Overview

Intelligence Research Officer for the National Environmental Crime Unit (NECU) within the Environment Agency. 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 ensure 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 supports investigations and helps prioritise and drive interventions to remove unlawful operators from the waste regimes. You will help deliver our response by proactively 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, including job share. Please include any information about 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, with alternative working arrangements available to support you with your incident role.

Location is flexible with a mix of home and office working; travel to our Birmingham and Sheffield offices, where most staff are based, will be required on occasions. Interviews will be via Microsoft Teams and are expected to be in September 2025. The note below contains additional candidate information and policy statements.

Responsibilities

• Proactively develop and access intelligence from a range of sources to inform decision making.
• Produce 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 required and provide business continuity support during incidents (may attract additional payment and full training).

Experience / Qualifications

• Experience collecting and evaluating data and information 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 is essential.
• 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 and retrieve information accurately.
• Good team working skills with an inclusive approach.
• 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; addendum on Civil Service status and continuous service is included in the original text. If you are unsure of your status, contact your HR team.
• We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns, including job share.
• Guaranteed Interview Policy to support applicants with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria.
• Location: flexible with some travel to Birmingham and Sheffield offices as needed.
• Interviews: via Microsoft Teams, expected September 2025.
• Contact for informal discussion: vacancy manager pete.booth@environment-agency.gov.uk or sam.morrison@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

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