Overview

We are seeking an Intelligence Research Officer to join 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 to it 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. Any future recruitment will be taken from the reserve list.

Responsibilities

• 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 forward interventions to remove unlawful operators from the waste regimes
• Respond to incidents as part of the team; be available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support (may attract additional payment and full training)
• Work within the Environment Agency’s enforcement community across multiple geographical areas to tackle offences and protect the environment

Experience / Skills / Qualifications

• Experience collecting and evaluating data from a wide variety of sources to produce or inform intelligence products; ability to interrogate 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; ability to retrieve information effectively and accurately
• Good teamwork and an inclusive approach; ability to flex between tasks and juggle administrative activities to support colleagues and customers

Other Information

• Location: flexible; hybrid/home and office working; travel to Birmingham and Sheffield offices occasionally
• Interviews via Microsoft Teams in September 2025
• Security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) required
• We welcome flexible working patterns and job share; guaranteed interview policy for disability
• The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body; guidance on continuous service and redundancy applies as described in the original posting