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 are 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.
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. Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do; 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.
Location is flexible and we are happy to support smarter ways of working through a mixture of home and office working; travel to our Birmingham and Sheffield offices – where most of our staff are based – will be required on occasions.
Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams and are expected to be in September 2025.
We welcome applications from groups that are under-represented across our workforce. We note that security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required.
For an informal discussion please contact the vacancy manager at the Environment Agency.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Responsibilities
* Pro-actively develop and access intelligence from a range of sources to inform decision making and provide actionable intelligence products for customers.
* Support investigations and help prioritise and drive interventions to remove unlawful operators from the waste regimes.
* Respond to incidents as part of the incident role and provide business continuity support when required (may attract additional payment and training).
* Communicate findings clearly with partners and internal stakeholders and produce research summaries; interrogate IT systems and databases as needed.
Qualifications and experience
* Experience in collecting and evaluating data from diverse sources to produce or inform intelligence products.
* Ability to interrogate IT systems and databases; enthusiasm and curiosity for finding information.
* Good communication skills, ability to listen and transmit information effectively, and professional representation with partners.
* Ability to use standard IT packages and retrieve information accurately; good teamwork and inclusive approach; ability to juggle multiple activities and tasks.
Additional information
* Environment Agency is an inclusive employer; flexible working patterns including job share welcome.
* Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability; minimum criteria must be met.
* The organisation is a Non-Departmental Public Body; recruitment may use government frameworks.
* Redundancy and continuous service guidance may apply for Civil Service vs. local government statuses; contact HR if unsure.
* Security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) are required.
Note: This description reflects the information provided in the job listing and does not alter the role's responsibilities or requirements.
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