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.

You will provide face to face training to area staff on our Intelligence system, MEMEX, provide support and training to enable area teams to submit intelligence and conduct searches, supervise intelligence logs to ensure high standard of quality in submissions, create entities from Memex submissions, and provide regular reports on performance with feedback on ways to improve. You will ensure high standards of quality of intelligence submissions. Other duties that are commensurate with the role.

We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all 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.

Team

The Intelligence Team manages and develops all criminal intelligence for the Environment Agency. Made up of several roles and disciplines, we build and maintain strong relationships with our partners to work as one enforcement community and drive our intelligence‑led approach to tackling environmental crime across many regimes. The team provides a professional and timely service and is focused on continuously improving how we do things to meet our customers’ needs.

Experience / Skills Required

• Self‑motivated and proactive with a good understanding of Intelligence and Intelligence systems
• 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
• Ability to build strong, effective relationships and deliver engaging, inclusive training
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to give feedback on intelligence submission performance
• Strong self‑management and organisational skills
• Great teamwork to support colleagues in achieving common goals

Contact and Additional Information

You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. Location is flexible with a mix of home and office working, but travel to Birmingham and other offices will be required on occasions. Interviews will be via Microsoft Teams and are expected to be in October.

We reflect the diverse communities we serve and welcome applications from under‑represented groups. Note that security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required. 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.

Additional Compliance

The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service; continuous service eligibility may vary by previous employment. See guidance on continuous service and redundancy where applicable. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology