Weather Observations

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 329095**Salary**:

- £25,606**Job grade**:

- Industrial**Contract type**:

- Temporary
- Internship**Length of employment**:

- 12 months**Type of role**:

- Architecture and Data
- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PBAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of progressive Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2024 until July 2025.

**What we are offering**

We’re looking for an exceptional Weather Observations - Industrial Placement 2024 to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Weather Observations - Industrial Placement 2024 you will work a hybrid pattern and will be on site at Exeter HQ a minimum of four days per month. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you'd prefer.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 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

**Why join us?**

We invest in our people to unlock their full potential. As our Weather Observations - Industrial Placement 2024, we will support you to develop and thrive to be the best you can be. We champion positive physical and mental health in the workplace and are committed to being an inclusive organisation, providing a working culture that actively values an equal and diverse workforce.

As our Weather Observations - Industrial Placement 2024, your starting salary will be £25606.00.

Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2025, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Graduate Development scheme once you complete your University studies.

**Who we are**

We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You’ll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

Together:

- ** 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

**Job description**:
**Job Purpose**

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year In Industry placement, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us. You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placement all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities we can offer you after you graduate.

As our Weather Observations - Industrial Placement 2024, your key responsibilities are:

- Developing your knowledge of upper air observing systems, e.g. radar and radiosonde.
- Monitoring the performance of upper air operational observing systems; investigating issues and carrying out root cause analysis, providing information to users.
- Supporting the team of Network Specialists in the effective running of the networks to ensure the delivery of operational services.
- Working as part of a team, contributing to tasks and projects that implement changes to our observing networks.
- Presenting regular progress reports on the work undertaken to colleagues, both verbally and in writing, and contributing to project and team meetings.
- Documenting the work undertaken and the key learning points to verify progress against agreed objectives.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities**
- Studying for an undergraduate degree with a significant science or numeracy element that incorporates a placement year.
- Evidence of being **Better Together**, working well as a member of a multi-skilled team, capable of developing effective working relationships
- Proactive problem solver, able to analyse a technical problem and identify the root cause.
- Able to plan and organise work using own initiative, **Keep Evolving** by adapting to changing requirements.
- Effective communicator, comfortable communicating technical information to a range of stakeholders.
- Demonstrate being an **Expert by Nature** with proficiency in a high-level programming language such as Python.

**Benefits**:

- Your package includes:
- Flexible hours and homeworking
- 27.5 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
- Access to discounted shop