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About this vacancy

Press Officer to Internationella Engelska Skolan

At Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) communications are vital for our continued success. Would you like to take on a central role in our Communications team, nurturing our brand and ensuring we deliver on transparency and great stakeholder relations, as press officer? 

At IES we make a difference in the lives of our students. We believe this is due to our clear ethos with engaged and visible leaders creating an environment in which we all work towards a common goal.  At IES the international perspective is part of your every day, we have colleagues from many countries and our working language is English.

You will be a part of IES head office, providing support and allowing spokespeople, school principals and staff to focus on what is most important for IES, our students. As part of our central communications team, you will play an important role making this a reality every day, in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, together with passionate educators and experienced functional specialists.

As press officer at IES, you are responsible for reactive and proactive media relations from start to finish, ensuring strategic alignment with the overall company strategy and the current communications strategy. You plan and execute media relations cooperating with internal stakeholders at the highest level of the company and in our schools and you are responsible for building and maintaining good relations with the press and other external key opinion leaders.  As part of the highly regulated and politically prioritized area of education, opinion building through various channels is also key to the role. The role is also responsible for building the IES bench of spokespeople, in cooperation with the rest of the Communications team, who has a 360 approach to storytelling and news. 

Recruitment is ongoing and the position may be filled before the closing date.

We think you have:

• A passion for education and a strong wish to be part of a team that makes a difference in the lives of our students

• 5 -10 years of experience in journalism, strategic communications and/or PR

• Documented experience in brand building and thought leadership communications through planning and executing media relations from start to finish

• Experience from crisis communications

• Excellent skills in writing and editing texts differentiated for different target groups

• Documented experience from sensitive issues management and media training

• A good understanding of the political environment and experience from opinion building in such an environment

• Experience of working in a fast-paced and dynamic, decentralised organisation where problem-solving and cooperation is the name of the game

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Proficiency in English and Swedish, orally and written (native English speaker is a plus)

About IES

Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) is a leading independent school group with academic results far above average and a diverse and energetic staff. Teaching is in both Swedish and English, and the hallways are bilingual. The language of meetings and communication amongst the staff is English.

IES is one of Sweden's largest school groups at compulsory school level with 48 schools and around 32,000 students across the country. IES has grown steadily and maintained quality since 1993.

Vacancy details

School

Headquarters

Position

Headquarters Press Officer

Position starts

As soon as possible

Publish date

Sat Oct 05 2024 22:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Closes at

Fri Nov 22 2024 22:59:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Contract type

Permanent with probation

Working hours

Full time

Working language

Swedish and English

Contact

Name

Frida Berg

Phone

+46 (0)8 544 735 30

Email

frida.berg@engelska.se