Communication & Community Specialist

As a Communication & Community Specialist your job will be to own and drive the internal communication strategy for Marketing and Sales Excellence (MaSE) department, ensuring consistent, engaging, and targeted messaging across all relevant channels. Your job will include managing and growing the MaSE Community, fostering collaboration and alignment across stakeholders. You will coordinate with Global Communications and Regional teams to support key initiatives such as Learning Week and Academy communications.

Responsibilities/Accountabilities include, but are not limited to;

• Own and implement a comprehensive communication strategy for MaSE, maintain and update the MaSE Community and stakeholder overview
• Manage communication channels including quarterly newsletters, Viva Engage, and targeted emails (e.g., Advisory Board)
• Support Academy Leads in crafting and delivering effective communications
• Organize and coordinate Learning Week activities in collaboration with Regional Commercial Excellence teams
• Act as the liaison with the Global Communications Community to ensure alignment
• Drive engagement and visibility of MaSE initiatives through storytelling and strategic messaging

Qualifications and required experience

• Solid experience in corporate communications, internal communications, or community management
• Experience managing digital communication platforms (e.g., Viva Engage, SharePoint)
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, creative thinking and storytelling skills
• Project management and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple geographies in a matrixed organization
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural and cross-functional team settings
• Some travel required to support offsite meetings

Syngenta Crop Protection is a leader in agricultural innovation, bringing breakthrough technologies and solutions that enable farmers to grow productively and sustainably. We offer a leading portfolio of crop protection solutions for plant and soil health, as well as digital solutions that transform the decision-making capabilities of farmers. Our 17,900 employees serve to advance agriculture in more than 90 countries around the world. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is part of the Syngenta Group.

Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.

There is a preference for the role to be based in Manchester or Cambridge, but multiple Syngenta locations within the UK can be considered.

Site information

Syngenta’s site at Cambridge is the location for the commercial operations of Syngenta's Crop Protection, Seeds, Flowers and Lawn & Garden businesses in the UK and Ireland. Activities include sales, marketing, technical support, customer support, HR, Finance and administration functions.  

What we offer

• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance. 
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday.
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.   
• Learning culture and wide range of training options.

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.