Women@Uniper

Dr. Jutta Dönges, Chief Financial Officer

At Uniper, we place great value on diversity and equal opportunities. We firmly believe that the commitment and potential of our employees are the key to our success. We trust in the expertise, performance and leadership qualities of our people, regardless of gender, nationality, age, education, sexual orientation or religious background. For this reason, we consciously create an environment where equal career opportunities exist for all and where, for example, women in leadership positions are not the exception but the rule.

Accelerate the energy transition with us.

As a company, we consciously focus on hiring women, as we firmly believe that diversity and different perspectives contribute significantly to the success of our company and have a positive impact on employee motivation and the working atmosphere. Uniper wants to proactively contribute to reducing the social inequalities still observed in the workplace.

By hiring women, we want to ensure that we consider a broader range of opinions and ideas. We want to emphasize that our commitment to deliberately targeting female talent and motivating them to pursue a career at Uniper is not about putting men at a disadvantage. Rather, it is about ensuring that women have equal opportunities and can fully utilize their talents and abilities.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Uniper

DEI is business - By embracing diversity, living and breathing inclusion, and fostering equity, we at Uniper make success possible and boost our business both for today and in the long term. It’s only when everybody can fulfil their full potential unhindered, that Uniper can reach its full potential.

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Communities & Initiatives

We build on strong communities, which are open for all employees.

At Uniper, we support a number of networks, initiatives and programmes that are committed to equal opportunities for women and the reconciliation of family and career. In doing so, the interests of women are represented across professional and sectoral boundaries.

Gender equality and fair leadership start with empowerment. The community enables an exchange among women at Uniper and connects colleagues on topics in the areas of personal and professional development.

A community to empower, support and celebrate women in senior leadership positions!

Being a parent and carer can be a challenging experience in life. The community serves as a platform to stay connected and get impulses about job sharing, flexible working, home office, child care or elder care.

A community for all those who identify as LGBTQ+ or consider themselves an ally providing a supportive internal network and opportunities to recognize and celebrate LGBTIQ+ history and culture and to continuously grow in terms of visibility, awareness, sharing, and collaboration and gain outside-in perspectives.

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We believe in the power of ambassadors because it is a great way to raise awareness, and to engage and support colleagues. Our 50+ ambassadors from across the whole company foster a culture of belonging do amazing work by role modelling an inclusive mindset and behavior and are crucial for our goal of bringing DEI into every corner of the organization.

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International Women in Business Talent Fair 2023 hosted by Uniper

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Women with interesting life experiences present themselves in a TED-Talk style format to recruiters in the Düsseldorf area

Going new ways to attract promising talents

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Uniper establishes a totally new trainee scheme to be part of the socialbee Female Accelerator programme

Uniper, partner of the "Komm, mach MINT" initiative

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Diverse career and development opportunities for women in STEM professions

Development & Benefits

Uniper is a very diverse and exciting company. Just like the opportunities for talent and further training.

Job Sharing

With job sharing, Uniper not only relies on a modern division of tasks in a duo but also offers more flexibility for individuals to respond to individual or family life situations, as well as to career changes that require more flexibility. We experience that the close cooperation of the tandem partners brings considerable added value compared to pure part-time work, such as intensive teamwork and consequently the promotion of team spirit in the entire team or the opportunity to develop communication skills and leadership competencies through a constant exchange with the partner.

Leadership Development

We accompany our leaders on their personal development path with a wide range of offerings both in taking on a new leadership role and in living this role in the spirit of the Uniper Way and refining their personal leadership vision or, for example, acting as an integrative leader and role model, meeting the challenges of digital transformation as a leader, or practicing mindful and healthy leadership.

In our Uniper Way, we have defined how we want to work together as individuals, in teams and across our organisation.

The Uniper Way

At Uniper, we offer a wide range of attractive additional benefits and promote the personal and professional development of our employees. Especially attractive is our model of FlexWork. Flexible working at Uniper means that our teams decide for themselves how, when and where they work. We have created hubs for collaboration and networking in our offices and we provide our employees with the equipment for a modern and healthy workplace at home. We also offer geographical flexibility and various flexible working models. This means you can do your work from different locations and shape your job to fit your personal lifestyle, so you can balance your work and private life perfectly.

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Meet our Colleagues

Meet our colleagues.

Valentina, EVP Operational Excellence | At Uniper “treating everyone in a fair way”, and “making everyone feel included” are serious topics. This is why we regularly seek feedback from our employees, we listen to them, and we make changes so that we can get closer and closer to our vision of DEI.

Christiane, Head of Data Design | Together with my team, we empower Uniper to become an insight-driven organization. What I really like about my job, is getting to know and working with many people with different backgrounds. On the way to becoming an insight-driven company, the most important thing for me is to put our employees at the center.

Marina, Head of Business Development and Contract Management | At my job, I ensure security of supply and make our power team fit for the future. I get to lead a team of motivated experts, develop new talent, shape Uniper's power footprint and learn something new every day. That's what makes my role so special.

Janine, Team Coordinator Channel Management | Together with my team, I manage all marketing and communication activities related to our customers and products, so we also support the key account managers in their daily work. What I like most about my job is the overarching character: bringing together different expectations. And what is exciting at the moment: The energy transition, technical progress and changes in the market mean that requirements are changing rapidly.

Susanne, Director Procurement Solutions | My team and I go shopping every day: We make sure that all Uniper employees get all the goods and services they need. It is the best job in the world! Lots of interactions within Uniper and also with suppliers across the globe, challenging markets and a huge variety of projects. The energy business these days is clearly the most interesting industry of all.

Pauline, Head of Political Affairs and Communication UK | When I joined the company, I started as an engineer working in a project team to review network design and investment strategy, in one of the UK‘s Regional Electricity Companies. Right now I am leading a team of highly qualified and experienced professionals to represent Uniper‘s diverse activities and our role in a reliable and sustainable energy system, to both internal and external stakeholders.