Business Assurance Industrial Placement 2026

Met Office; Exeter; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading meteorological organization is seeking candidates for a Business Assurance Industrial Placement 2026 in Exeter. This exciting opportunity involves working on meaningful projects, with responsibilities such as creating business metrics and dashboards. Candidates should be competent in Office 365 tools, especially PowerBI, and demonstrate excellent communication skills. The role is full-time, offering a salary of £27,170, with opportunities for career development post-placement.

Benefits

Salary of £27,170

Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days

Access to discounted shopping

Qualifications

• Intermediate use of Excel and competent in Office 365 tools.
• Ability to support decision-makers with information.
• Drive to positively impact operations.
• Demonstrate effective teamwork and communication.
• Manage personal development and apply learnings.

Responsibilities

• Support process reviews and documentation.
• Assist in creating and managing business metrics.
• Create and maintain dashboards for senior leadership.
• Aid in the development of training schemes.
• Support business continuity planning.

Skills

Competent in Office 365

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Curiosity

Self-management

Tools

PowerBI

Excel

Word

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You'll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

The Business Assurance Industrial Placement sits within Markets Central Office. Our team's purpose is to provide the support, guidance, and insights to enable the wider Markets Team to successfully deliver our shared purpose statement: Trade our propositions with consumers, coordinate engagement with stakeholders and champion the voice of the customer within the organisation.

Your key duties

• Support process reviews and documentation
• Assist in creation and management of business metrics
• Create and maintain dashboards using PowerBI to inform Senior Leadership Team and wider directorate
• Assist in development of Directorate Assurance training scheme
• Support the Directorate Business Continuity plan

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at [e-mail].

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. 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.

Qualifications

1. Competent in the use of Office 365 including PowerBI, Excel (intermediate user as a minimum), Word, SharePoint and Teams (Expert by nature).
2. Ability to explore requirements and information that aids decision makers in support of a desired outcome (Live and breathe it).
3. Curiosity, attention to detail and drive to make a positive difference to how we operate (Force for good).
4. Excellent communication skills and ability to work well with others (Better together).
5. Demonstrate the self-management of your development and how you apply your learning (Keep evolving).

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2026, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us.

You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities are on offer at the Met Office after you graduate.

We're looking for a Business Assurance Industrial Placement 2026 to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Business Assurance Industrial Placement 2026, 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. As an Industrial Placement, we would expect you to attend the office once a week as a minimum.

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.

• 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

Alongside your salary of £27,170, Met Office contributes £7,871 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

Your package includes

• Your salary will be £27,170
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
• Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands

Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2027, there may be an opportunity to apply for our Graduate Development scheme upon completion of your university studies. However, this is not guaranteed and would be subject to programme availability and a successful application.