Head, Employee And Leadership Communications

Description

At Corteva we grow what matters by playing a critical role in feeding the world and enabling farmers to produce crops in ways that are sustainable for their families, their land, and the broader environment. We strive to bring our best selves to work every day: inspiring each other, acting boldly, and staying curious. We're looking for a communicator who thrives working in a fast, rapidly changing business landscape to support us on this journey.

As a member of our Public Affairs leadership team, the Head, Employee and Leadership Communications is responsible for leading a small team dedicated to elevating how Corteva informs, engages and inspires our leaders and colleagues globally.

What You'll Do:

• Oversee and counsel global employee communications - implement best practices, innovations and new ways of working so that the company and its leadership can effectively and efficiently reach and engage employees around the world.

• Work with other members of the PA leadership team to ensure that external messages and actions are reflected in internal messages and content.

• Provide proactive and strategic communications counsel and guidance to the PA leadership team, senior leaders and executives on how to engage and motivate employees to deliver critical business outcomes.

• Create and execute an integrated internal communications strategy that delivers results in alignment with our business goals, culture, and values.

• Develop and deliver compelling internal messaging and other content.

• Lead planning of key internal activities, such as global town Halls, as well as content for one.Corteva, our intranet, and Cultivate, our global newsletter.

• Ensure employee content is compelling, relevant and read by employees.

• Work across the business to identify, develop and communicate stories focused on the company's strategic priorities.

• Use data and best practices to drive continued enhancements to our tools and tactics.

• Enhance efforts to reach colleagues based outside of the U.S and in non-desk roles.

• Mobilize employees to support public affairs advocacy efforts, as needed.

• Collaborate with Human Resource to help drive critical messaging, actions, and engagement related to culture, organizational change and HR processes/practices.

• Lead and support ad-hoc communication projects and initiatives.

Qualifications

What Skills You Need:

• Experienced communications professional with 10+ years of experience leading internal communication efforts in a corporate environment.

• Excellent communications judgement and ability to read the external and internal environment and use that analysis drive employee communications strategies.

• Experience and expertise working with members of executive leadership.

• Bachelor's degree

• Excels at driving strong performance in a multi-stakeholder, matrixed environment.

• Experienced at developing and deploying communication strategies to achieve desired results.

• Excels at earning trust and respect among team members, guiding performance and developing talent.

• Strategic mindset: innovative, forward-thinking, creative.

• Excellent writing, editing and proofing skills; strong public speaking skills.

• Ability to solve complex problems and navigate sensitive situations with minimal guidance.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Benefits

• How We'll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

• Learn more about our total rewards package here

• Corteva Benefits

• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.