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We’re looking for a Senior Industry Applications Scientistto help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Senior Industry Applications 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 part time 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’reexperts by nature - always learning and developing to do thingsbetter
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision - making
• We’rebetter together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make usgreater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

You will join our team of scientists and scientific consultants within Industry Consultancy to make a meaningful contribution to critical activities that help our industry customers to operate more safely and efficiently, increase their resilience to future climate change, and better plan their path towards net zero. You will develop your skills and expertise to benefit projects, including: gaining a greater understanding of industry challenges in sectors such as energy and water; growing your relevant scientific and technical capabilities to utilise and develop new ideas, concepts and methods to scope, lead and deliver projects . As a senior scientist/consultant you will provide support and advice to the team collaboratively with the broader organisation and academia, to ensure the latest pioneering science is being developed and employed to the benefit of our users.You'll work closely with our business colleagues and building on your relationship management skills work in collaboration with our customers to understand their needs and contribute to business development activities .

This is an exciting opportunity to combine your scientific or technical background, with a passion for transforming your expertise into actionable industry outcomes and seeing the impact of your science today.

• Involvement at all stages of projects, efficiently working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to successfully plan and deliver a range of scientific consultancy projects including sometimes leading from inception to delivery and scoping future work in support of the development of proposals for new consultancy .
• Developing and maintaining a good working knowledge of latest Met Office capabilities, weather and climate science and analytical methods to utilise the right data and relating these to customer needs to develop and deliver solutions that provide benefit to users.
• Designing and developing high quality scientific computing code to undertake the required data analysis using appropriate quality assurance tools and processes.
• Communicating science clearly and effectively to customers and peers and contributing to the development of the team through sharing and advising .
• Engaging with customers throughout projects to ensure the work is meeting their needs addressing their challenges and delivering against government priorities with a focus on retaining customers and growing consultancy.

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing.The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are 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 Senior Industry Applications Scientist, your total reward package will be up to £58,419 annually, which includes:

• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• 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:

• Substantial experience and knowledge in a physical science or quantitative scientific discipline with experience working post-graduate in applied research and/or as a scientific consultant.
• Demonstrable experience of using scientific/technical insight intheapplication of scientific and analyticalmethodsto numeric data, including exploring and developing new concepts/methods, to solve applied research problems under your own initiative.
• Strongscientific computing skills(e.g.Python) with experience of writing and modifying complex code to produce high quality analyses using appropriate quality assurance tools and processes.
• Evidence of developing valuable relationships and building credibility with customers, stakeholders, collaborators or colleagues, including drawing out their needs, understanding their environmental challenges and determining how your work can benefit their activities .
• Excellent communication skills (written, oral, presentation and listening) with the ability to clearly communicate complex scientific and technical information to a range of audiences, focusing on addressing their needs.
• Demonstrable ability to work as an effective and productive team member, collaborating to deliver scientific/technical projects, including leading or providing support and scientific technical advice to colleagues.

How to apply

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application.Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire .We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.We encourage you to apply even if you don't feel your evidence is as strong in one or two of the essential criteria .

Closing date 20/10/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 04/11/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience . All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment .

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk .

If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us.Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics . We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information.We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.