Director - Corporate Services

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Location: Exeter (with hybrid working arrangements)
Salary: £90k base pay + Competitive Senior Leadership Package
Contract: Full Time - Fixed Term Appointment or Secondment (up to 24 months) with potential for permanency subject to organisational requirements
Reports to:Managing Director, Enabling Domain

The Met Office is one of the world's most respected weather and climate organisations.

Our science, technology and expertise help governments, businesses and communities make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

We are seeking an exceptional leader to join us as Director – Corporate Services
, a pivotal role with responsibility for leading key corporate capabilities and enabling the successful delivery of the Met Office Strategy during a period of significant organisational transformation .

This is a unique opportunity to lead critical professional functions, shape how the organisation delivers change, and influence strategic decision-making at the highest levels .

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.

Reporting to the Managing Director -, Enabling Domain, the Director Corporate Services will lead a diverse and strategically important portfolio comprising:

• Project Delivery Capability
• Commercial and Procurement
• Property
• Governance
• Legal
• Internal Audit
• Risk

As a member of the Enabling Domain Senior Leadership Team, Met Office Director Cohort and Senior Leadership Team, you will help shape organisational culture, influence strategic priorities and ensure the organisation has the governance, delivery capability and professional standards required to achieve its ambitions.

You will lead approximately 210 colleagues through three Associate Directors and oversee a budget of approximately £46 million.

• Be an active member of the Enabling Domain Senior Leadership Team.
• Contribute to the strategic leadership of the Met Office as a member of the Director Cohort and Senior Leadership Team.
• Support the successful delivery of the Met Office Strategy through effective planning, governance and transformation .

• Lead the delivery of programmes and projects across the organisation's three strategic portfolios.
• Act as Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), Programme Director or Commercial Lead for complex transformation initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement and transformation across corporate services, including the effective adoption of automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• Provide executive leadership for Commercial, Property, Governance, Legal, Internal Audit, Risk, and Project Delivery functions.
• Ensure capabilities remain fit for current and future organisational needs.
• Establish and maintain robust governance arrangements, controls and assurance frameworks.
• Lead strategic actions, performance measures and organisational capability development.
• Oversee governance of the Met Office Portfolio and its associated investment decisions.
• Support executive decision - making through evidence-based planning, risk management and performance analysis .

• Maintain compliance with relevant Government Functional Standards, including:
• Project Delivery
• Commercial
• Property
• Risk
• Internal Audit
• Grants
• Ensure appropriate governance, assurance and control frameworks are in place across the organisation.

We are looking for an experienced strategic leader who can operate confidently in a complex environment and successfully lead large-scale transformation .

This role offers the