Josephine Prendergast

Responsibility at Assistant Director level for leadership and decision making for corporate and infrastructure functions in Met Éireann, overall strategic planning of Met Éireann’s administrative and technical activities; Responsibility at Senior Meteorologist level for the management of Met Éireann’s business support functions including; management and oversight of Met Éireann’s administrative budgets, financial reporting and asset management; Co-ordinating Met Éireann’s strategic HR/IR functions for 260+ staff, including staff recruitment/promotion competitions, business and workforce planning, liaison with staff associations;

Also responsible for developing and implementing training and development plan for all staff; Corporate governance and coordination of strategic and business planning; developing engagement with research partners and funding entities both nationally and internationally, AI transformation and Communications.