People & Communities

People & Communities

People and communities Featured
We contribute to host country development goals, and access to affordable energy and supporting our colleagues and the local communities where we have business activities.
We contribute to host country development goals, and access to affordable energy and supporting our colleagues and the local communities where we have business activities.

Employees

10

(excluding non-executive directors)

Training and development of employees in Egypt

$50,000

p/a

Training and Education Fund in Jamaica

$100,000

p/a

Our people

We are a relatively small organisation. We are an equal opportunity employer promoting diversity and treating all employees with respect and fairness.

We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination where diversity is valued and to ensuring that we consult and engage with our employees.

Our employees have a diverse range of skill sets, backgrounds and expertise which help deliver our strategy. We have in house commercial, finance, technical and investor relations team.

Local capability building

We are committed to providing meaningful opportunities for technical co-operation, training and capability building in host countries. All our licence agreements include a high degree of local content, which commits us to hire locally where possible and provide training to develop new skills

Community and social investment

Our social investments have been based on the needs of the local communities where we have licences.

In 2021 United supported a number of social programmes in Egypt:

  • United sponsored the Capacity Building Sponsor as part of the industry capacity building, sponsorship of the Capacity Building Feature at the Upstream Technical Convention in Egypt.
  • The Al Amal Mentoring Programme Sponsorship supporting 40 students to find jobs in international oil companies.

Our country manager in Egypt, identified that social investment into projects focusing on Health and Education would be most beneficial to the local community

Case Study

Education

Al Amal (meaning hope) has been established for 14 years and consists of a yearly cohort of about 40 students, 30-40% of which are women. It is a three-month full-time programme that helps university graduate students to compete for jobs with international oil companies and help companies to find the right calibre candidates.

The programme includes classroom studies such as Communication skills, Emotional intelligence, IT, Business skills, teamwork and interview skills, project work, and field trips. In 202 2020, the Program was online for the first time, due to the pandemic but has returned to being face-to-face in 2021.

Students on the Al Amal mentorship programme.