Climate Metadata Analyst Review

Item: Climate Metadata Analyst at Met Office
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at Met Office

Placement (10 Months+)

Government

Sheffield

Review Submitted: June 2022

Overall Rating

4.4 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Reviewing and recovering items of metadata (documents which inform us about the methods and scenarios by which we collect data) relating to a selection of the Met Office UK Land Network, and from this compiling station histories, with a quality assurance perspective. Also contributing to production of tools for analyzing the data in a time series such that we can identify homogeneity (discontinuities in the data).

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes I largely have worked independently and have been relied upon to provide summaries of my work to groups of interested colleagues. There has been lots of flexibility but I have always felt that if needed I can reach out to any member of the team for advice and support.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Yes I have definitely improved my computing skills, presentation skills, improved my problem-solving/analytical inference. I have also learnt a lot about stakeholder management, cross-sector collaboration, independent working, time management and have taken many opportunities to learn other meteorological training as part of my personal development.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

In the first few weeks I received lots of support, with a thorough training schedule already lined up to help me and the other placement students into the company. I had lots of opportunities to meet colleagues and gain training and advice. There was lots of flexibility to the working process however I received lots of advice during frequent meetings to help things progress in the desired direction.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The company is very people first, by which I mean people are encouraged to pursue their interests in order to achieve the most which they can, which in turn benefits the business.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I have enjoyed my placement very much and have been humbled by the array of opportunities it has brought me. My only wish would have been that I could have spent more of it with the team in person, as COVID prevented me moving to Exeter. It should also be borne in mind that the Quality Control team are actually based at the Edinburgh Offices. Working in an office is surprisingly fun and encouraging and I would have liked to have seen more of that side of the business culture.