We’re looking for an exceptional Resource Manager to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Resource Manager, 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.
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.
World changing work
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, 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. This is who we are.
- 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
Your world of expertise
An experienced people manager, you will define the people resources required for projects at different stages and work closely with Team Leaders across the area to identify, recruit, deploy, flex and develop those resources across the Portfolio to support successful delivery. You will work closely with Portfolio Management to ensure resource requirements, which may be people or equipment, are met.
- Resource strategy and planning – Lead the development and implementation of resource and capability activities across your work. Engage external or expert resources as needed. Work in conjunction with Team Leaders and Portfolio Management to optimise balancing business need with people skills and experience.
- Stakeholder and people management – Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships to secure and prioritise necessary project resources and ensure effective deployment. Provide inclusive and productive line management, initially for a team of contractors.
- Contract management – Manage the contract life cycle of Met Office project and programme delivery contractors, from recruiting and on‑boarding, through assurance and active management, to succession planning and leavers. Also manage associated contractual agreements and bought‑in services where appropriate.
- Reporting and forecasting – Ensure timely and accurate reporting on resource and capability activities to support portfolio resourcing efforts. Highlight key resourcing and capability risks and develop plans for mitigation. Support the use of resource management tools.
- Capability management – Collaboratively lead the identification of required resource levels, skills, competencies and skill gaps for both existing and future workforce.
- Digital & data – Use digital tools to analyse data to predict resource requirements and identify skill gaps. Use digital tools for resource allocation and management.
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, 2024 and 2025 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.
As our Resource Manager, your total reward package will be up to £75,857 annually, which includes:
- An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
- Annual leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
- Strategic Resource Planning and Workforce Capability Leadership – Demonstrable experience identifying, forecasting and managing complex and conflicting people resource requirements across projects and programmes, such as defining skills, capability gaps, future demand patterns, and ensuring resources are recruited, deployed and flexed appropriately. (Lead Criteria)
- Stakeholder and Relationship Management at Scale – Proven ability to build and maintain productive relationships with Senior Leaders, Portfolio Management, Delivery Teams, alongside external suppliers or specialist resource providers to secure and sustain required capability in an environment with evolving priorities. (We keep evolving)
- Commercial Acumen and Contract Management – Experience working within the contract management space, such as managing delivery partners and contingent labour, commercial contracts and/or bought‑in services. (We’re experts by nature)
- Risk, Reporting and Governance Competence – Experience providing timely, accurate reporting on resource plans, capability metrics and risks, developing and using digital tools accordingly; able to articulate mitigation strategies and support portfolio‑level governance and assurance processes. (We’re experts by nature)
- Effective People Management & Development – Demonstrable experience of providing supportive, consistent and values‑led people management to create an inclusive and productive working environment for a high performing team. The panel may perform a preliminary sift of the lead criteria as indicated above.
How to apply
If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.
Closing date 06/04/2026 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 20/04/26. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.
Using AI in your application
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 careers@metoffice.gov.uk.
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.
Security clearance
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.
Recruitment principles and complaints
If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk.
Benefits platform
We offer an enhanced discount shopping portal and schemes for employees to make everyday savings including retail shopping such as your weekly food shops, technology products, DIY projects, travel and trips as well as active lifestyle options. We also have an instant recognition scheme with the potential for you to receive vouchers for when you have gone the extra mile to demonstrate our Met Office Values.
Cycle to work scheme
We can help towards the purchase of bicycles and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel via a salary sacrifice scheme.
Lifestyle support
Whether you wish to utilise our excellent family‑friendly schemes, be paid up to 3 days for volunteering with your chosen organisation, have the reassurance of a generous sickness pay scheme or be part of an organisation that is happy to pro‑actively talk about flexible working the Met Office wants you to have a great work and lifestyle balance.
Established hybrid working
We have bases all over the UK and some roles allow for you to work abroad so there is the option to travel for work also, we have established amazing hybrid working practices across all of our offices and have enhanced technology to enable office and home‑based meetings. We work with employees to agree on a suitable working pattern that works for us both and have various working patterns in place.
Onsite parking and EV charging
We offer onsite free parking at our main offices with disabled parking spots also available. We are ever expanding our eCharging stations and have these available for use at most sites.
Commitment to our environment and biodiversity
Our force for good value aligns perfectly with our support for environmental impact improvements. We were the first public sector body to be awarded the prestigious Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark Award and have different initiatives across our sites from our beautiful biodiversity butterfly garden, toilet water provided from the cooling of our epic supercomputer, car share schemes, team beach clean events and extensive recycling facilities for our everyday use.
It’s good to talk
We have a fantastic group of employee volunteers who form our Mental Health First Aiders as well as Dignity & Respect at Work groups. Alongside our EAP they are in the office or a remote call away to support with a listening ear and can signpost you to helpful resources and support.
ED&I staff networks
We recognise the benefits that networks can offer to our employees not only in terms of better together peer support but also in raising awareness of the challenges some of our employees may experience, and we know that people perform better when they can be themselves.
Investing in your development
The world around us is constantly changing. New technologies, shifting climate patterns, artificial intelligence. These factors and more shape the need for us to develop our skills and knowledge as a business and as individuals. Our investment in learning and development is testament to this and we have partnered with external bodies in each profession to help shape the way we develop the incredible talent right across the Met Office. We help everyone to understand their strengths and opportunities and tailor learning programmes that match their career. For us, this is world‑leading learning and development.
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