Overview
Your world of expertise. 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. You will be a part of the Data Science Community of Practice team that supports the adoption of machine learning and artificial intelligence across the Met Office. You will work with Software Engineers, Data Scientists and Scientists across the Met Office to tackle key challenges and exploit opportunities to make it easier to do data science efficiently at responsibly at the Met Office. You will work collaboratively to discover, evaluate and promote the right set of tools, techniques and platforms. You will also create tutorials and example code to demonstrate the use of techniques, tools and platforms for real data science problems in weather and climate research and organising events such as tutorials and hackathons to make use of these materials and help people get started using data science tools and techniques. An important aspect of your work will be demonstrating how these techniques can be used efficiently and responsibly, in line with Met Office Values. You will also get involved with general support and coordination of DS CoP activities such as Data Science surgeries, seminars and other events.
Your key duties
- Work with researchers at the Met Office and partner organisations to create tutorials and demonstrator Jupyter Notebooks showing approaches and solutions to data science and machine learning challenges in Environmental Science that demonstrate efficient and responsible use of these techniques.
- Contribute to the creation and delivery of environmental data science events, tutorials and hackathons.
- Gather information on requirements for users of Data Science tools and platforms at the Met Office, and contribute to exploring and testing suitable tools and making them available to the community.
- Work with key Met Office teams to make tools and datasets from these teams available to the DS CoP and ensure they meet community needs.
- Support the management, organisation and communications of the Data Science Community of Practice.
Other notes
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, you can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, 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. See our vetting charter. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.
Company values
- Show technical insight through creation of data-driven solutions showing the effective application of technical knowledge, understanding and skill — We\'re Experts by Nature.
- Engage with others to understand the requirements for your work and its wider context — We\'re Better Together.
- Consider good Quality Assurance processes, best practice, standards and/or regulations in your work, especially for code, data and use of AI — We Live and Breathe it.
- Communicate knowledge accurately and concisely in written documents and discussions in small groups — We\'re Better Together.
- Proactively develop your skills and support others in developing theirs — We Keep Evolving.
Placement details
The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for Industrial Placements 2026. This is a 12-month Year in Industry placement, commencing at the start of July 2026. You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements and understand career opportunities after you graduate.
We\'re looking for a Data Science Community Champion Industrial Placement 2026 to help us make a difference to our planet. The job may be suitable for hybrid working (part in the office, part 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 expect you to attend the office at least once a week.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. We will try to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.
World changing work & benefits
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, 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.
We\'re a force for good, we\'re experts by nature, we live and breathe it, we\'re better together, and we keep evolving. Our salary is £27,170, and Met Office contributes £7,871 towards Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension. 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 several Best Workplaces lists.
Your package
- 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. This is not guaranteed and would be subject to programme availability and a successful application.
