We're looking for a number of exceptional Scientists - UK Applied Science to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Scientist - UK Applied Science, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.
World changing work
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.
- We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
- We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
- We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
- We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
- We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Your world of expertise
We are looking to recruit around a dozen scientists who show real potential to be exceptional team members and who are passionate about the transformation of their expertise into products & services that benefit our customers. These scientists will be joining teams within the UK Applied Science each of which work with a range of customers
The work we undertake is diverse, and depending on your skills you could be involved in:
- Understanding UK Climate Projections and using them to support decision-making
- Working across timescales to understand how weather predictions and climate projections can be translated into risk to ultimately support our customers' medium to long-term planning
- Developing information that directly supports decision making within climate-sensitive sectors, including urban, agriculture, energy and transport.
- Prototyping and delivering scalable climate services that meet our customers' needs for climate information
The underlying skills required are outlined in the essential criteria below, however support and training will be given based on each successful candidate's individual experience and the skills required for the respective projects.
Key duties
- Developing and applying suitable techniques for analysing and quantifying the impacts and associated risks of weather and/or climate upon the customer's interests.
- Working with the wider Met Office team and partners across government to understand current and future Met Office capabilities; developing and applying those capabilities to address identified customer/stakeholder requirements.
- Producing project reports for customers/stakeholders and the publication of scientific papers based on the project outputs (as applicable).
- Representing the Met Office at national and/or international customer/stakeholder meetings, workshops, scientific conferences, seminars etc. where the application of Met Office science (both weather and climate) need to be presented and discussed.
Why join us
Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.
As our Scientist, your total reward package will be up to £46,974 annually, which includes:
- £33,794 base pay
- An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
- We keep evolving - A high level of learned and working knowledge in weather and/or climate science or other physical sciences, environmental or mathematical subjects. This can be gained through worked experience or academic qualification, with a clear experience working on weather or climate science or its impacts on human and/or natural systems.
- Expert by nature - Demonstrated ability to develop code, preferably Python, with experience of applying this to address scientific problems. Experience of applying recognised approaches to software quality assurance.
- We're a force for good - Good oral and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate complex scientific and/or technical information clearly and effectively to a range of audiences.
- We're better together - Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and external customers or collaborators, to deliver high-quality scientific outputs.
- We live and breathe it - Highly organised with the ability to work independently across multiple projects, to identify and address own knowledge gaps, to problem-solve and to deliver to deadlines.
- Demonstrated clear understanding of the analytical application of science to the development and delivery of user-relevant outputs, and/or to gaining new user-relevant scientific insight
How to apply
If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.
Closing date 04/12/2024 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 09/12/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.
How we can help
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at .
If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.
We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected
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