market and education initiatives in the municipality. We have a shared responsibility to prevent and combat social exclusion and support citizens in increasing their independence. The administration consists of four operations: Prevention Services, Authority Operations, Services and Housing Operations, and Education and Work Operations. As a communicator in the Employment and Welfare Administration, you will be part of the Administration and Development Department. The department also includes a board secretary, registrars, developers, school coordinator, and coordinators. Together with the Finance and HR departments, we form the administration's management team, and we all contribute within our areas to provide the administration's operations with good conditions to fulfill their mission for citizens. The workplace is Östra kommunhuset in Kristianstad with good commuting options. What We Offer We are over 7,000 employees in Kristianstad Municipality who make a difference in people's everyday lives, every day. With us, you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Kristianstad Municipality offers several different career paths so you can develop throughout your working life. Read more about our benefits and us as an employer here. Good to Know If you have protected personal information, you should not apply via the application button. Instead, send your application by mail or submit your application at Rådhus Skåne. Mark the envelope with the title and reference number. If you have questions, you can contact the Citizen Center at 044-13 50 00. If you have questions about how to submit your application, contact the system's support at 0771-69 36 93. Select 1 - Visma Recruit and 2 - job seeker. Start Date The position is a permanent full-time employment with a start date by agreement. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Indefinite.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Kristianstad

GPS

56.0395376, 14.089499copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

044-13 54 54

Views

4

Published

5. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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