Developer - Climate Observation Databases (Part-Time)

at  Met Office

JOB SUMMARY

We’re looking for an exceptional Developer for our Climate Observation Databases to help us make a difference to our planet.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As our Developer – Climate Observation Databases, 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 part time, 18.5 hours per week, based in Edinburgh or Lerwick. 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.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Technical Skills: An expert by nature with an ability to create high-quality, maintainable, and secure code with a strong understanding of programming languages, frameworks, and tools, primarily PL/SQL and Python.
• Database Experience: We keep evolving with proven experience working with Oracle databases to develop new operational services and products.
• Collaboration: We’re better together and therefore you can collaborate with stakeholders to develop requirements and use this information to deliver software (using the right tools and methods) that accurately meets user needs. Experience working in Agile development environments
• Support: We live and breathe it by supporting time-critical services and responding quickly to problems. Ability to work with others to identify, locate, and fix faults, and communicate clearly and appropriately according to the audience.
  Benefits
  Alongside your salary of £33,794, Met Office contributes £9,790 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a ‘Great Place to Work UK 2023’ and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK’s ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ and ‘Best Workplaces for Women’ lists.

As our Developer – Climate Observation Databases, your total reward package will be up to £46,974 annually, which includes:

• £33,794 base pay (pro-rated for part-time).
• Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £2,200 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until September 2025 in your monthly pay.
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave.

Things you need to know

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

TYPE OF ROLE

Architecture and Data
Environment and Sustainability
Information Technology

YOUR KEY DUTIES

• Develop, own and maintain software to meet the needs of the Observations Quality Management team
• Collaborate within a team to determine what needs to be developed to enable product delivery and build solutions to meet these requirements
• Support and maintain the existing processes and data feeds within the Climate Observations Database (MIDAS)