About the job

Job summary

We’re looking for exceptional People Leaders for Aviation Meteorologists to help us make a difference to our planet.

Job description

At the Met Office we embrace hybrid working. As our People Leaders for Aviation Meteorologists, you will work a hybrid pattern and our current Team Charter requires you to be on site at our Exeter HQ at least four days per month. The Met Office and wider government continue to monitor the effectiveness of our hybrid working. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you'd prefer.

Whilst these are temporary positions for 12-months, there is potential for them to develop into permanent positions.

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. 

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 

Find out more about our values - https://bit.ly/3fokaRD 

Job Purpose

This is an exciting role in which you can provide leadership and support to our Aviation Meteorologists in our Exeter-based Services Operations Centre (SOC). Providing line management to a group of 15-20 individuals, and working with the aviation management team, you will provide clear support and development for the team. You may on occasion have to work anti-social hours to meet the needs of your team.

You will need to attend leadership and management events and Weather Impacts and Advice (WIA) leadership meetings, sometimes in person, and to attend Services Roadshow events.

As our People Leaders for Aviation Meteorologists, your key responsibilities are:

• As an enthusiastic leader and role model, manage and guide a team of Aviation Meteorologists such that they are engaged, motivated and inspired as they progress on their journey with the Met Office
• Work with the Aviation Meteorologists in your team to ensure that they are developed in the best way for them. Invest time in developing relationships with all team members, taking time to understand their motivations and what energises them, unlocking their potential and promoting a culture of development within the team.
• Provide Line Management for the Aviation Meteorologists.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues across WIA and the wider Met Office to facilitate your team members remaining current in their AMO (Aeronautical Meteorological Observer) and AMF (Aeronautical Meteorological Forecaster) qualifications.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues, especially within WIA, to identify the training needs of your team members and facilitate the required cross-training such that the Aviation team can continue to function in an efficient and robust manner.
• Work closely with the Aviation management team within WIA, acting as the bridge between this team and the Aviation Meteorologists, attending associated meetings to ensure a consistent exchange of information.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

1. Evidence of being an Expert by Nature by demonstrating your experience of leading a team, with evidence of when and how you have motivated the team members in a positive way and how you have developed them.
2. Show that you are a Force for Good by providing evidence of an engaging leadership style and the necessary leadership techniques required to develop a high functioning, highly engaged team.
3. Show you Live and Breathe It by demonstrating your understanding of the complexities of leadership in a 24/7 operational environment and sharing how you have successfully delivered in an operational environment.
4. Show that you Keep Evolving with evidence of your willingness to actively engage and contribute towards the development of new capabilities and ways of working.
5. Show that you are Better Together with evidence of developing effective and well-functioning teams.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £38,838, Met Office contributes £10,486 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you. Apply below using your CV and a Cover Letter/Supporting Statement which evidences how you meet each of the essential criteria - we recommend candidates use the CARL (Context, Action, Result and Learning) method for presenting evidence of skills.

Closing date 22/01/2024 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 05/02/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

If successful, please note we are unable to offer expenses for travel to your normal place of work. This post is contractually aligned to Exeter HQ, please ask at interview if you would like extra clarity on how often this requirement is likely to be.

How we can help:

If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via Careers@metoffice.gov.uk. 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. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.