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    The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of progressive Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2024 until July 2025.

    We’re looking for an exceptional Design and Content - Industrial Placement 2024 to help us make a difference to our planet.

    As our Design and Content - Industrial Placement 2024 you will work a hybrid pattern and will be on site at Exeter HQ. As a minimum we'd like you to spend at least two days a week in the design studio, to get the most from your placement. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you'd prefer.

    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.

    Why join us?

    We invest in our people to unlock their full potential. As our Design and Content - Industrial Placement 2024, we will support you to develop and thrive to be the best you can be.  We champion positive physical and mental health in the workplace and are committed to being an inclusive organisation, providing a working culture that actively values an equal and diverse workforce.

    As our Design and Content - Industrial Placement 2024, your starting salary will be £25606.00.

    Whilst this is a temporary position, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Graduate Development scheme once you complete your University studies.

    Your package includes

    • Flexible hours and homeworking
    • 27.5 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
    • Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands

    Who we are

    We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

    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.

    Together:

    • 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

    Job Purpose

    This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year In Industry placement, 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 Placement all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities we can offer you after you graduate.

    As our Design and Content - Industrial Placement 2024, your key responsibilities are to:

    • Create (design, film, edit) engaging social media content for a range of channels.
    • Be proactive, seizing the opportunity to get involved and try new things.
    • Work with a range of people across the organisation to make engaging science communication
    • Actively participate in brainstorming sessions
    • Stay up-to-date with the latest trends across social media
    • Contribute, when required, to other content such as broadcast studio operation, live broadcasts and social media monitoring
    • Be keen to develop your design and animation skills taking on a range of briefs, including infographics, posters and presentations.

    Essential Qualifications,Skills & Abilities

    1. Experience of creating social media content (designing, filming, editing)
    2. A track record of being proactive with examples of trying new things / learning new skills
    3. Excellent communication and project management skills
    4. The desire to stay up-to-date with who is creating amazing content
    5. Evidence of working well as part of a team.
    6. A strong portfolio of multi-channel work with experience using Adobe Creative Suite

    Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

    We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but your application will be even stronger if you have:

    • An appreciation of customer needs including accessibility issues.
    • Enthusiasm and creative flair, living, breathing and loving what you do

    How to apply

    If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you. Apply by clicking the link below and complete the application form making sure to providence evidence in your examples how you meet each of the essential criteria - we recommend candidates use the CARL (Context, Action, Result and Learning) method for presenting evidence of skills and taking a read through the application tips document attached to the bottom of this advert.

    Closing date 21/01/2024 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 20/02/2024. Please note we often receive a high volume of applications but we will contact everyone who applies once the closing date has passed.

    If successful, please note we are unable to offer expenses for travel to your normal place of work. This post is contractually aligned to Exeter HQ, please ask at interview if you would like extra clarity on how often this requirement is likely to be.

    How we can help

    If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via askHR@metoffice.gov.uk. 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. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.