Regulatory Operations Specialist

At Syngenta, we're building a collaborative and trusted team that delivers top-notch seeds and crop protection innovations to boost farmers' prosperity. To tackle this challenge, Syngenta’s Crop Protection Regulatory Affairs Team is looking for a Regulatory Operations Specialist to work remotely for 12 months on a fixed-term contract. In this role, you'll prepare regulatory documents and submission packages for Canadian regulatory agencies to register pest control products. You'll also manage regulatory information, official regulatory files, and maintain data in regulatory systems.

Accountabilities:

• Preparing administrative documents for regulatory submissions.
• Compilation of documents to create regulatory submission packages.
• Managing regulatory information and maintaining relevant databases.
• Conducting searches for regulatory and/or scientific data and information.
• Supporting activities related to incident reporting.

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Successful teamwork to achieve regulatory objectives.
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of internal customers.
• Ability to follow guidance documents that have been created for various tasks to allow individuals to work independently.
• Excellent organizational skills and task prioritization in a high-volume workload.
• Attention to technical and administrative details.
• Ability to assist in quick and efficient transfer of information.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential subject matters with discretion.
• Ability to multitask and adapt quickly to changing priorities as needed by the business.

**This is a 12 month Fixed-Term contract position**

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. 

Required skills:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in science or equivalent experience in the agricultural industry or related fields.
• Knowledge in regulatory terminology.
• General understanding of the regulatory process and the types of data used to support pesticide registrations.
• Equivalent experience with product labeling and/or regulatory information management is a plus.
• Strong computer skills, including word processing and spreadsheet software (e.g., MS Office and Adobe Acrobat), as well as database management.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to maintain a high degree of integrity and confidentiality.

What We Offer:

• We offer a competitive base salary and incentive bonus potential, combined with challenging and meaningful work, learning and career development opportunities and a great team environment.
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes personal and professional development and offers flexible work options to meet both your work and personal needs.
• Focus on Wellness and innovative programs that support overall health and wellbeing such as annual Lifestyle Account and free Headspace App.
• Progressive Employee Policies and Programs including a Flexible Work Location approach, and a vacation policy that provides up to 30 days’ vacation for all employees.

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.

Syngenta Contact Information: 

If you need assistance during the application process, please contact the Service Desk at recruitment.na@syngenta.com

Syngenta Canada welcomes applications from all qualified candidates and can accommodate persons with disabilities.  For more information about accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process or if you would like more information on our accommodation policies, please contact recruitment.na@syngenta.com

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