Business Support Team Leader

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Full-time, Unlimited

Retford

£40,000 - £48,000

Business Support Team Leader

Location: Retford, England, United Kingdom
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.

Your responsibilities

  • 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.

Your profile

Essential:
  • 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.
Desirable:
  • 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.

Job ID:

88424

Application deadline:

31/07/2025

Do you have any questions?

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:

career@uniper.energy

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We look forward to receiving your application!

Your Uniper Talent Acquisition Team

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As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. That's why we encourage applications from suitably qualified and suitable people regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We embrace inclusion and support flexible working.

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  • Rapid access to quality private medical care for illness and injury. The insurance includes a private GP service and pathway services to fast-track care.

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  • Enhanced company pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 12%.

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The benefits may vary slightly depending on location and role. You can find a complete overview of the benefits here: Benefits

We are Uniper

Uniper is a European energy company with a global reach that makes a decisive contribution to security of supply and energy transformation.  We work in very diverse teams and offer our employees as much flexibility as is possible. Equity, mutual appreciation and respect are the core of our corporate culture. At our company you will have the opportunity to shape new technologies, work on solutions for a modern and future-oriented energy supply and actively design change processes.

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