We’re looking for two International Development Delivery Managers to help us make a difference to our planet.
These are exciting opportunities to join our International Team, supporting the delivery and growth of our international development portfolio. There are two roles available:
- A permanent position.
- A two-year fixed-term position, with the potential to become permanent.
As our International Development Delivery Manager, the role may be suitable for hybrid working, 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. You will be required to attend the International Team’s monthly team meetings at our Exeter HQ and to frequently be willing and able to travel internationally, including to developing countries.
Our opportunities are full time, 37 hours per week, based from Exeter HQ. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we will 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.
Role overview
Our International Team collaborate with global partners to deliver enhanced weather and climate information which helps people to stay safe and thrive, in line with UK Government policy and priorities. Our activities are focused in developing countries across Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia Pacific.
We deliver projects and programmes that combine capacity development, training, scientific consultancy, technical assistance and long-term partnerships. Our work supports the co-production, communication and uptake of weather and climate information, ensuring it is useful, usable and used by those who need it most.
You will identify opportunities to develop sustainable and profitable revenue streams whilst delivering projects and activities that meet users and stakeholder needs. With effective stakeholder management and account planning, you'll align user and stakeholder needs with the skills, expertise and capabilities of the Met Office. You'll contribute to the development of the our international offer, helping to build strong, mutually beneficial partnerships that improve the use and uptake of co-produced weather and climate information.
International travel will be required and you may need to adapt quickly to changing needs and requirements. This may include travel to developing countries and, at times, challenging environments, at times with very short notice. You'll need to be confident at travelling to developing countries alone, and at times in teams. You will need to be able to work independently outside the UK, in line with Met Office processes, safety requirements and wider team ways of working.
Your key duties:
- Delivering and supporting technical international development activities within high-value, multi-year projects and programmes, including capacity development, technical assistance, training, facilitation and partner engagement, while ensuring risks, finances, benefits and lessons are managed and reported clearly.
- Supporting the development of bids, proposals and new opportunities, using your international development knowledge to work with Regional Leads, technical experts and partners to shape activities, budgets, resources and delivery approaches that align with the Met Office International strategy.
- Building and managing effective relationships with key international stakeholders, including National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, Regional Weather and Climate Centres, WMO, funders, regional bodies and strategic partners, applying strong cultural awareness and understanding of development contexts.
- Designing and delivering practical interventions that meet funder, stakeholder and user needs, using good international development practice and adapting approaches to local social, political, institutional and cultural contexts.
- Working flexibly across the international portfolio, delivering technical and programme activities remotely and in-country, and adapting to emerging priorities across Africa, MENA, Asia Pacific and other regions as required.
- Translating complex scientific, technical, programme and development information into clear, accessible messages, products and approaches for different audiences, including non-technical stakeholders and decision-makers.
- Representing the Met Office and, where appropriate, wider UK Government interests internationally, while operating in line with Met Office processes, Managing Public Money principles, security requirements and good development practice.
Person specification
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
- Expert by nature: strong experience in international development, including working internationally in developing country contexts and delivering technical assistance, capacity development or programme interventions that respond to partner, funder and user needs. (Lead Criteria)
- Better together: ability to build, manage and maintain effective internal and external relationships, with evidence of creating trust, rapport and productive partnerships across organisations, sectors and cultures.
- Force for good: self-motivated, driven and customer-oriented approach, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team to deliver outcomes that support social impact, resilience and international development objectives.
- Expert by nature: evidence of successfully delivering projects or programmes, including developing technical materials, facilitating workshops, managing activities, resources, risks, benefits, finances, reporting and delivery performance.
- Live and breathe it: demonstrable business development capability in the international development sector, including the ability to understand customer, funder and partner challenges, identify opportunities and articulate where value can be added.
- Better together: excellent communication skills, both oral and written, including influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to translate complex technical, information into clear, accessible and compelling content for different audiences.
- Live and breathe it: willingness and ability to travel internationally, including to developing countries, with a strong understanding of working overseas and adapting to different political, institutional and cultural settings.
The panel may perform a preliminary sift of the lead criteria as indicated above.
Desirable Criteria
We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but we’re also keen to discover if you have:
- Experience working with National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, Regional Weather and Climate Centres, WMO, FCDO, multilateral development banks, climate finance institutions, NGOs or other international development partners.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £43,081, Met Office contributes £12,480 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
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 International Development Delivery Manager, your total reward package will be up to £60,268 annually, which includes: £43,081 base pay.
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 option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.
Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
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Selection process details
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 13/07/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 23/07/2026. 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 [email protected].
If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity.
You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.
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.
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 Check (SC) clearance for this role. You must already have this or be able to achieve full security clearance before we can confirm your start date for this role.
To be eligible to apply for SC clearance, you must have lived in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years, including the 2 years immediately before the date of your application. Find out more about security vetting at United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
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
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Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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