Manager Communications & External Affairs (80–100%) 80-100% (w/m/d) — RUAG AG

Full description

Every day, around 3,000 employees of RUAG and RUAG Real Estate make a significant contribution to the security of Switzerland. They ensure that the Swiss Army and other operational and security organizations can perform their tasks comprehensively at any time.

You can move that

• You support the media work of RUAG and process media inquiries. For suitable topics, you take on the speaker function.
• You research and prepare complex topics from companies, politics and security in a comprehensible and addressable manner and develop Q&As, statements, language regulations, briefings and other communication documents.
• As a business partner, you contribute to communication on selected topics and projects and support specialist areas in the preparation and implementation of external communication measures.
• You observe and analyze political, parliamentary and regulatory developments with relevance for RUAG.
• You support the preparation and follow-up of sessions, political deals and selected dossiers.
• You will research and maintain the basics of political stakeholders, create stakeholder profiles and support the preparation and follow-up of discussions, visits and political events.
• Together with the External Affairs team, you ensure that relevant information from media, politics and the corporate environment is recognized at an early stage, processed in a structured manner and used for the external positioning of RUAG.
• You work closely with the Director External Affairs and the Lead Media Work.

You bring that with you

• You have completed university studies or a comparable education, ideally in communication, journalism/publicity, political science, economics or a related field.
• You have several years of experience in journalism, media work or corporate communication and have a good understanding of the Swiss media landscape.
• Experience in a media position or as a media spokesperson is an advantage.
• You enjoy research and basic work, can quickly capture complex issues, identify relevant information and prepare them precisely, comprehensibly and appropriately.
• You are familiar with Switzerland’s political system, its institutions and decision-making processes and are interested in public affairs as well as political and regulatory issues.
• You will have an understanding of the special framework conditions of companies close to Germany and are interested in Swiss security and defence policy
• Experience is beneficial.
• You write stylishly in German, have good French and English skills.
• You convince through a structured, reliable and independent working method, discretion and pleasure in working together in the team.

Do you not meet all the requirements one hundred percent? Apply anyway. We are always looking for talented and motivated people who want to enrich our team. We attach great importance to diversity and equal opportunities and our goal is to build a diverse team in which everyone can fully develop their personal strengths. We particularly encourage all individuals, regardless of gender, who may have concerns about accepting a job in an army-related environment to apply.

Place of work

RUAG AG, Stauffacherstrasse 65, 3014 Bern

Over the area

RUAG positions itself as a security-relevant company at the interface of politics and society, strengthens stakeholder trust and protects corporate reputation.

Through dialogue with politicians and owners, we represent the interests of RUAG, create understanding for the company and support the implementation of the strategic goals.

Your advantages

Your well-being is important to us. That is why you have many advantages with us. These include, for example:

• Wages and ancillary benefits: We offer you a performance-oriented and market-oriented salary, 13 monthly wages and generous premiums and allowances. Together with other ancillary services, this results in an attractive overall package.
• Flexible working: We attach great importance to our employees finding a healthy balance between work and private life. That is why we offer flexible working hours and home office options, among other things.
• Perks: At RUAG you benefit from perks in the areas of mobility and food. In addition, you benefit from attractive offers on our benefit portal and have fleet discounts at various renowned car brands.
• Career and further education opportunities: Promoting and developing the potential of our employees is important to us. Through training, courses and further education, we support them in continuously developing their skills in order to achieve their professional goals.
• Leisure activities: Our employees are close to our hearts. That is why we give them a day off for their birthday, offer a diverse sporting offer and the opportunity to receive additional days off against pay deduction in addition to the annual holiday credit.

This is how our application process works

Important information about the application process

• Before the start of employment, you will be asked to provide a penalty and enforcement record.
• We accept applications exclusively through our job portal jobs.ruag.ch. Unfortunately, we cannot accept both e-mail and letter applications.

Your contact person

Gilbert van Reekum Talent Acquisition Specialist +41 58 465 38 12

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