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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.

    What we are offering

    We’re looking for an exceptional IT Broadcast Graphics - Industrial Placement 2024 to help us make a difference to our planet.

    As our IT Broadcast Graphics - Industrial Placement 2024 you will work a hybrid pattern and will be on site at Exeter HQ. We expect all placements to work in a hybrid fashion and suggest one day a week but at a minimum, once a month.. 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 IT Broadcast Graphics - 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 IT Broadcast Graphics - Industrial Placement 2024, your starting salary will be £25606.00.

    Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2025, 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.

    This role is within our Broadcast Graphics DevOps team. We develop, configure and support the broadcast graphics software used by the Met Office and our media customers – including ITV, STV, and Channel 5. You will probably have already seen it in action on TV weather broadcasts and you will be a key member of this team.

    Our software is an exciting, high-profile product and the results of your work will be used widely, helping to make an important, positive difference to real people.

    As our IT Broadcast Graphics - Industrial Placement 2024, your key responsibilities will be:

    • Developing applications to support the broadcast graphics software
    • Supporting internal and external customers to troubleshoot problems with the broadcast graphics software
    • Keeping documentation up to date
    • Testing the integrity of the broadcast graphics software and supporting applications
    • Exploring new capabilities

    We are a DevOps team, so you will get experience in both software development and support work. The placement would be geared more towards a software development role, but there will be plenty of opportunity to get involved in the customer support side of things too.

    This Industrial Placement is an exciting opportunity to see first-hand what we do and make a real impact that the Met Office truly values, whilst developing yourself for the start of your career.

    Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

    1. Studying for an undergraduate degree with a significant numeracy, science and/or IT element which MUST incorporate a placement year (i.e. sandwich course).
    2. Possess knowledge of at least one programming language, ideally Python.
    3. Keen interest in IT and keeps up to date with current and future IT developments (we keep evolving).
    4. Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
    5. Can plan and organise work using your own initiative (we live and breathe it).
    6. Demonstrates evidence of good oral and written communication skills (we’re better together).

    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 can demonstrate:

    1. An appreciation of customer needs and the importance of good customer service.
    2. A proven ability to work well as a member of a team.
    3. Practical knowledge or experience of IT.