SSE is a straightforward company, the focus is on capability, attitude, and outputs. There are a whole host of opportunities for individuals who bring their values to work and work collaboratively with others.
We know that net zero is going to take a huge amount of diversity of thought to get to the end result. It’s so important for individuals to feel comfortable and able to bring their true self to work or you risk stifling their development. One of the things that I’m super proud of at SSE is that we have a range of belonging groups where colleagues meet to really support each other through a whole range of areas. SSE is a company that focusses on values backed up by an increasing range of HR policies to support all of us at various stages of our lives.
Engineering is one area in particular where I think we are lacking in gender diversity, not only in SSE but across the country as a whole. I feel really proud that at SSE there are a variety of schemes and routes you can take to progress your career such as apprenticeships, graduate, programmes and post-graduate opportunities.
At SSE, we are very active in supporting inclusion and diversity from the top of the organisation right through to our teams. Working at SSE, I don’t think of myself as a female senior leader, I think of myself as a senior leader. What that shows is that I am included, I am embraced, as Nikki. I am welcomed in terms of the skillsets that I bring, rather than any doors being closed on me because I’m a female. For me, working at SSE is about what you bring to the party, not whether you’re male or female.
I genuinely believe that getting to net zero is one of our biggest, if the not the biggest, global challenge that we’re facing. So, if you’re somebody who’s curious about that challenge, feels passionate about that challenge and wants to be part of a team to actually work through how we get there over the coming years then it is really worth checking out SSE because there is a role for everyone.