Business Support Team Leader

Lead a team that keeps the heart of our operations beating - from driving business support strategy and enabling smooth day-to-day operations to working closely with senior leadership, this is your chance to make a real impact in a role that blends people, purpose, and progress. If you thrive on variety, responsibility, and continuous improvement, we want to hear from you.

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are pro actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future oriented energy supply as well as pro actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

• You will lead and inspire the Business Support Team, ensuring smooth delivery of key services that underpin the site's operational success.
• You will manage contracts and facilities across CDCPK assets, making sure suppliers deliver value and compliance is maintained.
• You will coordinate business critical functions such as document control, training, communications, and financial administration to support strategic goals.
• You will drive continuous improvement, identifying smarter ways of working and helping the team adapt to changing business needs.
• You will support senior leadership, including the Plant Manager and Executive Team, by delivering high quality administrative and event support.

• Professional Qualification or Equivalent Experience: NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or substantial demonstrable experience in business administration and leading teams.
• Time Management and Prioritisation: Ability to dynamically assess and act on changing priorities while maintaining a balanced personal workload.
• Core Administrative Competence: Proficiency in calendar management, minute/note taking, and tracking actions.
• Planning and Organising: Demonstrable experience in creating plans, organising audits and visits, and monitoring progress.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Influence: Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Self Motivation and Initiative: Ability to work independently with enthusiasm, flexibility, and a proactive mindset.
• Attention to Detail and Reliability: Capable of working with precision and consistently delivering outcomes.
• IT Proficiency: Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and ability to learn bespoke systems.
• Commercial and Financial Awareness: Understanding of financial principles relevant to business support activities, including contract management.

• Experience working in a regulated or safety critical environment, such as energy, utilities, or infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Uniper systems and processes, including internal branding, audit protocols, and community engagement practices.
• Experience supporting senior leadership teams or executive level stakeholders.
• Understanding of training strategy development and coordination across multi disciplinary teams.
• Exposure to event planning for large scale internal or external functions.
• Working knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma).
• Awareness of local community engagement or corporate social responsibility initiatives.

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.

Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

• Personal development and Learning opportunities
• Enhanced company pension - With up to 12% company contributions
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Electric vehicle charging at our sites
• In house Occupational Health Services
• Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
• Performance related benefits
• Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work, or buy and sell extra holiday
• Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact the UK Talent Acquisition Manager

Please note, any CV's sent via email would not be taken into consideration. All CV's must be submitted via the online application process only.

Contract type: Unlimited

Working Hours: Full Time

Start Date: ASAP

Deadline: 05/12/2025

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.