Overview
We are seeking an Intelligence Research Officer to join the National Environmental Crime Unit (NECU) in a dynamic part of the Environment Agency’s business. The Environment Agency’s ambition is to be an intelligence-led organisation, so managing intelligence professionally and in line with current guidance is essential to ensuring threat, risk and harm are 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 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 committed to an inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns for our vacancies, including job share. Please clearly include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application. Responding to incidents is a central part of our work. You will be required to have an incident role and to 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 your incident role.
Location is flexible and we support smarter ways of working through a mix of home and office working; travel to our Birmingham and Sheffield offices may be required on occasions. Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and are expected to be in September 2025.
Responsibilities
* Support investigations by pro-actively developing and accessing intelligence from a range of sources.
* Provide actionable intelligence products to inform decision making for customers and colleagues.
* Assist in prioritising and driving forward interventions to remove unlawful operators from waste regimes.
* Respond to incidents as part of the incident role and provide business continuity support where required.
* Collaborate with intelligence professionals across the Environment Agency to deliver intelligence assessments and products.
Experience / Skills Required
* Ability to collect and evaluate data from a wide variety of sources to produce or inform intelligence products; able to prepare and deliver research summaries and interrogate IT systems and databases.
* An 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 own initiative and identify when a change in approach is needed.
* Skills in using standard IT packages; ability to retrieve information effectively and accurately.
* Good team working skills and an inclusive approach to colleagues and customers.
* Ability to flex between tasks and juggle administrative activities to support colleagues and customers.
Additional Information
* Security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required.
* The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses Central Government frameworks; for information about becoming a supplier, see the Crown Commercial Service guidance.
* Note: This role may be offered at various locations and is suitable for flexible working patterns; please indicate your preferences in your application.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
For an informal discussion please contact vacancy managers via the provided Environment Agency emails in the job posting.
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