Environmental Advisor

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We’re looking for an exceptional Environmental Advisor to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Environmental Advisor, 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, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a jobshare. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best toagreea 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’reaforcefor good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’reexperts 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’rebettertogether-understanding partnerships and inclusivity make usgreater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

Joining our Property Management team, you will take responsibility for our Environmental Management System (EMS) and maintenance of our ISO
14001 certification.

You will ensure that we meet our environmental compliance obligations as well as provide specialist advice on environmental issues and monitor our environmental performance, all to ensure that we continue to reduce our environmental impacts.

• Manage and develop our EMS, maintaining procedures, documentation and the Legal Compliance Register to ensure compliance with policy and ISO
  14001 requirements
• Lead the Met Office transition from ISO
  14001:2015 to ISO
  14001:2026
• Monitor environmental performance, analyse data and provide regular updates to Head of Property Management on targets, objectives and Greening Government Commitments
• Facilitate key environmental governance forums, including Biodiversity Working Group, Environmental Working Group and Legal Compliance meetings with FM providers
• Coordinate six-monthly ISO
  14001 external audits and deliver the internal environmental audit programme
• Maintain the Biodiversity Benchmark by supporting the Biodiversity Working Group and coordinating annual external audits.

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 Environmental Advisor, your total reward package will be up to £49,448 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 andoptionto buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave

Essential Criteria,skillsand experience:

• Qualifications:
  
  A relevant qualification and/or professional membership (such as ISEP or equivalent) and/or suitable experience (Experts by nature)
• Environmental Expertise:
  Working knowledge of ISO
  14001, including effective management of an Environmental Management System (EMS), data analysis, and continuous improvement (Keep evolving)
• Experience of internal and external auditing, ideally support by a…