Press and Communications Officer

2 weeks ago

Stockholm, Sweden Civil Rights Defenders Full time

Are you passionate about human rights, communications and want to be part of a global movement of human rights defenders? Do you want to work in an international environment with colleagues all over the world? Then you might be the one we are looking for.

About the role

As Press and Communications Officer you will work strategically and operationally with various communication efforts, with a focus on press and media. The overall objective is to support the human rights defenders we partner with and to increase the awareness and engagement for the work of Civil Rights Defenders. As Press and Communications Officer. you will work in a team responsible for Civil Rights Defenders’ presence in media, including all proactive and reactive media work, and other public advocacy work.

The Press and Communications Officer is part of the Communications Unit in the Communications and Fundraising Department, andreports to the Head ofCommunications.

The role offers great variety, including work tasks such as:

- Plan, implement and coordinate communication efforts relevant to the organisation and its various target groups.
- Act as Civil Rights Defenders press contact, including press phone, and press mail, on a rotating schedule.
- Press and media work, including news monitoring and news evaluation, proactive and reactive media work in Sweden, preparation of media material, such as press releases, Q&As etc.
- Provide support to Civil Rights Defenders spokespersons, including media training.
- Write news articles and other texts for publication in traditional media and for Civil Rights Defenders website etc.
- Update the organisation's website and social media with relevant and customised content.
- Produce digital material, for example, infographics and short videos.
- Document, analyse and evaluate communications efforts, in particular media efforts.

About you

As a person, you work well with other people and relate to them in a responsive and smooth way to reach common goals.You set clearly defined objectives for yourself and plan, organise, and prioritise your work efficiently to achieve them.You enjoy working in afast-paced environment where two days are rarely the same. As part of our dynamic team, you will need to be agile and quick-thinking.

If you also are a strong communicator who can explain complex issues in an engaging and expressive manner, we believe that you are the one we are looking for.

We assume that you share our values.

To be suitable for this role you have:

- Bachelors degreewith a focus on communication, political science or international relations.
- A few years of experience with press work including news monitoring and news evaluation, proactive and reactive media work.
- Experience in communications work such as writing various types of texts and text editing for print and digital channels or arranging seminars.
- Good knowledge of how to independently handle and meet needs in press matters, internally and externally.
- A fast and skilled writer able to explain complicated contexts adapted to different target groups.
- Good understanding of social media and how to work with target-specific content.
- Good understanding of human rights.
- Good ability to strategically plan and structure, implement and follow up your work.
- Documented excellence in Swedish and English (English level C2).
- Great skills inMicrosoft 365 (Teams, Outlook, Excel, PPT, Word).
- Good knowledge inWordPress or equivalent as well as Adobe Photoshop and easier video editing for social media.

It is a merit if you have:

- Understanding of International Human Rights Law.
- Experience in political advocacy and working in civil society organisations.
- Experience in handling external suppliers.
- Proficiency in other UN languages.

About the employment

This is a full-time temporary employment (parental leave) during the period of 1 May until 31 December, 2025. As an organisation, we strive for diversity and we see your background, experience and personality as a contribution to the organisation. You will be based at our headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.

Please apply as soon as possible as we recruit on an ongoing basis, but no later than23 February, 2025.

For more information about the position, please contact recruiting manager Catrin Söderbergcatrin.soderberg@crd.org.

Local union representative (Unionen) Joanna Hellström:joanna.hellstrom@crd.org

About us

Civil Rights Defenders is a politically and religiously independent international human rights organisation. We defend people’s civil and political rights in some of the world’s most repressive regions. We partner with and support human rights defenders in more than 300 organisations in 50 countries on four continents. Together with our partners, we hold those in power accountable when people’s civil or political rights are violated. We also act as Sweden’s civil rights watchdog.

Civil Rights Defenders has around 80 staff members working in various functions towards our vision - a world of democratic societies in which we all enjoy our civil and political rights. Our headquarter is located in Stockholm, and we have eight branch offices around the world. Learn more about our work at crd.org.

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