AYY is looking for an inspiring and driven Advocacy and Communications Manager!
We are looking for an inspiring and driven Advocacy and Communications Manager! In this role, you will directly impact Aalto University Student Union’s advocacy and its effectiveness. You will have overall responsibility for advocacy and communications, develop strategic advocacy, and ensure that AYY’s voice is heard—both among interest groups and in students’ everyday lives. You will supervise the advocacy and communications teams and ensure AYY progresses toward its advocacy goals, reaches key target groups, and makes advocacy work visible to members. Advocacy and Communications Manager’s role has also included monitoring and developing the student union’s ecological sustainability in cooperation with the management team. This has accounted for approximately 20% of weekly working hours. The role may also include additional responsibilities aligned with the selected candidate’s strengths and interests.
AYY’s multidisciplinary work community shares an easy-going attitude and is committed to working for the best student life in the world. We also wish that you have a passion for student activities and a willingness to commit to the role for a longer period of time.
Requirements:
- Experience in stakeholder influence and advocacy
- Understanding of multi-channel and strategic communications
- Experience in people management and motivation to develop in a managerial role
- Ability to understand the big picture and acquire new skills
- Excellent people skills and the ability to communicate fluently in both Finnish and English
- An independent and solution-oriented approach, and the ability to prioritise your own work and the work of others
- Ability to work under pressure and occasional flexibility in working hours
- Higher education studies relevant to the role
What we consider beneficial:
- Experience in managerial positions
- Experience in student union or student organisation activities
- Experience in strategy work and implementation
- Experience in promoting sustainability
- Familiarity with Aalto University and its study fields
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Proficiency in Swedish
AYY offers you a diverse and inspiring position, as well as a vibrant work community in the heart of student life. As an Advocacy and Communications Manager, you will contribute to effective student communications and advocacy together with skilled specialists. The student union’s management team will support you in your role. We also provide excellent employment benefits, flexible working hours, the opportunity for remote work, and training alongside work.
The employment relationship is permanent and full-time. The employment will begin as agreed as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Salary is determined according to the collective agreement of the student unions (salary category IV, basic salary €3,030/month, plus applicable education and experience allowances).
Interested? Please send your application and CV to rekrytointi(at)ayy.fi by April 30th at 12 noon 2026! Interviews will be held on 4–6 May 2026, so please reserve time in your calendar for this. During the application process, we will contact the referrers of selected applicants. Please include the contact details of your referees in your CV or application already at the time of application.
Executive Director Antti Ilmavirta (+358 50 329 1165, antti.ilmavirta@ayy.fi) provides further information about the position.
Aalto University Student Union AYY is an advocacy and service organisation for more than 18,000 students. AYY employs approximately 40 people, and our student union includes hundreds of volunteers and associations. AYY is a young and innovative operator in the student union field, where you can implement your own ideas and create something new. AYY’s work environment is modern and highly flexible. We believe that diversity enriches our work community, and we welcome applicants from different backgrounds, including various age groups, genders, languages, cultures, and minority groups.