Marine Applications Scientist

We're looking for an exceptional Marine Applications Scientist to help us make a difference to our planet.

As a Marine 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 a minimum of 29 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best toagreea 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 aforcefor 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 ofdecision-making
• We're bettertogether-understandingpartnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

The successful candidate will be joining the Marine Applications team in the wider Industry Science and Consultancy team.

You will be joining a team which applies marine weather and climate information to protect the safety of human and marine life, improve efficiency of maritime operations and define maritime industry standards through user requirement and science-driven development.

We work closely with Energy & Environment, and Regulated Transport markets teams to identify both industry and government marine requirements particularly in energy/food security, ecosystems, coastal risks, marine autonomy, and offshore efficiency and safety.

You will work closely with your marine applications team members, academic partners and across other marine teams in the office to continue development and application of innovative machine-learning techniques to address these customer requirements.

Your Key Duties

• Use and contribute to the development and application of machine learning techniques for observation driven marine forecasting to address marine customer requirements.
• Contribute to growth and development of marine climate project work within the team through working with markets teams to identify customer requirements and working in collaboration with other marine teams within the office to address these gaps.
• Work closely with the energy, environment and maritime markets teams to ensure user needs are pulled through into scientific innovation.
• Respond to routine consultancy requests from the offshore maritime sector customers.
• Give regular project updates at markets team meetings, internal seminars and customer/user meetings
• Present project outputs through customer reports, and peer-reviewed science publications customer/user meetings, internal, national and international science conferences.

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 Marine Applications Scientist, your total reward package will be up to £47,606 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:

• An 'Expert by Nature' with evidence of a track record in scientific and/or technical delivery demonstrating scientific insight and independence in weather/climate/ocean projects.
• Evidence of good programming (e.g. Python), machine learning or AI skills with a demonstrated ability to develop, and quality assure science, software or systems for weather, ocean or climate prediction.
• Strong organisational skills, with demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality output successfully, both independently and as part of a team, meeting tight deadlines, planning and organising own work within a project.
• An ability to help us be 'Better Together' through building and maintaining effective working relationships with team members, key stakeholders and collaborators, both internally and externally.
• Evidence of excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences. For example, leading reports, papers and presenting own work.

We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but we're also keen to discover if you have:

• Relevant background in weather/climate/marine science at PhD level, or equivalent experience.

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 04/03/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 30/03/2026. 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 .

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 DisabilityConfidentScheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

Weunderstand 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: If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: .u k

Our rewards and benefits are as varied as our customers and our people, depending on your role, and which part of the business you join. The one thing they have in common is that they're designed to recognise your contribution to our success.

Starting at 27.5 days and rising to 32.5 days after five years of service (both figures exclude bank holidays). As well as the flexibility to buy or sell annual leave annually.

You'll automatically qualify to join our alpha pension scheme, part of the Civil Service Pension arrangements. The scheme is recognised as one of the most generous occupational pensions.

We'll invest in your training and personal development throughout your career to help you reach your potential. We provide you with the space and freedom to think, innovate and try new things and have professional frameworks aligned to each area. We encourage and support professional memberships, have an array of internal apprenticeship and qualification opportunities and a comprehensive mentoring and coaching programme to name just a few initiatives to create your world of development at the Met Office!

Cycle to work scheme We can help towards the purchase of bicycles and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel via a salary sacrifice scheme.

Lifestyle support Whether you wish to utilise our excellent family-friendly schemes, be paid up to 3 days for volunteering with your chosen organisation, have the reassurance of a generous sickness pay scheme or be part of an organisation that is happy to pro-actively talk about flexible working the Met Office wants you to have a great work and lifestyle balance.

Established hybrid working We have bases all over the UK and some roles allow for you to work abroad so there is the option to travel for work also . click apply for full job details