Skills

Communication Data Analysis Decision-making Machine Learning

Job Specifications

Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB

Job Summary

We’re looking for an exceptional National Capability Weather Intelligence Scientist to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our National Capability Weather Intelligence Scientist, 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, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a job share.  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. 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

Job Description

Your world of expertise

The National Capability Weather Intelligence (NCWI) area is made up of a mix of Scientists and Scientific Software Engineers with a range of backgrounds and different academic/career experiences – we do not all come in with a meteorology background, but we do all share a passion for taking weather and climate information and making it useful, usable and used.

As both individuals and teams we deliver high quality, impactful outputs, whilst ensuring we work together in a positive, collaborative and supportive way; understanding we all have lives and responsibilities beyond our jobs, respecting each other, benefiting from our differences and building and developing both our own and others’ skills to progress as a team and in our own careers.

The focus of the NCWI area is to innovatively apply our world-leading weather science to ensure our customers can make the best possible use of meteorological information in their decision making. At the heart of this are our Post-Processing teams, working with stakeholders to understand the challenges they face and researching and developing underpinning forecast capabilities to meet the needs of a wide range of users.

You will develop an excellent understanding of how weather information is used inside and outside the Met Office. Your work will combine this with your relevant scientific and technical background to develop and support the next generation of weather forecast services for new and existing Met Office customers, for example by developing Machine Learning tools to improve the quality of our forecasts.

Your Key Duties:

Researching cutting edge science and technology to utilise weather forecast data and observations to produce outputs that benefit our customers
Developing high quality scientific computing code to undertake the required data analysis and designing and building forecast production systems
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to successfully deliver a range of projects
Clearly communicating science through reports and presentations to customers and peers
Carry out the scientific and technical activities to ensure timely delivery of operational services for the benefit of our customers.

Your world of expertise

The National Capability Weather Intelligence (NCWI) area is made up of a mix of Scientists and Scientific Software Engineers with a range of backgrounds and different academic/career experiences – we do not all come in with a meteorology background, but we do all share a passion for taking weather and climate information and making it useful, usable and used.

As both individuals and teams we deliver high quality, impactful outputs, whilst ensuring we work together in a positive, collaborative and supportive way; understanding we all have lives and responsibilities beyond our jobs, respecting each other, benefiting from our differences and building and developing both our own and others’ skills to progress as a team and in our own careers.

The focus of the NCWI area is to innovatively apply our world-leading weather science to ensure our customers can make the best possible use of meteorological information in their decision making. At the heart of this are our Post-Processing teams, working with stakeholders to understand the challenges they face and researching and developing underpinning forecast capabilities to meet the needs of a wide range

About the Company

The Met Office combines weather and climate science and data with expert insights to help government, businesses, emergency responders and the public to make informed decisions based on the weather and our changing climate. Everything we do is based on world-leading science and enhanced by the close working relationships we have with partners around the globe. We collect and make sense of massive amounts of data every day, using cutting-edge technology to deliver it into the hands of the people that need it, when it matters... Know more