Unilever

About Unilever

We are Unilever.

A Better business. A better world. A better you.

We are 128,000 people worldwide, with many recognisable brand names in over 190 countries. We are a global company with the purpose of making sustainable living commonplace. On any day, 3.4 billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good, and get more out of life – giving us the unique opportunity to build a brighter future. 

Founded in Port Sunlight (The Wirral) in 1929 by Lord Lever, Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, TRESemmé, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze, Vaseline, Sure, Wall’s, Colman’s and Pot Noodle.   

With a €59.6 billion turnover in 2023 with 58% in emerging markets it’s no wonder that we are in 98% of houses in the UK, go have a look, we might even be in yours!

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the desire for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to actively do more good for our planet and society – not just less harm, which is why we have spent over €949 million in our world renown Research and Development programme. We want to act on the social and environmental issues facing the world and we want to enhance people’s lives with our innovative, sustainable, and high-quality products.

We are looking for talented students who can challenge the way things are done, bring new ideas to the table, and dare to make big decisions to help us achieve our vision. Alongside this, we look for people who can ignite change as well as adapt to it, identify growth opportunities, and proactively encourage others to achieve results. 

Benefits.

At Unilever, our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace. We are working to build a better business and a better world. We can only achieve this purpose when our people are at their best – which is why our flexible rewards and benefits are designed to support you and your development.

We offer a range of rewards and benefits including:

• A competitive salary of £24,787.75
• End of placement bonus
• Discounted staff shop
• On site gyms
• Opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
• 28 days (pro rata) of holiday inclusive of bank holidays. Once you have completed 12 worked weeks, under the Agency Workers Regulation your holiday entitlement will increase to 33 days inclusive of bank holidays, pro rata for the term of this placement.  

We are also committed to giving our employees a healthy work-life balance, so we offer a flexible working style where possible including hybrid working in order to ensure our employees remain happy and healthy. In addition to flexible working, we offer an array of mental health resources along with regular health checks as we believe that our mental health is just as important as our physical health!

Culture:

Here at Unilever, we acknowledge that everyone is unique in their own way, bringing their own set of personalised characteristics and traits to the job. We encourage all our employees to seek individuality, share their passions with others and bring the best version of themselves to work every day. At Unilever, we believe that to champion our business we must champion an environment for our employees that strives for equity, diversion, and inclusion therefore, if you join Unilever, you will have an array of opportunities to get involved in all our supporting networks!

Values:

We expect everyone at Unilever to be champions of our ethical standards. We encourage our employees to not only display our values through their work – integrity, respect, responsibility, and pioneering - but also be vigilant in identifying potential concerns and being confident to speak up knowing they will be listened to. As a member of our future career’s population, this is no different, you will be encouraged to follow these principles and feel confident enough to let others know think something is wrong. Your opinion matters, and we appreciate and acknowledge this for all in our business! 

Equity, Diversity and inclusion:

Diversity at Unilever is about championing inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We believe that every Unilever employee should feel able to bring their complete and authentic self to work every day irrespective of ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, or gender. To celebrate this, we have internal networks and communities created to raise awareness for a cause, which work to create change within the business.  These networks include Empower (racial diversity), ProUd (LGBTQ+), Equity (gender equality), Enable (disability), and many other communities including careers networks, thriving parents and more!

We give full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.   

Sustainability:

We have been driving a pioneering sustainability agenda for over two decades. Yet, in the face of ever-growing economic, environmental, and social issues, we are evolving our approach.

Ringing the alarm and setting long-term goals isn’t good enough anymore. Now is the time to focus on delivering impact by making sustainability progress integral to business performance.

We are set on facing this reality to deliver consistent and competitive performance while transforming our business to achieve our sustainability goals.