New Group Press and Public Affairs Manager, Lyngby

Do you want to promote a sustainable and liveable future? Are you sharp strategic and energetic person who can bring our media relations and thought leader communication to the next level? Then here is an excellent opportunity to extend your potential

COWI’s public profile is strong, but we have to earn it every day, and we have high ambitions. We want to shape a sustainable and liveable world together with our customers, partners, and colleagues. Our public relations are key to realising this vision.

We offer you an opportunity to join our mission, develop your skills, and work with smart, engaged people in a friendly and ambitious environment.

SHAPE PERCEPTIONS

COWI is a customer-focused international engineering and architectural consultancy firm with 6,500 employees. Our core strengths are within major complex infrastructure, energy, and buildings projects. We operate around the globe with strongholds in Scandinavia and UK.

We believe that creating more sustainable, smart solutions across societies is of paramount importance; solutions that have both people and planet in focus. Fortunately, we share this conviction with most of our customers, partners, and other key stakeholders. However, there is still some way to go.

Together with your team and leader colleagues, we want you to help us get the key facts across; show how COWI can develop and bring the right solutions to life; and protect our name when we are under fire.

ADVISE THE CEO AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES

Our Group CEO is the face of the company and the most prominent spokesperson of COWI. You will have direct access to him and the rest of our Executive Board and together with the Head of Group Communication, you will become his trusted advisor.

In addition, you will spearhead the development of our media and thought leadership strategies across our group, monitor and report on progress, support our local communication teams, and take charge if and when we run into a crisis.

REALISE YOUR POTENTIAL IN A GLOBAL TEAM OF EXPERTS

You will become leader of a small team that handles press, public affairs, thought leadership and external CEO communication both in traditional and on social media.

Your team is part of our global communications team with more than 30 skilled specialists. You will have highly skilled leader colleagues across geographies who are already supporting our agenda. You will join our global Communication Board and report to the global Head of Communications.

In addition, your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Establishing and nurturing relations to relevant reporters and editors as well as key partners
• Monitoring, identifying and utilising day-to-day opportunities to position COWI in the media and analysing statistics and reporting on our performance in the media
• Handling critical press issues with speed and efficiency along with writing and editing compelling press briefs and press releases
• Identifying, training, and advising thought leaders and other spokespersons.
• Proactively supporting communication colleagues working with external communication across COWI
• Contributing to the development of COWI's overall communication and ensuring alignment and close collaboration with the rest of the global coms team

YOUR SKILLS. OUR TEAM. TOGETHER, WE DESIGN THE FUTURE

To succeed in this position, we believe that you need to be a team player with excellent cooperative skills; a proactive behaviour; the ability to analyse and prioritise, set a clear direction, work and lead in a structured way; able to stay calm under pressure, and have a robust personality.

Furthermore, you should:

• Hold a degree in communication, journalism or other relevant fields of study
• Be experienced with more than 5 years in PR/media in a major, preferably international, company or agency. More than 3 years' experience as a leader and preferably some experience with public affairs and/or working for a company related to engineering, architectural or similar industries
• Have a solid network in relevant media.
• Have a good understanding of the market and business dynamics
• Be fluent in Danish and have excellent English skills.

JOIN OUR GLOBAL PEOPLE AND COMMUNICATION TEAM

In COWI, communication is organised together with HR function in People & Communication which numbers more than 130 HR and communication specialists across the globe. You will be working mainly from our headquarter in Lyngby near Copenhagen, Denmark.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

Please call Vice President and Head of Group Communication Manuel Vigilius on tel. +45 2441 3026.

HOW TO APPLY

Click on the link below and tell us why you are the right person for this role. We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible since the recruitment process is ongoing. The application deadline is stated at the top of the page.

EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, COWI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.