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.

Senior Scientific Specialist (m/f/d) Insecticide Resistance

We are looking for a motivated and experienced scientist to contribute to our local and global insecticide resistance projects. This exciting role offers the opportunity to collaborate across different Syngenta R&D functions, champion innovation of insecticide resistance monitoring/characterization, and to contribute to the life cycle and development of insecticides. Based at Syngenta's Research Centre in Stein, Switzerland, you will join a highly dynamic, multicultural, and inclusive team, which has its core activities around insecticide resistance research.

Your responsibilities:

• As a Senior Scientific Specialist you will support and develop the science and technology relevant to the insecticide resistance field.
• You will participate in cross-disciplinary projects with colleagues from all over the world, which includes data generation, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.
• You will contribute to the publication of research projects conducted internally or with external collaborators.
• It is a pleasure for you to stay up-to date with technology in high-throughput phenotyping/genotyping and lead implementation into insecticide resistance research and monitoring programs improving capability and efficiency of related projects.
• We expect you to use your creative problem-solving skills to innovate and troubleshoot challenges around characterization/monitoring of insecticide resistance and to build a network with your key contacts in pursuit of overall goals and objectives.
• With your strong theoretical and practical expertise in insecticide resistance, you will contribute to the development of other team members.
• You ensure integrity and compliance in all activities. You secure effective stakeholder engagement, sponsorship, intervention and approval.

What are we looking for:

• PhD Degree in Entomology, Biology, Agricultural Sciences or related disciplines.
• Some years of research experience in applied entomology with a strong foundation in insecticide resistance including insect rearing, insecticide bioassays, and molecular biology/biochemistry assays.
• Project management experience is desirable.
• Flexibility to work in the lab and in the office.
• Leadership and strong communication skills with scientific and non-scientific audiences.
• Experience working in multicultural environments.
• Strong foundation in MS Office, statistical tools (e.g. R, SAS, SPSS, GP Prism), and Smartsheet.
• Experience with bioinformatics software platforms for molecular biology and sequence analysis is an advantage.
• Fluency in English is essential.

What we offer:
We offer a variety of financial and non-financial benefits including:

• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment 
• A superb working environment at our Global Research Center in Stein with well-equipped laboratories with an open culture and diverse workforce
• The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees and gain scientific and technical excellence
• Learning culture (Together we Grow) and wide range of training options
• You will profit from a competitive pension fund plan, attractive bonus system, onsite doctor, fitness room, canteen, and other benefits (Family friendly initiatives, Child and Family allowance…)

Learn more about our team, our mission and how we achieve our goals. 

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.

Interested? We look forward to receiving your online application including all relevant documents (cover letter, CV, diploma, certificates) – 18048003.

Please be aware that the job title may differ from the position title. 

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