Publicerad: 2025-07-01
Outreach Specialist
We are looking for a driven, engaged, and curious Outreach Specialist with experience from knowledge-intensive industries who, through external engagement, can help increase the impact of UMC’s work driving standardisation for secure exchange and global use of medicine and vaccine information. All in pursuit of a worthy cause with a global reach and with patient safety in mind.
We invite you to become a member of our growing Outreach section. As a small yet high performing team, we work collaboratively to support one another.Our mission is clear:raising awareness of UMC's products and services, engaging with potential new users of our products, fostering relationships with external stakeholders, and providing dedicated care to our extensive user communities. These communities include professionals from the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory bodies, and other key players within the life sciences industry.Within UMC, we also work closely with our Product Management, ExternalEngagement, and other external-facingunits.
Are you a versatile professional with a passion for creativity and a keen interest in life sciences and patient safety? We are currently looking for someone to strengthen our digital engagement efforts, particularly through digital events and other online channels. In our team, you'll also take on a broad range of other tasks, from coordinating conferences to creating content and updating web pages.
Your role will be varied, with some activities requiring a creative mindset to meet the evolving needs of our external stakeholders, while other tasks are part of our operational undertakings and based on well-defined processes. For the right candidate, there’s room to grow with the position and take on new challenges based on your skills and interests.
What you will do
- Actively contribute to digital engagement initiatives aimed at effectively reaching and supporting potential and existing users of UMC’s pharmacovigilance products and services.
- Plan, coordinate, and host virtual events and webinars, as well as provide technical support for other participants before, during, and after these events.
- Develop original content for emails, social media campaigns, print advertisements, and the UMC website.
- Support with all aspects of UMC’s product-related external events and conferences – both face-to-face and virtual – from concept until completion.
- Plan and facilitate administration, logistics, and travel arrangements for face-to-face events and conferences.
- Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with our user communities and other external stakeholders.
- Work with other activities and projects, as needed, within the Outreach section.
Who You Are:
- You have at least a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- You have experiences from external relationships and external communication, preferably in a business-to-business (B2B) setting. You will be in a position where you need to feel comfortable in representing UMC as an organisation and building long-term relationships with our stakeholders.
- You have experience from highly regulated, knowledge-intensive or complex industries, such as life sciences.
- You are mission-driven, with an interest in life sciences and motivated by working for a non-profit organisation that has a meaningful impact on global health.
- You have experience in planning and executing digital engagement activities, with a focus on reaching and interacting with target audiences through digital channels.
- You are comfortable navigating change and don’t just react—you contribute. You bring a proactive mindset, helping shape new ways of working while staying grounded in collaboration and a hands-on approach.
- It is a plus if you have experiences from event management, training activities and professional email content development.
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (minimum B2 level); proficiency in additional languages such as Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, or Spanish is a plus.
- You are a creative generalist and enjoy wearing many hats, from administrative support to creating engaging content, and you’re excited about contributing in a variety of ways.
- You are able to manage multiple projects and tasks at once, ensuring deadlines are met while maintaining high quality in your work.
- You prioritise the success of the team and the achievement of project goals above individual recognition, contributing to collective wins and supporting a collaborative environment.
- You handle changes and challenges with ease, quickly adapting to shifting priorities and finding solutions. We value collaboration, adaptability, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves.
- You take pride in delivering high-quality work, ensuring that every detail is considered and executed flawlessly.
- You are committed to continuous learning and self-improvement, staying engaged with industry trends, and looking for ways to improve processes and outcomes.
Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is an independent, self-funded, non-profit foundation established in 1978 dedicated to safer use of medicines and vaccines. Through an agreement between the Government of Sweden and the World Health Organization (WHO), UMC operates the Programme for International Drug Monitoring, supporting over 180 member countries and regions in strengthening safety surveillance, and maintains VigiBase, the WHO global database of adverse event reports. In addition, UMC provides international standards and related digital solutions for secure exchange of pharmacovigilance data, including a global medicine and vaccine terminology for identification of medicinal products. With around 200 staff, UMC advances the science of pharmacovigilance and transforms its practice through technological innovation.
UMC’s working language is English. We normally apply a probationary period to new appointments.
If you have any questions regarding this position please contact the responsible manager. You will find the contact details at the end of this page.
UMC follows the collective agreements between the Swedish Agency for Government Employers and Saco-S and ST. Union representatives are Malin Zaar (Saco-S) and Jessica Avasol (ST), +46 (0)18-65 60 60.
We invite you to become a member of our growing Outreach section. As a small yet high performing team, we work collaboratively to support one another.Our mission is clear:raising awareness of UMC's products and services, engaging with potential new users of our products, fostering relationships with external stakeholders, and providing dedicated care to our extensive user communities. These communities include professionals from the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory bodies, and other key players within the life sciences industry.Within UMC, we also work closely with our Product Management, ExternalEngagement, and other external-facingunits.
Are you a versatile professional with a passion for creativity and a keen interest in life sciences and patient safety? We are currently looking for someone to strengthen our digital engagement efforts, particularly through digital events and other online channels. In our team, you'll also take on a broad range of other tasks, from coordinating conferences to creating content and updating web pages.
Your role will be varied, with some activities requiring a creative mindset to meet the evolving needs of our external stakeholders, while other tasks are part of our operational undertakings and based on well-defined processes. For the right candidate, there’s room to grow with the position and take on new challenges based on your skills and interests.
What you will do
- Actively contribute to digital engagement initiatives aimed at effectively reaching and supporting potential and existing users of UMC’s pharmacovigilance products and services.
- Plan, coordinate, and host virtual events and webinars, as well as provide technical support for other participants before, during, and after these events.
- Develop original content for emails, social media campaigns, print advertisements, and the UMC website.
- Support with all aspects of UMC’s product-related external events and conferences – both face-to-face and virtual – from concept until completion.
- Plan and facilitate administration, logistics, and travel arrangements for face-to-face events and conferences.
- Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with our user communities and other external stakeholders.
- Work with other activities and projects, as needed, within the Outreach section.
Who You Are:
- You have at least a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- You have experiences from external relationships and external communication, preferably in a business-to-business (B2B) setting. You will be in a position where you need to feel comfortable in representing UMC as an organisation and building long-term relationships with our stakeholders.
- You have experience from highly regulated, knowledge-intensive or complex industries, such as life sciences.
- You are mission-driven, with an interest in life sciences and motivated by working for a non-profit organisation that has a meaningful impact on global health.
- You have experience in planning and executing digital engagement activities, with a focus on reaching and interacting with target audiences through digital channels.
- You are comfortable navigating change and don’t just react—you contribute. You bring a proactive mindset, helping shape new ways of working while staying grounded in collaboration and a hands-on approach.
- It is a plus if you have experiences from event management, training activities and professional email content development.
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (minimum B2 level); proficiency in additional languages such as Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, or Spanish is a plus.
- You are a creative generalist and enjoy wearing many hats, from administrative support to creating engaging content, and you’re excited about contributing in a variety of ways.
- You are able to manage multiple projects and tasks at once, ensuring deadlines are met while maintaining high quality in your work.
- You prioritise the success of the team and the achievement of project goals above individual recognition, contributing to collective wins and supporting a collaborative environment.
- You handle changes and challenges with ease, quickly adapting to shifting priorities and finding solutions. We value collaboration, adaptability, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves.
- You take pride in delivering high-quality work, ensuring that every detail is considered and executed flawlessly.
- You are committed to continuous learning and self-improvement, staying engaged with industry trends, and looking for ways to improve processes and outcomes.
Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is an independent, self-funded, non-profit foundation established in 1978 dedicated to safer use of medicines and vaccines. Through an agreement between the Government of Sweden and the World Health Organization (WHO), UMC operates the Programme for International Drug Monitoring, supporting over 180 member countries and regions in strengthening safety surveillance, and maintains VigiBase, the WHO global database of adverse event reports. In addition, UMC provides international standards and related digital solutions for secure exchange of pharmacovigilance data, including a global medicine and vaccine terminology for identification of medicinal products. With around 200 staff, UMC advances the science of pharmacovigilance and transforms its practice through technological innovation.
UMC’s working language is English. We normally apply a probationary period to new appointments.
If you have any questions regarding this position please contact the responsible manager. You will find the contact details at the end of this page.
UMC follows the collective agreements between the Swedish Agency for Government Employers and Saco-S and ST. Union representatives are Malin Zaar (Saco-S) and Jessica Avasol (ST), +46 (0)18-65 60 60.