Senior Civil Contingencies Advisor - INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY

Job Introduction

This is an Internal Advert, only available to current Met Office employees. 

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Civil Contingencies Advisor to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Senior Civil Contingencies Advisor, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works partly from an appropriate Met Office location and partly 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 2.5 days per week/18.5 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a job share. This post may be based at various UK Met Office sites depending on availability and suitability for the role. Please contact careers@metoffice.gov.uk for more information.

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

The Met Office Civil Contingencies Advisors work closely with the Civil Contingencies community, providing essential support in weather related incidents and in the development of contingency plans. 

As a Senior Advisor you will provide cohesion and leadership to this front line function. You'll work across the Office at a high level to ensure a co-ordinated response in the provision of advice on weather related incidents for senior officials and ministers in UK and Devolved Governments. As a manager, you will also strengthen existing relationships and build knowledge across the Met Office 

Your key duties

• Guide, manage and develop the team of Civil Contingencies Advisors to ensure sufficient team capacity and capability to deliver to agreed service levels and customer expectations. 
• Coordinate and deliver expert Met Office advice to Government Departments (both Westminster and Devolved equivalents) 
• Act as liaison between appropriate Met Office teams to ensure that situational awareness, consistency and best practice is shared and adhered to during significant weather events, and improved over time. 
• As a Subject Matter Expert in customer requirements, work across the Met Office to improve services and capabilities to the resilience community.  

Please note: this post does not require a qualification in weather forecasting.

Why join us

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists.

As our Senior Civil Contingencies Advisor, your total reward package will be up to £72,530 annually, which includes:

• £52,799 base pay, 
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Unsocial Hours On-Call Allowance when applicable.
• 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. Ability to effectively lead, manage and develop a team, working better together to maintain performance, resilience and wellbeing. 
2. Influencing stakeholders using excellent communication, engagement and relationship building skills to develop productive internal and external working relationships.
3. A good understanding of devolved and national politics and government policy across a wide range of Government Departments and associated relevant legislation governing civil contingencies.
4. A good understanding of the Met Office strategic aims and forecasting process, with experience in the evaluation and communication of weather conditions.
5. Highly organised with drive and resilience to deliver to tight deadlines under pressure, whilst demonstrating optimum decision-making and resource prioritisation in the face of multiple and conflicting demands on scarce resources.

How to apply

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

Closing date 13/05/2024 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 28/05/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

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.