Senior Climate Science Communicator in Exeter

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Climate Science Communicator to help us make a difference to our planet. As our Senior Climate Science Communicator, 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 30 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a jobshare. 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

The purpose of the Knowledge Integration team is to maximise the impact of Met Office climate science. We work closely with stakeholders to help inform their decision-making and respond to their evidence requirements. Much of our work is delivered through the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme (MOHCCP); a world-leading research programme providing climate science expertise to inform UK national and international climate policy.

In this role, you will help us deliver outputs from the MOHCCP to our government stakeholders, aiming to support a well-adapted and more climate resilient UK. This will involve working with government colleagues to understand their specific needs for climate science evidence, working with Met Office scientists to understand the latest research developments, and then co-producing outputs and activities. We work on both long and very short-term timescales, responding to priority requirements as they arise.

You will gain a broad view of the climate science carried out across the Met Office Hadley Centre and be at the forefront of delivering timely and tailored science information to stakeholders while building strong science communication skills, developing strategic thinking and growing personal networks in the Met Office and with our partners. This is a great opportunity for a driven individual with a passion for science communication. You will get to work with decision-makers across UK government and with world-leading science experts in the Met Office and the wider scientific community. We are actively seeking individuals with strengths and an interest in topics relevant to the social sciences, such as science communication, understanding decision-making and stakeholder engagement.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

• Expert by nature – experience of leading engagement with government decision-makers and using innovative ideas to increase the impact of scientific evidence in a policy environment;
• Expert by nature – proven ability to effectively lead on communicating scientific information in an appropriate way for a range of different audiences and purposes;
• Better together – proven ability to build and manage effective relationships with stakeholders as well as evidence of resolving differing views on sensitive issues;
• Live and breathe it – evidence of independently managing a varied workload of your own while steering the work of others and a proven ability to balance long-term project planning and delivery alongside ad-hoc and urgent requests;
• Force for good - a demonstrable interest or understanding of climate science and/or related policy issues.

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 23/02/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 09/03/2026. 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.

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

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.