Climate & Nature Scientist: Lead Research & Modelling

Met Office; Devon and Torbay; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension

Annual leave up to 32.5 days incl. BH

Job summary

The Met Office is seeking an exceptional Climate and Nature Scientist to join the CaN team within CMA. This full-time role offers hybrid working, with a flexible pattern to suit personal circumstances, and a 37-hour week (minimum 30 hours also possible).

The role focuses on understanding climate-nature interactions, developing models, and communicating findings to both government and international audiences.

Qualifications

• Lead Criteria: Experience with observations and/or modelling and high-quality research outputs.
• PhD level or suitable research experience.
• Keeps up to date with scientific literature and learns new techniques for data analyses/modelling.
• Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and customers.
• Good scientific computing and programming skills (R or Python).
• Ability to write clear scientific communications, including papers or reports.
• Enthusiasm for presenting results to diverse audiences, including international conferences.

Responsibilities

• Develop quality-controlled code and tools to analyse datasets, build models and deliver outputs.
• Collaborate with nature experts and external organisations to address nature-related requirements.
• Work with CaN, CMA and wider Met Office teams.
• Stay current with climate/nature literature and publish outputs.
• Communicate project results in publications, reports and blogs.
• Present findings to national and international conferences and meetings.

Skills

Observations/modelling

Scientific computing

Scientific communications

Presenting at conferences

Collaborative work

Education

PhD level or equivalent research experience

Tools

R

Python

Job description

The Met Office is seeking an exceptional Climate and Nature Scientist to join the CaN team within CMA. This full-time role offers hybrid working, with a flexible pattern to suit personal circumstances, and a 37-hour week (minimum 30 hours also possible).

The role focuses on understanding climate-nature interactions, developing models, and communicating findings to both government and international audiences.