You see things a little differently. So do we and the people we work with.

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship is looking for a Communications Specialist to lead on the creation and placement of super engaging content that makes a difference. You see opportunities over challenges and work with passion and purpose. Together, we will invest in you to develop your skills and experience and, because we believe that what you value is more important than what your CV says, ensure you’re a natural fit to IKEA.  

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About us
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. It’s a vision that we try to live up to in many different ways, one of them by using our experience to create long-lasting, positive change for those who need it most.

IKEA Social Entrepreneurship looks to create greater opportunities for these people and we contribute to transforming IKEA into becoming a more inclusive and sustainable business.

Since 2012, we have been teaming up with entrepreneurs across the globe that create a better world by providing job opportunities that empower people, while also addressing inequality and sustainability.  We partner with these social entrepreneurs in different ways:

• we establish business partnerships to offer IKEA customers unique products and services (managed by IKEA Range and Supply, Sweden and our franchisees)
• we boost the potential and impact of other social entrepreneurs through our development programs, making investments and sharing our business knowledge with them (managed by IKEA Social Entrepreneurship B.V, Netherlands).

By working together we can create a more sustainable future where everyone is seen and heard – challenging the root causes of poverty, exclusion, and inequality.

We call this IKEA Social Entrepreneurship. You can read more about us at: https://www.ikeasocialentrepreneurship.org/en

About the role
IKEA Social Entrepreneurship B.V is looking for a Communications Specialist to join our small team of professionals. You will lead on the creation and placement of engaging content that raises the profile and understanding of our work for internal (across IKEA) and external audiences. 

You will work with several of our partners and support them with the development of their communication plans to enable them, and us, to showcase our work and the impact it is having.

You will maintain and curate a newly created digital ‘hub’ ensuring high quality engagement and offer strategic, tactical, and operational communications advice to the organisation as required.

In addition, you will support IKEA Social Entrepreneurship with other communication related tasks and activities, such as preparing for events (internal and external), presentations and liaising with other part of IKEA to ensure we have consistency on our messages.

About you
You are an excellent communicator with a passion for social good and sustainability. You understand what it means to create engaging content (from written, to visual) and have the skills to develop, design and deliver based on audience needs.

You know what it means to work with NGO partners, supporting the development of communication plans that educate audiences on our partnerships and collective impact.

You are an experienced planner, coordinator and stakeholder manager coupled with knowledge and experience developing and implementing engagement strategies using digital capabilities. Building relationships comes naturally and you are a creative storyteller and an excellent writer. You are a pleasure to work with.
 

A few more details for you
This is a full time role (40 hours per week) located in Delft, Netherlands, working most of the time from the office. You will report to the Managing Director but in everyday work be working on assignments from the Communication Leader and the Leader of the Knowledge Hub.

4th February 2022 is the closing date to apply for this role. We possibly close the job ad before that date when we have enough good candidates in the application process. Please send your application – CV and motivation – in English and tell us why you would be a good fit. We look forward to hearing from you!