Document Specialist /Copy Editor (Hybrid)

The Global Knowledge and Portfolio Management (KPM) team is responsible for implementing Knowledge Management practices within Traits, Regulatory, and Product Safety (TRPS) and to manage projects portfolios that impact the TRPS organization.  These include the FTO and Risk Management IT Value Steam, the Biotech Trait Development Portfolio, and the Field Crop Native Trait portfolio.  Within the KPM team, the Quality Management - Publishing team is responsible for quality reviews of scientific data and reports, document publishing activities, and development of tools and processes to streamline delivery of high quality scientific and registration documents.  The Copy Editor will be responsible for a wide range of activities related to publishing and document management, including reviewing documents for accuracy, formatting, redacting, translations, and archiving.  The Copy Editor will need to assess the individual needs for each document with a significant portion of the effort for this position spent reviewing documents for accuracy, formatting, and compliance requirements.
Accountabilities

• Review scientific, technical, and registration reports and documents to ensure content accuracy, consistency within the document and across similar documents, and quality -including spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax
• Maintain style guidelines and process documentation related to Publishing process within TRPS – partner within and externally to function to establish document management best practices
• Review scientific reports and documents to ensure compliance with Syngenta’s global formatting and style guidelines 
• Review scientific reports and documents for regulatory submission purposes to ensure compliance with regulatory agency format requirements
• Responsible for ensuring scientific, technical, and registration documents are grammatically correct, readable, and suitable for target audience 
• Provide additional documentation support such as redactions and copyright clearance to meet public access criteria for Syngenta documents 
• Develop, maintain, and follow accurate process documents
• Provide input into the development of IT solutions to support publishing and archiving activities
• Provide customers with individualized guidance throughout the document life-cycle
• Maintain data for Key Performance Indicators
• Partner with Registration Technical Writer to ensure scientific, technical and registration document content adheres to internal writing standards
• Partner with internal stakeholder groups to understand their needs, ensure delivery meets expectations, garner support for team initiatives, deliver training on new systems and processes, and seek feedback for process improvements
• Ensure documents are archived according to accepted processes  

• B.S. or B.A. degree
• Expert with MS Office products, particularly MS Word, and Adobe Acrobat
• High standard of accuracy and a keen attention to details
• Ability to digest technical information and identify inconsistencies in content 
• Ability to work effectively with individuals of various backgrounds and technical competencies
• Excellent organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Ability to work to business-critical deadlines
• Maintain and improve high quality standards
• Proactive, self-motivating, decisive, ability to work under pressure
• Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of business partners and stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills both Verbal and Written
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams.
• Prioritizes effectively based on a clear understanding of the assignment and delivers high quality results; commits to achieving results and anticipates issues quickly, surfacing potential issues in a manner that keeps work on track. 
• Ability to effectively network and navigate within a complex organizational structure.
• Delivers high quality results; commits to achieving results and anticipates issues quickly, surfacing potential issues in a manner that keeps work on track. 
• Demonstrates a sense of optimism, ownership, and commitment, engaging in supportive behavior that builds a strong sense of team spirit, positive morale, and commitment to high standards of performance.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with controlled document management systems preferred 
• Experience in Agriculture or related sciences 5 plus years
• Experience with managing documents for biotech crop registration is an advantage
• Experience with proofreading scientific text, preferably plant biotechnology, is an advantage

• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts the same day you do
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution
• Paid Vacation, 9 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts among others
• A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity, and offers numerous family-oriented events throughout the year

Work Level 3A

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, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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Syngenta is a global leader in agriculture; rooted in science and dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food with fewer resources. A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace environment are enablers of our ambition to be the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture. Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.

At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. To support that challenge, the Knowledge & Project Management – Quality Team is currently seeking a Document Specialist/Copy Editor, located in Durham, North Carolina.