Industrial Placement 2025 - Property Management (Estates)

Met Office, Monkerton, Exeter

Industrial Placement 2025 - Property Management (Estates)

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Met Office, Monkerton, Exeter

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 Nov | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 75c8c7bded354e03875daa6bb53dc357

Full Job Description

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You’ll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.
You will be a member of the Met Office Property Management team, assisting in the implementation of the key estate management duties across a diverse Met Office property portfolio to ensure the delivery of an operationally efficient and effective estate.
Your key duties
+ Estate Strategy - Help enable the Met Office Estate Strategy, including implementation of strategic Met Office and government business drivers and policy to develop your own knowledge;
+ Estate Management - engage in management of landlord & tenant matters including acquisitions and disposals relating to maximising and optimising performance of the diverse Met Office estate;
+ Stakeholder Engagement - work with internal and external stakeholders to enable provision of timely professional value added advice to assist in the management of the Met Office estate and the effective delivery of projects to meet business needs;
+ Data & Records Management - help maintain and improvement effective Met Office Estate records and systems to improve data capture and knowledge., How we can help
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.
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. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.
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Security
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1. Working towards Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited degree (Real Estate Management or similar) - Met Office are experts by nature, always learning and developing to do things better.
2. Ability to work collaboratively and as part of a team - Met Office are better together understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater.
3. Personal drive and ability to complete work effectively and innovatively - Met Office live and breathe it, putting our purpose at the heart of decision making.
4. Excellent communication skills.

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2025 until July 2026.
We’re looking for an exceptional Property Management (Estates) Industrial Placement to help us make a difference to our planet.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year in Industry placement, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us. You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities we can offer you after you graduate.
As our Property Management (Estates) Industrial Placement, 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.
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

Alongside your salary of £25,606, Met Office contributes £7,418 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Why join us
Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists.
Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2026, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Graduate Development scheme once you have completed your University studies.
Your package includes:
+ Your salary will be £25,606
+ Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days
+ Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands