Communications Officer

Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is searching for a versatile Communications Officer to join our dynamic Global Communications team to help us tell important stories about pharmacovigilance and communicate globally about advancing medicines safety. This is a full-time position based in the heart of Uppsala, Sweden. It may be filled before the close of applications, so please apply as soon as possible.

Your role
As a Communications Officer at UMC, you will work within the Global Communications team to create and publish content on a broad range of internal and external projects. In particular, you will:

- Assist in planning, creating, and scheduling content for UMC’s social media channels
- Research and write original content for UMC’s news site and magazine, Uppsala Reports
- Identify, commission, and edit external contributions to Uppsala Reports
- Write, edit, and publish stories on UMC’s intranet
- Create and edit content for the UMC website, brochures, and other marketing materials
- Edit and proofread documents and presentations for staff in other teams at UMC

UMC’s Global Communications team currently has seven members, with diverse skill sets and backgrounds. We are a tight unit that values collaboration between team members. Beyond your core responsibilities, and depending on your own talents and interests, you may also get the opportunity to contribute to video and animation projects, graphic design, audio, presentations, and more.
Ideally, you are either a life sciences graduate with a high-level set of communications skills, or a communications or journalism graduate who understands and learns quickly about the life sciences.

You're creative, curious, and collaborative. You care about details. You enjoy showing initiative, but you also display good judgment and maturity when dealing with potentially sensitive topics.

Required qualifications

- At least a bachelors' degree in a relevant field (such the life sciences, communications, or journalism)
- Fluency and flair in written English, including experience of editing and proofreading
- The capacity to quickly acquire a working understanding of pharmacovigilance
- Demonstrated knowledge of the main social media platforms
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to create content on a deadline

Other helpful skills and experience

- Experience using Hootsuite or similar social media management platforms
- Experience with or understanding of content management systems for web publishing
- Skills in or familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud applications
- Experience working in diverse, international organisations, especially in the non-profit sector
- Fluency in Swedish


Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is a centre for international service and scientific research in the field of pharmacovigilance. We are the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, and manage the technical and operational aspects of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring since 1978.

As an independent, non-profit foundation, we support the World Health Organization, regulatory authorities, and other stakeholders who share our vision of advancing medicines safety. Through research and development of new scientific methods, we explore the benefits and harms of medicines for patients, and offer products and services used by health authorities and the pharmaceutical industry worldwide.

UMC follows the collective agreements between the Swedish Agency for Government Employers and Saco-S and ST. Union representatives are Malin Zaar (Saco-S) and Jessica Avasol (ST), +46 (0)18-65 60 60.