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Overview

As an Intelligence Technical Officer in the Environment Agency’s National Environmental Crime Unit, you will build confidence and capability across area teams in intelligence-led ways of working and the use of intelligence systems, to build a greater understanding of the Threat, Risk and Harm and drive a better approach to tackling environmental offending and protect officer safety. This is a new role within the Intelligence and Partnerships team. You will support area teams by providing Memex training and promote the use and benefits of Memex and improve the quality of intelligence submitted. Providing face to face training to area staff on our Intelligence system, MEMEX. Providing support and training to enable area teams to submit intelligence and conduct searches. Supervising intelligence logs to ensure high standard of quality in submissions. Creating entities from Memex submissions. Providing regular reports on performance and feedback on ways to improve performance. Ensuring high standards of quality of intelligence submissions. Other duties that are commensurate with the role.

Responsibilities

• Responding to incidents and being 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.
• Travel to Birmingham and other offices as required; location flexible with home/office mix.
• Deliver Memex training and promote an intelligence-led approach across teams.
• Provide support and training to enable area teams to submit intelligence and conduct searches.
• Supervise intelligence logs and ensure quality in submissions.
• Create entities from Memex submissions.
• Provide regular performance reports and feedback on ways to improve performance.
• Maintain high standards of quality of intelligence submissions.
• Other duties commensurate with the role.

Experience/Skills Required

• A good understanding of Intelligence and Intelligence systems.
• An ability to advocate for an intelligence-led approach and embed across teams.
• Excellent influencing skills, ensuring Memex use is the norm and safety checks are mandatory.
• Success in building strong, effective relationships.
• Ability to create and deliver engaging, effective and inclusive training.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to give feedback on ways to improve intelligence submission performance.
• Strong self-management and organisational skills.
• Great teamwork to support colleagues achieve common goals.

Contact and additional information

You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. Location is flexible and we are happy to support smarter ways of working through a mixture of home and office working; travel to Birmingham and other offices where staff are based will be required on occasions. Interviews will be via Microsoft Teams and are expected to be in October. We want to reflect the diverse communities that we serve, embracing difference and including everyone, so welcome applications from groups that are under-represented across our workforce. Note that security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required. Note that we are not able to support visa applications for this role. For an informal discussion please contact Pete Booth Pete.booth@environment-agency.gov.uk or Sam Morrison sam.morrison@environment-agency.gov.uk.

EEO and policies

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses Central Government frameworks; for more information on supplier opportunities please visit GOV.UK.