Sustainability Communicator to a consultancy with soul

Do you want to inspire change in business? Then welcome to Purple IVY. They aim to shape a thriving future; helping to transform business into positive impact, and they work towards achieving this vision every day. Their business is growing and are seeking a sustainability communicator for project-based employment. 

About Purple IVY

Purple IVY helps future-proof clients’ business and integrate sustainability across their operations. It achieves this not only through strategy work, but also by leveraging the power of communications, creating robust management systems, and a strong focus on creating an impact. Its customers range from small start-ups within sustainable finance to major multi-nationals with bold ambitions to rethink their business models. Examples of clients include Husqvarna Group, Boliden, Cytiva Life Sciences and Assa Abloy.

Borders don’t hinder great collaboration – Purple IVY’s experts can work from anywhere!  Team members are in Vietnam, Spain, and Sweden, but the company is firmly anchored at its main office on Grevturegatan in Stockholm. The team consists of some ten consultants, each with unique competencies and backgrounds. They are adding two new colleagues to the team; a sustainability communicator (you?!) and a management consultant.

What will you do as a Sustainability Communicator?

Increasing transparency through impact reporting, raising awareness, and through active listening, and engaging others are the key to creating change that lasts. Sustainability reporting is not only fundamental to these aims, it also helps create that impetus for change in an organization. Each year, Purple IVY supports multinational companies with reporting.

Do you want to use your flair for communications to help companies increase transparency, engage others and raise awareness? Do you want to help us at Purple IVY raise our profile and communicate our thinking? With your communications savvy and project management and people skills, you’ll help us bring company sustainability strategies to life on time, on budget, meeting expectations of both reporting guidelines and customers.

You are a perfect fit if you:

• Have either very good English or Swedish language skills – both written and spoken. (For the former, you should have worked or studied in English for a longer period, or have English as a native language).
• Study Sustainability Leadership and Communication.
• Have experience in corporate communications like external outreach, social media, reports or internal communications.
• Are a great storyteller and are passionate about strategic sustainability.
• It is a merit if you have knowledge of reporting guidelines such as GRI, TCFD and integrated reporting.
• You must be able to synthesize complex issues into engaging communications that will capture readers’ curiosity.
• As a person you are a structured communicator, team player, a creative problem solver and are curious to learn more about Purple IVY

Additional information

Type of contract: You will be directly employed with Purple IVY on a project basis.
Location: You can work from home and also in the Stockholm office (Grevturegatan 30) if it suits you better
Estimated working period: Part time from approximately November 2022 to March 2023.
Your application: We want to create a good experience for you as a candidate. We’ll go through all applications after the deadline. Instead of a cover letter, it would be great if you could tell us how you meet the above requirements for this role. This will form the basis of our assessment.

Remuneration will be bespoke, based on your experience and ability to work independently.