Communication Expert

Our Operational Excellence team in Düsseldorf is looking for 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

**Your responsibilities**

As **Comms Expert **you’ll be responsible for two main areas: 1) managing and executing the communication strategy around the Uniper Operational Excellence program, including comms support for projects; 2) organizing the yearly conference.

This role requires a strategic thinker, creative content creator, excellent organizational skills and a passion for event planning.
- Develop and implement communication strategies to effectively disseminate the Operational Excellence way of working throughout Uniper
- Ensure consistent appearance of the OE brand, in alignment with Comms standards
- Support project teams to ensure timely and accurate communication of project updates, milestones and outcomes
- Create communication content for internal and external channels e.g. LinkedIn
- Engage and liaise with the central Comms team and Social Media agencies when appropriate
- Organize and manage the annual Operational Excellence conference (+200 attendees), including agenda & content, venue setup, logistics, registration, speaker coordination, communication, vendors, budget, etcetera
- Act as the primary point of contact for all conference-related inquiries and issues
- Evaluate the success of communication strategies and the annual conference, providing reports and recommendations for improvement
- Owner of the Operational Excellence Academy, including maintaining the website, advertise the trainings, coordinate enrollment of the attendees
- Continuously develop the Navigators Community to enable the Navigators to effectively collaborate and share experiences
- Develop and execute events, e.g. Fail Fast Fail Forward talks, that drive Operational Excellence activity, mindset and behavior
- Develop a meaningful set of the team Comms KPI's

**Your profile**

You have 5 years+ experience in communications with a proven track record in successful communication strategy design and content creation, as well as in event planning in a dynamic environment with many stakeholders.

You independently lead the various topics and are responsible for delivering high quality content and performance
- Advanced knowledge and practical experience in designing and executing communication strategies
- Excellent communication skills and precise messaging (verbal and written) from operational level up to Board stakeholders
- Ability to understand company and teams culture dynamics and act on it
- Hand-on experience in event management
- Strong drive and a “getting things done”-attitude, to deliver assignments and tasks in a challenging environment with conflicting stakeholder interests. Is stress-resilience and able to cope with highly volatile workload from time to time
- When working in a hybrid environment the use of digital technologies is key e.g., Teams, PowerBI, Power Automate, Mural. Open minded to exploring the opportunities for implementing AI into daily workflows

**The checkboxes**
- University degree
- Sufficient knowledge of Operational Excellence and Change Management methodologies
- Portfolio of quality articles / publications
- Successful event planning and execution demonstration
- Ability to plan and deliver own tasks in time and with high standards of quality
- Highly advanced communication skills
- High level of social competence, ability to work in different cultures and diverse environments
- Profound experience in working in environments in transformation
- Familiar with international working environment on Senior Management levels
- Languages: English (mandatory) and German (preferred)
- Willingness to travel up to 20% if assignment requires
- Willingness to have lots of fun is a must

**Your benefits**

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, achievi