Training and development

Whatever stage you are at in your career, we want to make sure that you have the right qualifications to take that next step. You may be looking to enhance your knowledge in a specialist area, or take a course to become a chartered professional in your discipline.

Our performance management process helps you to highlight areas that you would like to develop and identify courses or qualifications that we can support you through in order to help you in your role or progress your career journey.

All of our employees are provided with opportunities to improve their soft skills, which are not only vital to the workplace, but can be invaluable at home too. Decision making, organisation and stress management are just some of the skills that we support you in honing through various training courses and workshops to ensure you feel equipped to deal with both your work and home life.

We also provide training that enables you to level up your general IT skills. So if you aren't as confident as you would like to be with Microsoft Excel, or feel you could be using Outlook more efficiently, we provide a variety of courses that will give you that tune up you have been looking for.

Supporting our managers and directors to improve their leadership capabilities is a priority for us. Our Global Leadership Programme aims to develop skilled, aligned and energised leaders who are committed and willing to learn, and to hone the skills they will need as our business continues to evolve.

We work with external training experts that provide us with world class executive leadership development through a combination of academic expertise and industry aligned research which is tailored to meet our specific challenges.

For those who are first-time managers or middle managers, or who have not received formal leadership training since becoming a line manager, we provide training that covers the essential principles and frameworks of leadership to equip them to manage their teams effectively across Urenco.

We recognise that not all learning needs require formal training courses as it is often more beneficial to adopt a practical hands on approach. Our employees benefit from several types of mentoring initiatives at Urenco, which provide internal one-to-one support for maximising potential, developing skills, improving performance or focusing on personal development.

As part of Urenco’s Inclusion and Diversity programme, “Including U: Mind 2 Mind” is a mentoring programme tailored to enhance inclusivity within our workplace. This initiative groups individuals with different perspectives, allowing each participant to share their diverse, unique experiences with their team. The aim is to create a space for active discussion and reflection in order to help our culture evolve.

The wellbeing of our employees is of the utmost importance. That's why alongside our first aid and fire warden training, we also offer the opportunity to train as a mental health first aider in the UK as well as providing numerous expert talks across a variety of topics.

In the past these have raised awareness about health issues such as prostate cancer, depression and menopause, and offered insights into different religions and the LGBTQ+ community. This ties in with our inclusion and diversity initiatives - visit our I&D pageto find out more.