Job Description
Overview
We are seeking an Intelligence Research Officer to join the National Environmental Crime Unit (NECU) in a dynamic part of the business. The Environment Agency’s ambition is to be an intelligence-led organisation, so having the ability to manage intelligence professionally and in line with current guidance is essential to ensuring threat, risk and harm is appropriately assessed and managed. Environmental crime is a strategic priority, attracting high profile attention from the public, media, national and international stakeholders. This role provides an exciting opportunity to support investigations and help prioritise and drive forward interventions to remove unlawful operators from the waste regimes. You will help deliver our response by pro-actively developing and accessing intelligence from a range of sources to inform decision making and provide actionable intelligence products for our customers.
You will be part of our Intelligence & Partnerships department, working with intelligence professionals, providing intelligence products and assessments to support colleagues. Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do, and you will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for our vacancies, including job share, so please clearly include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
Location is flexible and we are happy to support smarter ways of working through a mixture of home and office working; however travel to our Birmingham and Sheffield offices – where most of our staff are based – will be required on occasions. Interviews will be via Microsoft Teams and are expected to be in September 2025.
We want to reflect the diverse communities that we serve, embracing difference and including everyone, so we welcome applications from groups that are under-represented across our workforce. Note that security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required.
Responsibilities
* Proactively develop and access intelligence from a range of sources to inform decision making.
* Produce actionable intelligence products for customers and support investigations, prioritising interventions to remove unlawful operators from the waste regimes.
* Respond to incidents as part of the role and provide business continuity support during incidents.
* Contribute to the Environment Agency’s enforcement efforts across 14 geographical areas and national services.
Experience / Skills Required
* Ability to collect and evaluate data and information from a wide variety of sources to produce or inform intelligence products.
* Experience interrogating IT systems and databases; enthusiasm and curiosity for finding information.
* Good communication skills with the ability to listen to others and transmit information effectively.
* Ability to represent the Environment Agency professionally with a variety of partners.
* Ability to use standard IT packages and retrieve information accurately.
* Good team working skills and an inclusive approach.
* Ability to flex between tasks and manage administrative activities to support colleagues and customers.
Additional Information
* If applying from Civil Service, note that Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant upon appointment.
* Flexible working patterns including job share are welcome. Please include your preferred working arrangements in the application.
* Guaranteed Interview Policy for applicants with a disability meeting the minimum criteria.
* Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses Central Government frameworks; for supplier opportunities, see Crown Commercial Service guidance.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Contact: vacancy manager Pete Booth (pete.booth@environment-agency.gov.uk) or Sam Morrison (sam.morrison@environment-agency.gov.uk).
Locations listed: Launceston, Bodmin, Wadebridge, England, United Kingdom; travel to Birmingham/Sheffield as needed.
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