Resource Manager

5 days ago

Exeter Devon, United Kingdom Met Office Full time €57,639
We're looking for a Resource Manager to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Resource Manager, 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, from Exeter HQ.

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

Working with the Systems Engineering Team you'll be responsible for taking newly developed systems from R&D and integrating them into the operational environment. You'll also be responsible for managing the Health, Safety and Environmental compliance of workshops, vehicles, and site visits including travelling considerations.

Your key duties

  • Planning and coordinating tasks for a team of engineers to develop and install meteorological monitoring equipment and systems
  • Managing a small number of team members to develop individual and team expertise
  • Assisting administration of financial forecasts and budgets to ensure cost-effective team operations
  • Using an asset management database to maintain up to date work tasks and asset records
  • Managing the HQ Development Enclosure to ensure (1) site visits are carried out safely and (2) equipment is installed and maintained in line with best practice

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 Resource Manager, your total reward package will be up to £57,639 annually, which includes:

  • £41,725 base pay.
  • An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
  • Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £3,600 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until September 2025 in your monthly pay.
  • 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:

  • A track record of working as part of a team, planning own and others' work, prioritising workloads from a range of stakeholders to deliver operational objectives in a structured manner.
  • An expert by nature providing strong evidence of application of engineering skills in at least two of (installing, maintaining or building) complex scientific, or environmental measurement systems.
  • Strong relationship management skills including evidence of the ability to build trust and maintain mutually beneficial relationships across multiple teams.
  • Experience of (or evidence of capability to undertake) line management responsibility for a small team. Demonstrating better together values when working in multi-faceted teams and developing team members to build a broad set of skills and expertise within the team.
  • A proven ability to exchange complex technical information with users of varying knowledge to deliver small and medium scale engineering projects in an operational technical or engineering environment.
  • Evidence of keeping evolving , identifying and implementing changes and improvements to operational processes and services. To minimise future risk and/or improve service delivery to customers.
  • Demonstrable experience and qualifications for working in a Health and Safety driven environment.

Desirable Criteria:

We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but we're also keen to discover if you have:

  • Valid driving licence.
  • Registration as a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer through a professional body affiliated to the Engineering Council, or an alternative professional membership through an equivalent body.

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 02/12/2024 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 13/01/2025. 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 characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

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