Overview
We are seeking an Intelligence Research Officer to join the National Environmental Crime Unit (NECU) in a dynamic part of the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency’s ambition is to be an intelligence-led organisation, so 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; 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 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 with a mix of home and office working; travel to Birmingham and Sheffield offices may be required on occasions. Interviews are expected to be conducted via Microsoft Teams in September 2025. Security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required.
Responsibilities
* Pro-actively develop and access intelligence from a range of sources to inform decision making
* Produce actionable intelligence products for internal customers
* Support investigations and help prioritise interventions to remove unlawful operators from waste regimes
* Respond to incidents or provide business continuity support as part of a dispersed team
Qualifications and skills
* Experience collecting and evaluating data from diverse sources to produce or inform intelligence products
* Experience interrogating IT systems and databases; enthusiasm and curiosity for finding information
* Good communication skills and the ability to listen and transmit information effectively
* Ability to represent the Environment Agency professionally with partners; use of initiative to adapt approach as needed
* Competence in standard IT packages and ability to retrieve information accurately
* Strong teamwork and an inclusive approach to colleagues and customers
* Ability to juggle multiple tasks and administrative activities to support colleagues and customers
Job details
* Seniority level: Associate
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
Additional notes
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, welcome applications from under-represented groups, and offer flexible working arrangements including job sharing. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability. For Civil Service status notes and continuity of service considerations, please refer to the full statement in the original posting. The Environment Agency operates as a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses Central Government frameworks for recruitment. For suppliers or further information, visit GOV.UK guidance.
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