Resource Manager

Job Introduction

We’re looking for an exceptional Resource Manager to help us make a difference to our planet. 

As our Resource Manager, 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. 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

Your world of expertise 

An experienced people manager, you will define the people resources required for projects at different stages and work closely with Team Leaders across the area to identify, recruit, deploy, flex and develop those resources across the Portfolio to support successful delivery. You will work closely with Portfolio Management to ensure resource requirements, which may be people or equipment are met.

Your key duties:

• Resource strategy and planning - Lead the development and implementation of resource and capability activities across your work. Engage external or expert resources as needed. Work in conjunction with Team Leaders and Portfolio Management to optimise balancing business need with people skills and experience. 
• Stakeholder and people management - Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships to secure and prioritise necessary project resources and ensure effective deployment. Provide inclusive and productive line management, initially for a team of contractors.
• Contract management - Manage the contract life cycle of Met Office project and programme delivery contractors, from recruiting and on-boarding, through assurance and active management, to succession planning and leavers. In addition, managing associated contractual agreements and bought-in services where appropriate.
• Reporting and forecasting - Ensure timely and accurate reporting on resource and capability activities to support portfolio resourcing efforts. Highlight key resourcing and capability risks and develops plans for mitigation. Support the use of resource management tools.
• Capability management - Collaboratively lead the identification of required resource levels, skills, competencies, and skill gaps for both existing and future workforce.
• Digital & data - Use digital tools to analyse data to predict resource requirements and identify skill gaps. Use digital tools for resource allocation and management.

Why join us 

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, 2024 and 2025 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.

As our Resource Manager, your total reward package will be up to £75,857 annually, which includes: 

• £54,515 base pay
• 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: 

1. Strategic Resource Planning and Workforce Capability Leadership: Demonstrable experience identifying, forecasting and managing complex and conflicting people resource requirements across projects and programmes, such as defining skills, capability gaps, future demand patterns, and ensuring resources are recruited, deployed and flexed appropriately. [We live and breathe it] (Lead Criteria) 
2. Stakeholder and Relationship Management at Scale: Proven ability to build and maintain productive relationships with Senior Leaders, Portfolio Management, Delivery Teams, alongside external suppliers or specialist resource providers to secure and sustain required capability in an environment with evolving priorities. [We keep evolving]
3. Commercial Acumen and Contract Management: Experience working within the contract management space, such as managing delivery partners and contingent labour, commercial contracts and/or bought-in services. [We're experts by nature]
4. Risk, Reporting and Governance Competence: Experience providing timely, accurate reporting on resource plans, capability metrics, and risks developing and using digital tools accordingly; able to articulate mitigation strategies and support portfolio‑level governance and assurance processes. [We're experts by nature]
5. Effective People Management & Development: Demonstrable experience of providing supportive, consistent and values-led people management to create an inclusive and productive working environment for a high performing team. [We're better together]
    
    The panel may perform a preliminary sift of the lead criteria as indicated above.

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. 

Closing date 06/04/2026 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 20/04/26. 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. 

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at: careers@metoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: info@csc.gov.uk