Job Introduction
Shape confident decisions. Enable innovation. Strengthen resilience.
We’re looking for an exceptional Corporate Risk Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our Corporate Risk Manager, 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. 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.
Whilst this is a temporary position for 12 months, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position.
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.
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We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
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We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
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We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
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We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
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We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Your world of expertise
We are seeking an experienced Corporate Risk Manager to join The Met Office at an exciting point in our risk management improvement roadmap. We are looking for a forward-thinking professional who sees risk management not simply as a control function, but as a powerful enabler of innovation, transformation, and informed decision-making.
The Met Office vision is to deliver the most trusted weather and climate intelligence in a radically changing world. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a future focused and purpose driven Governance capability at the heart of the Met Office. You will build on significant progress already made in embedding a modern, enterprise-wide approach to risk management and provide continuity as we embed new ways of working and further mature our approach to risk management across the organisation..
Working closely with senior leaders, Executive teams, and Board-level committees, you will lead the development and coordination of our Enterprise risk management approach, ensuring that key risks across all categories are effectively identified, including risks that impact our critical national services and customer focused services. You will provide high-quality risk intelligence, oversight, challenge and assurance that supports the delivery of our ambitious 5 year Strategy to 2030.
Your key duties:
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To own and lead the continuous improvement of the Met Office’s Enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management approach, ensuring compliance with the Met Office Governance Framework and alignment with Orange Book principles.
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Support our ExCo to identify and respond to principal risks that could impact strategy deliver, ensuring alignment with risk appetite and enabling balanced risk taking.
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Liaise directly with Domain Central Office risk coordinators to maintain monthly enterprise risk register submissions and support effective application of our Enterprise Risk Management Policy and Framework.
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Provide Enterprise Risk MI and insights to the Met Office Board, Audit & Risk Assurance Committee, ExCo and Domain Boards; challenging areas of weakness in risk control and response, including not taking enough risk, recommending actions and identifying emerging risk themes.
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Build positive relationships with key external stakeholders including our Sponsor Department (BIST) and the wider Civil Service risk community.
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Collaborate with Internal Audit on 4 lines assurance assessments and lead on year-end Orange Book compliance reporting. Ensure the risk management assurance map and maturity self-assessment is maintained, evidenced based and informs improvement plans.
The successful candidate will bring strong enterprise risk management expertise, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to influence at all levels. You will be comfortable balancing risk and opportunity, helping teams to make confident decisions that support innovation while strengthening organisational resilience.
Why join us
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 Corporate Risk Manager, your total reward package will be up to £75,857 annually, which includes:
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£54,515 base pay
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An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
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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
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
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Significant experience in corporate or enterprise risk management in a large and/or complex organisation.
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Demonstrable risk governance and assurance reporting expertise at an Executive and Non-Executive Director level, including use of data driven risk MI (Expert by Nature).
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Excellent communication and influencing skills with key internal stakeholders across all levels of the organisation (Better Together)
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The ability to translate complex risk scenarios into clear and actionable balanced risk positions through collaboration and engagement with experts.
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Be able to demonstrate a positive, pragmatic and agile approach to risk management that enables innovation in delivery (Keep Evolving).
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:
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Experience using PowerBI dashboards, IRM or GRC tools
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Experience with using AI Agents in risk management to drive value for stakeholders.
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 06/09/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 21/09/2026. 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 clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.
If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at: [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: [email protected]
