Flood Forecasting Centre

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

- 329424**Salary**:

- £25,606**Job grade**:

- Industrial**Contract type**:

- Internship**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability
- Geography
- Information Technology
- Operational Delivery
- Science
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- ExeterAbout 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.**Job description**:
**What we are offering**

We’re looking for exceptional Flood Forecasting Centre Industrial Placements to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Flood Forecasting Centre - Industrial Placement 2024 you will work a hybrid pattern and will be on site at Exeter HQ a minimum of 4 days per month. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you'd prefer, as many of our team do.

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.

**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 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.

This Industrial Placement is an exciting opportunity to see first-hand what we do, make a real impact that the Met Office and Flood Forecasting Centre truly values, and also gain an insight into flood operations at the Environment Agency. You will be working to support us in our day-to-day operations, as well as supporting us with projects to improve our forecasting capability, user experience and the value of our work.

As our Flood Forecasting Centre - Industrial Placement 2024, your key responsibilities are:

- Develop a working knowledge of flood incident management, and specifically Flood Forecasting Centre products, services, partners and customers.
- Provide a significant contribution to Flood Forecasting Centre development work and projects, with potential to lead on some aspects of work. This will include working both as part of a team and independently as needed, including prioritising work.
- Liaise with Flood Forecasting Centre colleagues, and when required external colleagues and customers, in order to progress project work.
- Share feedback and learning within the Flood Forecasting Centre as appropriate, for example following flood events.
- Support team training and team building activities.
- Support Flood Forecasting Centre operational delivery as required.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities**:

- Is studying for an undergraduate degree with a significant numeracy, science (e.g. Environmental Science) and/or IT element.
- Demonstrates evidence of good oral and written communication skills.
- Can plan and organise work using own initiative (We keep evolving).
- Possesses strong IT and Applied Science skills (We're experts by nature).
- Has an appreciation of customer needs and the importance of good customer service (We're a force for good).
- Has proven ability to work well as a member of a team (We're better together).

**Benefits**:
We invest in our people to unlock their full potential. As our Flood Forecasting Centre - 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 Flood Forecasting Centre - Industrial Placement 2024, your starting salary will be £25606.00.

Whilst this is a temporary position un