Lead Climate Science Specialist
4 days ago
We're looking for a number of exceptional specialists to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Lead Climate Science Specialist, 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. 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.
- 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
- Leading the development and application of 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.
- Leading the production of 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.
- Developing the scientific and technical capability of other members of the team and their understanding of customer/stakeholder requirements
Why join us
Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. We are Great Place to Work UK certified and 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 Lead Climate Science Specialist, 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%
- 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 science/environmental/mathematical subjects, gained through worked experience or academic qualification, with a strong track record of working on weather or climate science or its impacts on human and/or natural systems.
- We're experts by nature - Excellent programming skills and experience, e.g. Python, Unix and willingness to support others in developing their technical skills. Experience of applying and promoting recognised approaches to software quality assurance.
- We're a force for good - Excellent oral and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate complex scientific and/or technical information clearly and effectively to a range of audiences, in the most appropriate format.
- We're better together - Strong interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to listen actively, discuss and understand diverse user/customer/stakeholder needs, to propose and tailor appropriate and innovative solutions to address those needs.
- We live and breathe it - Strong organisational skills with demonstrated ability to lead the delivery of complex research projects or customer outputs, including leading the work of others.
- 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
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