Job Description

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Management Officer for Communications, supporting our Akkodis Global Communications team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, international environment and excels at orchestrating complex projects across global and local teams. The role combines strong coordination and governance responsibilities with strategic exposure, including supporting project excellence for communications, preparing high-impact presentations, and contributing to reputation and crisis communication efforts.

Solid line report to SVP Global Head of Communications Akkodis & Group Thought Leadership.

You will be a trusted sparring partner, driving operational efficiency, enabling decision-making at leadership level and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing

Project Management & Governance Excellence (Core Focus):

• Ensure excellence in project management across global and local communications teams, acting as a central interface and coordination hub (e.g., Editorial Committee, Asana).
• Manage end-to-end communications workflows, including timelines, dependencies, stakeholder alignment and execution oversight across regions and functions.
• Drive consistency within the communications team for the implementation of communication materials and global initiatives in close collaboration with related teams.
• Establish and maintain governance structures, including meeting cadences, agendas, documentation and follow-ups.
• Coordinate cross-functional and international stakeholders, ensuring transparency and effective information flow.
• Ensure high-quality execution of strategic communications projects within defined timelines.

Performance Management, OKRs & Data-Driven Decision Making

• Support the definition and implementation of OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) for the global communications function and respective countries, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain KPI frameworks to measure the effectiveness and impact of communications activities across regions and channels.
• Analyze performance data and translate insights into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Create executive-level dashboards and reports to support performance steering and informed decision-making.
• Identify optimization opportunities and support continuous improvement of processes, campaigns and resource allocation.

Executive Support, Stakeholder Alignment & Operational Delivery (max. 20% of the role)

• Act as a trusted Executive Assistant to the Head of Communications, ensuring seamless management of agenda, priorities and day-to-day coordination.
• Own logistics and coordination for key meetings, leadership interactions and strategic initiatives, ensuring efficient preparation, execution and follow-up.
• Prepare high-impact executive presentations, briefings and supporting materials, reputation management and strategic communications.
• Translate complex business and technical topics into clear, structured and executive-ready content.
• Serve as a central coordination point across global and local stakeholders, ensuring alignment, efficient communication and high-quality deliverables.
• Enable leadership decision-making through structured meeting governance, clear documentation and proactive follow-ups.
• Maintain strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy, consistency and adherence to governance, approval processes and confidentiality standards.

About you

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in project management or communications-related roles, with a strong track record of managing complex projects, deadlines and international stakeholders.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience in defining and tracking KPIs, working with OKRs and translating data into actionable insights.
• Languages: Fluency in spoken and written English (mandatory).
• Experience working in or with communications, media, design, marketing, journalism, linguistics or similar.
• Experience working in an international corporate environment.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 (especially PowerPoint and Excel) and with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Asana).
• Comfortable using AI-enabled tools and interested in applying new technology to improve content creation and communication outcomes.

Why choose us?

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. At the Adecco Group, our purpose – making the future work for everyone – inspires and connects us all. Through our three global business units (GBU) – Adecco, Akkodis and LHH - we deliver expertise in talent and technology, enabling organizations to succeed and people to thrive.

We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 40,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally. We embody our core values: Courage, Collaboration, Customer at the Heart, Inclusion, and Passion in everything we do.

Growth and Development

You will have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways, achieving total balance between their jobs and their lives. We offer world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Here, you can be yourself, and we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you.

A journey to bring out the best in you

We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary.

On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way

Inclusion

We believe in talent, not labels. We focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. Our culture of belonging and purpose ensures everyone can thrive and feel engaged. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity.

Interview Process

Our interview process includes an initial phone screening, followed by a virtual round of interviews with Hiring Manager, HR team and senior leaders. This process helps us understand your fit within our team and allows you to ask questions about the role and our company. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for learning and development, we invite you to join us in making the future work for everyone.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any additional accommodations or support due to a disability or other special circumstances, please let us know by contacting us. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met throughout the hiring process.

Posting date: 01-07-2026