Associate Director, Office of The Chief Executive

3 days ago

Exeter, United Kingdom Met Office Full time

Job Introduction
We are pleased to bring to the market the role of Associate Director, Office of the CEO.

As our Associate Director, you will support and advise the Met Office Board and Executive, overseeing the organisation’s governance framework and leading the Met Office net zero activities.

We are seeking a permanent appointment on a job share basis of 0.6FTE / 22 hours per week, based at our Exeter HQ with hybrid working.

**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.

**Your world of expertise**

You will ensure the organisation has robust assurance and controls in place, providing leadership to our Legal, Internal Audit, Corporate Risk, and Executive Support teams, comprising circa 30 highly qualified specialists. You will have an integral role, supporting and advising the Chief Executive to develop the overall effectiveness of the Met Office’s control framework.

The role is also Secretary to the Met Office Board (MOB) and supports the Chair in the coordination of the MOB in fulfilling its governance and oversight of the organisation. You will also be the Met Office Net Zero lead and chair the Responsible Business Committee reporting to the Executive Board.

**Your key duties**
- Leadership of the Chief Executive’s office, their Private Secretary and the Executive Assistant Team; supporting the strategy formulation of the Executive and Met Office Board.
- Support and advise the Chief Executive Officer in respect of the Met Office Governance Framework, ensuring the Chief Executive is aware of their obligations as Accounting Officer and the Chair / Board abide by the relevant guidance and codes.
- As a member of the Met Office Extended Leadership Team (ELT), acting as a conduit of wider management views and concerns to the Chief Executive. The role also provides feedback to the ELT from the Chief Executive and Met Office Board.
- Support to MOB Chair, Board and Committees (Audit, RemCom & Security), organising meetings, minute taking and liaising with the sponsoring / owning government department - in effect working as the Company Secretary for the organisation.
- Act as Net Zero Lead for Met Office and chair the Responsible Business Committee, with oversight of the Met Office’s ‘force for good’ activities.

**Why join us**

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists.

As our Associate Director, Office of the Chief Executive Officer, your total reward package will be up to £103,000 annually, which includes:

- £72,500 base pay
- An outstanding Civil Service pension
- A discretionary performance related bonus
- 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**:

- Excellent skills in clear, confident compelling communication to enable you to negotiate and influence at Executive level to achieve outcomes through others.
- Ability to provide strong, inspirational leadership not just in governance, risk and assurance, but across the breath of the organisation as part of the Met Office Extended Executive Leadership Team.
- A good understanding, or ability to rapidly gain a good understanding, of the Met Office business and its control structures.of the Met Office's business activities and priorities to enable you to meet the requirements of your internal customers
- Good understanding of governance, risk and assurance principles and mechanisms and systems of internal control. This includes strategic planning, budgeting cycles, Portfolio, Programme & project Management.
- Be able to assess the right time to intervene in challenging situations and have the tact, diplomacy and gravitas to speak the truth to power.
- Ability to build and develop relationships and a strong network across organisational boundaries to ‘stay in touch’ with what is happening across the organisation and be seen as somebody who can be trusted to act in the best interests of the Met Office at all times.
- Strong analytical skills and comfortable in operating with ambiguity. Demonstrates pragmatism and common sense in decision making.

**We would love to hear from you if you believe you meet the above criteria, but your skills and experience will be even better if you also possess**:

- Formal governance and/or company secretarial qualification.
- Experience of working in a large diverse and complex organisation.
- Experience of strate

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