CHS INC Hiring for Internal Communications Expert at Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Full Time

CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our 10,000 employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.

Summary
CHS is seeking a skilled communicator with a track record of building relationships and leading communications projects with internal stakeholders including human resources. This role will manage strategy, create content, manage projects and support our human resources function. We are looking for someone who can lead communications with the desire and experience to collaborate across our team and with our key stakeholder groups. This position reports to the director of employee engagement.

Responsibilities

• Be a collaborative member of the CHS communications team to lead support of our chief human resources officer and our human resource function and execute and develop communications to inform and engage employees.
• Create and manage communications strategy and projects including writing, graphic design and leveraging our internal channels (intranet, email newsletters, etc.) and measuring their effectiveness.
• Develop and promote in-person and virtual events for employees, including developing objectives, identifying metrics and reporting results.
• Plan, prepare and repurpose presentations to inform employees
• Understand and represent CHS enterprise strategies and priorities in all communications efforts.
• Follow and help refine editorial and approval processes to ensure content meets business objectives, follows appropriate editorial style guidelines and meets brand standards.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• High School diploma or GED
• 7+ years of experience in Communications and/or Marketing
• Experience with executive support and company-wide communications for human resources
• Experience with writing, content development and communications project management for global companies including measuring effectiveness and engagement
• Familiarity creating and managing content across digital (intranet, mobile, email) platforms
• Experience creatively interfacing with other departments, including marketing, human resources, government affairs, legal, finance and/or sales teams
• Experience operating independently and executing flawlessly on the strategic and tactical levels

Additional Qualifications

• Graphic design skills (Adobe InDesign, etc.) to create or modify graphics and images in support of our editorial strategy
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism or related field.
• 9+ years experience in a communications role required with internal communications, writing, and digital experience highly desired.
• Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse.

CHS offers a competitive total compensation package. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Hearing, Life Insurance, Health and Day Care Savings Accounts, Paid Vacation, 401K, Company Funded Pension, Profit Sharing, Long and Short Term Disability, Tuition reimbursement, and Adoption assistance.

CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.