Deputy Director for External Communications at the Tax Agency - Copenhagen

Are you passionate about creating communications that will ensure that both citizens and businesses understand and pay the correct taxes and charges on time? Can you work with both strategy and communicative tools, and do you have an eye for what works in nationwide campaigns about complex matters? Would you like the overall responsibility for developing and strengthening the Tax Agency's external communication? Then you might be the one we're looking for. Communication to and including Danish taxpayers is a core task of the Tax Agency. It is about making it easy and simple to pay the correct tax on time. As deputy director of a new department, External Communication, you will have a cross-cutting responsibility in the development, organization and prioritization of the Tax Agency's communication to both citizens and companies. The responsibility covers across a number of communication channels such as campaigns, letters, web and social media. About the Citizen and Business Contact area in the Tax Agency covers a number of cross-cutting tasks within both collection, guidance and communication. The specialist area consists of five departments, which together provide a unique opportunity to realize the synergies within the collection and guidance area. As Deputy Director of the new External Communications department, you must, together with five personnel managers, ensure motivation, high well-being and good performance among the department's almost 90 employees, and you will report to the subject director for Citizen and Business Contact. When you join, the communication area will be separated into an independent deputy director's area to further strengthen the Tax Agency's external communication. You will therefore be responsible for establishing a new independent communications department divided into five units: Campaigns and projects Digital development, data and effect Letters, broadcasts and language SoMe and graphic design Stakeholders and web The department thus works i.a. with development and implementation of campaigns, mass communication and development of skat.dk, which is one of the most central websites in Denmark, as well as graphic design, SoMe, digitization and data. The communication area is undergoing strategic development, and includes a cross-cutting responsibility to ensure the continued development of the Tax Agency's communication to both citizens and companies in Denmark, so that it is proactive, relevant and trust-building at all times. You will be responsible for further developing and co-thinking the Swedish Tax Agency's mass communication across channels. Communication is a core task at the Tax Agency and cuts across many disciplines and areas of professional responsibility. The new department has a particularly close collaboration with the deputy director's area for guidance, but also with the other professional areas in the Tax Agency and broadly throughout the entire Tax Administration - it is therefore crucial that you, as deputy director, can manage this transversal cooperation obligation by, on the one hand, inviting the right stakeholders into the decisions, but at the same time also ultimately executing on your responsibility as responsible for external communication. Against this background, we particularly expect you to succeed in: Building the department's strategic focus and role with a focus on collaboration in relation to the rest of the department and the agency. Ensure a strategic prioritization of the Tax Agency's external communication and thus create the framework for a more coherent and expanded strategic direction for communication to citizens and businesses, which is the basis for regulatory compliance, effective collection, trust and legitimacy for the Tax Administration. Ensure an efficient use of the current resources in the area of ​​communication with clearer professional interfaces and a clear distribution of responsibilities. Secure community and a clear identity in the new deputy director area - with good well-being and cooperation across the units. Strategic management and experience in the area of ​​communication You primarily have a great professional interest in and experience with communication tasks on many levels. You also have solid experience in management and easily bring your skills in communication into play in a busy everyday life. In addition, we emphasize that you, as Deputy Director of External Communications, can contribute with the following skills: Several years of experience in managing managers Substantial strategic management experience from politically led organizations Documented results with strategic communication An eye for the balance between the big picture and focus on details Visionary, change-oriented
rk and communicative abilities that create camaraderie Understanding of the use of digital solutions and data to create new and better ways of communicating We offer An exciting and challenging job where you will have the opportunity to influence the development within the Tax Agency's work with the communication area, so that we develop and implement future-ready solutions that secure our tax base. You will be based in Copenhagen Towers in Ørestad. Travel activity around Denmark can be expected, etc. dialogue and meeting activity with relevant colleagues in the Tax Agency. In addition, we offer: Management of an area of ​​great importance to all Danish taxpayers and with great political attention. Professional and managerial challenges in a professional, creative and dynamic environment in an organization with an ambitious agenda. A lively and busy workplace, where the working day is filled with skilled and professionally strong employees and managers, and where humour, dedication and ambitions are a natural part of everyday life. Contact and terms of employment Applications with CV and exam papers should be sent via the link "Apply for the position" no later than 7 April 2025. If you are a civil servant, the application should be addressed to the King. If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact department director Peter Thorgaard by e-mail [email protected] or telephone [phone removed]. We expect to hold 1st interviews on 10-11 April. In addition, you must allocate additional time for the test and the 2nd interview on 23 April 2025 if you continue in the recruitment process. A criminal record will be obtained prior to employment. Salary and terms of employment are negotiated in accordance with the framework agreement on contract employment of managers in the state. The position is placed in salary group 2, corresponding to salary range 38. The position is expected to be filled for a year. You will be employed in the Ministry of Taxation and associated institutions. The place of work is Copenhagen Towers, Hannemanns Allé 25, 2300 Copenhagen S. Joining as soon as possible and no later than 1 June 2025.