Overview
The Environment Agency is committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns for all vacancies, including job share.
We are seeking an ECU Manager to lead our Economic Crime Unit (ECU), part of the National Environmental Crime Unit (NECU). The successful candidate will lead a specialist team dedicated to removing the financial benefit from criminals.
Responsibilities
* Provide strategic leadership for the way we manage financial investigations, ensuring compliance with the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).
* Lead two Team Leaders (Asset Denial Team and Money Laundering Investigation Team) and a Senior Financial Intelligence Officer, including mentoring, performance management and work delivery.
* Collaborate with internal teams (Investigatory Teams, Intelligence & Partnerships, Legal) and external partners (Police, National Crime Agency, HMRC) to influence at senior levels and align Environment Agency priorities with enforcement partners.
* Support the wider organisation in continually improving practices, sharing lessons learned, and contributing to changes in technical documentation; advise enforcement officers nationwide.
* Oversee the ECU teams (Financial Investigators, Financial Intelligence Officers, Crime Analysts) within a nationally dispersed unit handling serious and complex criminality.
* Travel across the country for meetings and operational duties; incident response may be required and could attract additional pay.
Experience/Skills
* Exceptional leadership skills, with experience leading a dispersed team; strong understanding of financial investigations and POCA.
* Experience in: working in the law enforcement sector and understanding the National Intelligence Model.
* Effective communication including feedback delivery, performance management and relationship-building with external stakeholders.
* Ability to work under pressure, prioritise a varied workload and identify areas for improvement; lead changes to working practices.
* Developing and enhancing the capability of a team and the individuals within it.
Contact and additional information
This is a hybrid working role with home and office presence. Travel across the country for meetings and operations is required. Incident response is a central part of the role, with potential additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments are available.
Interviews will take place w/c 3rd November 2025. For further information, please contact: Emma Viner, Enforcement & Investigations Manager – emma.viner@environment-agency.gov.uk
Competences
* Leads People
Description Please provide an example of where you have had to lead and inspire your team to perform in the face of change to business priorities or ways of working
* Develops People
Description Please provide an example of a time you have dealt with a complex staff issue to improve the individual’s performance or the performance of the team
* Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description Please provide an example of a piece of work you have led on where you have had to overcome challenges to achieve an outcome utilising support from partner agencies.
Notes If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. You may be eligible for continuous service under certain local government provisions; consult your HR Team if unsure.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. Please include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements in your application. We offer a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria.
The Environment Agency, a Non-Departmental Public Body, uses Central Government frameworks and contracts for external recruitment. We are unable to engage with the market directly by post, email or phone for recruitment. For information on becoming a supplier through the Crown Commercial Service, visit the GOV.UK page linked in the original advert.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Finance and Sales
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