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Communication Advisor

UtrechtHybrid34 hours/week<3months

Do you want to contribute to strengthening trust in a government organization through sharp communication? In this versatile role, you will work on impactful and reputation-sensitive projects – from refining the corporate story to developing a new corporate website – where your strategic insight and advisory skills will deliver directly visible results.

What you will do.

  • You will contribute, mostly on a project basis, to the Directorate's focus points, as laid down in the annual plan and Vision.
  • Concrete projects include refining the corporate story and the action plan for a new corporate website.
  • You will be responsible for the communication approach of complex, but defined projects, with a higher risk of failure. You will start from an existing communication need.
  • You will translate organizational issues into an appropriate communication strategy.
  • You will create and execute communication plans, including drafting key messages and the media and communication tools mix.
  • You will look for the question behind the question.
  • The Corporate & External Communication team contributes to strengthening trust among citizens and stakeholders in the organization.
  • The team has experts in reputation, stakeholder management, issue management, PR, external communication, and campaigns.

What they ask

  • Minimum HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level, demonstrable through a completed HBO degree and/or at least 6 years of experience as a communication advisor or similar.
  • At least 6 years of experience with corporate and external communication and various instruments and methodologies.
  • Demonstrable experience with at least 1 communication project with an increased risk of failure (e.g., reputation-sensitive, political-administrative).

Preferences:

  • Experience with corporate communication issues within the (national) government.
  • Experience as a project leader for multidisciplinary communication projects.
  • Experience with independently taking on and creating communication projects or plans and then executing them.
  • Experience with reputation research.
  • Experience with advising, guiding, and supporting management.

Competencies:

  • Analysis
  • Planning and organizing
  • Stress resistance
  • Results-oriented
  • Organizational sensitivity

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