Job Description

Company Description
As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all - while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases
as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.


Role purpose:

• This role will be part of the Global Syngenta Group Internal Communications team
• This is a key role in supporting and delivering the organization's internal communications operations and programs

Accountabilities Communications projects, content creation and coordination

• Overall operations communications support to the global Syngenta Group internal communications team
• Provide project management support
• Actively contribute to new creative engagement ideas
• Develop content for a variety of communication channels, including intranet, newsletters, video, infographics, Yammer etc. - liaising with the creative team in Pune as appropriate
• Develop and maintain team SharePoint / teams / documentation for functional excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional Group and Business Unit teams worldwide
• Manage translation process for key global communications (e.g. financial results)
• Support global virtual events, webinar set-up and hosting

Communications channels, content and metrics

• Upload content to intranet and distribute communications for a variety of communication projects and campaigns e.g. quarterly results communication, news articles, announcements and other internal communication campaigns
• Support the management of communications channels, including providing metrics to enable the team to deliver effective and compelling content and measure impact.
• Collation of analytical data for global communication projects and channels on a monthly basis i.e. dashboards, metrics, etc.
• Participate in channel develop projects, including for mySyngenta
• Manage the relationship with providers for subscriptions for communications tools (e.g. Staffbase etc.)

Complexity:

• Ability to work across channels and departments
• Ability to build relationships with communicators and other stakeholders in different parts of the organization globally
• Ability to handle sensitive/confidential information
• Ability to work in a team environment across business areas and in a virtual team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications
Experience required for the job

• Experience in communications projects
• Experience in written communications with a proven track record
• Good working knowledge of content management systems (SharePoint), web analytics and other common digital/online resources
• Awareness of agriculture business and matrix organizational knowledge a plus

Minimum education and critical knowledge required for the job

• Minimum B.A. degree in communications or related field with a minimum of 3 years corporate communications or internal communications experience, ideally within a global environment
• Good understanding of the Global Communication environment - being able to work in a cross-cultural team
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams to ensure that messages remain consistent throughout the organization
• Understanding of Communication tools analysis and metrics
• Superior oral and written communications skills in English
• Acute attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as part of a remote team
• Proactive and reactive and work under pressure to short deadlines
• Co-operative team player
• Must be fully competent in Microsoft suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Forms, Outlook)

Experience to be gained in the job

• Project management skills
• Business, organizational, and stakeholder engagement experience
• Ability to build good relationships at different, intercultural levels
• Work independently within an international environment
• Ability to communicate and interact within diverse environments (e.g. leaders, employees, influencers, customers, farmers, community, etc...)

Additional Information
Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status

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