Met Office
Associate Commercial Manager
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About the Role
We’re seeking an Associate Commercial Manager to drive meaningful change for our planet. This is a full-time (37 hours per week) opportunity, open to hybrid working arrangements, where you’ll work:
- Part of the week in-office
- Part of the week from home
This voluntary arrangement should work for both you and the organisation. Our people-centric approach means we’ll collaborate to find a mutually agreeable schedule.
Our work at The Met Office is world-changing—helping individuals, industries, and governments make safer, more sustainable decisions through weather accuracy and climate prediction.
Our Values Drive Everything
✔ A Force for Good – We prioritise environmental and social impact ✒ Experts by Nature – We continuously learn and innovate 🤝 Better Together – Inclusivity and partnerships fuel our success 🚀 Keep Evolving – We push boundaries to improve tomorrow
Your Expertise Will Make a Difference
As an Associate Commercial Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in end-to-end procurement, building operational experience across commercial strategy, tendering, sourcing, contract management, and supplier relations.
Key Responsibilities
Procurement & Supplier Engagement
- Support pre-procurement market engagement to refine requirements into a clear, attractive brief for diverse suppliers
- Develop bidder packs, reconcile unclear specifications, and design rigorous evaluation criteria
- Leverage e-sourcing tools, e-tendering software, and electronic procurement platforms for efficiency
Risk & Compliance
- Identify all relevant risks, ensure alignment across stakeholders on risk ownership, management, and allocation
- Uphold high governance standards and legal compliance at every stage of procurement
- Dynamic contract management tailored to each contract’s complexity—balancing depth with business and policy objectives
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Why Join The Met Office?
Impact Matches Ambition
Our work doesn’t just support decisions—it saves lives and shapes future resilience. The Met Office is proud to be:
🏆 ‘Great Place to Work UK Certified’ 🥇 Featured in 2023–2025 ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ 🌍 Named in 2023’s ‘54 Best Workplaces for Women’
Total Reward Package (Up to £49,448 Annually)
- Base Salary: £35,145
- Pension: Civil Service scheme (employer 28.97% average contribution)
- Recruitment & Retention Allowance (RRA): £2,000/annum market supplement (April 2026–March 2027)
- Annual Leave: 27.5 days (increasing to 32.5 days after 5 years) + bank holidays
- Optional buying/selling of up to 5 extra leave days per year
Essential Criteria & Qualities
Professional Qualifications
✅ Fully qualified to MIPS standard (or committed to qualifying) – demonstrating Experts by Nature
Core Skills & Experience
- Customer-centric procurement: Able to mentor others on running low-value procures and addressing commercial queries (Better Together)
- Compliance & assurance: Strong grasp of procurement rules, financial oversight, and cost-recovery mechanisms
- Stakeholder collaboration: Promptly integrates contract managers and internal teams early in the process (Better Together)
- Communication: Tailors messaging for diverse audiences—clear, persuasive, and effective
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Motivation
We seek purpose-driven professionals who share our passion for helping people stay safe and thrive through better decision-making.
Next Steps
Application Process
- Click [apply] to begin.
- Fill your career history and evidence checklist.
- structure your answers using CARL method (Context, Action, Result, Learning).
Key Deadlines
- Closing Date: 19 July 2026 at 23:59
- Interviews begin: 3 August 2026 onwards
AI Clarification
AI-powered applications welcome—if fraudulent or omitting your input, risk disqualification. All decisions made by human panellists.
How We Can Support You
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Flexible Considerations
- Disability Confident Scheme: Choose this option in your application to qualify if your CV meets the criteria.
- Interview format: May include:
- Presentation
- Written exercise
- Scenario-based task
Equality & Inclusion
We empower neurodiverse and underrepresented talent (all protected characteristics) to thrive under meritocratic principle.
Compulsory Security Check
To start, you must:
- Have 3 UK residency years+ in the past 5, with 2 immediately preceding your application
- Secure full UK security clearance within six months
UK Work Authorization Required: See GOV.UK for details.
If issues arise during recruitment, address them initially with The Met Office contact. For unresolved concerns, escalate to [Civil Service Commission]([not hyperlinked]).**
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