Job Introduction
We’re looking for an exceptional Km-scale global climate modelling Scientist to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Km-scale global climate modelling Scientist, 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, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. 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.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Evidence of postgraduate research experience in physical, environmental or computational science (we’re experts by nature).
• Evidence of ability to design, set up and run numerical experiments, and analyse their output to gain new scientific insight (we’re experts by nature).
• Evidence of strong programming skills and a demonstrated ability to use them to solve technical problems and/or answer scientific questions (we’re experts by nature).
• Evidence of excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to communicate complex scientific and technical information to a range of audiences via a variety of media.
• Evidence of ability to work effectively as a member of a team to deliver successful outcomes (we’re better together).

• Engage in technical work required to achieve the goal of running k-scale global climate simulations with the LFRIc model on the new Met Office supercomputer, working closely with model developers in Foundation Science to find solutions to problems. Evaluate these simulations to identify their biases, feeding back into underpinning model development activities, ensuring that climate priorities are accounted for.
• Produce the first ever set of Met Office k-scale global climate change projections. Exploit these to gain new understanding of future changes in local weather extremes, particularly relevant for the impacts of climate change on society. Contribute to research to identify up-scale effects of the improved representation of small-scale processes and associated impacts on climate projections.
• Communicate scientific results and promote Met Office research to the wider community through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at workshops/conferences. Forge links with others working towards k-scale global climate models, within the Met Office, at UK universities and internationally.