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

• Provide Memex training to area teams and promote the use and benefits of Memex to improve intelligence quality.
• Deliver face-to-face training on MEMEX and support area staff to submit intelligence and conduct searches.
• Supervise intelligence logs to maintain high submission quality and create entities from Memex submissions.
• Provide regular performance reports and feedback to improve intelligence submissions.
• Ensure high standards of intelligence submission quality and undertake other duties commensurate with the role.

Experience / Skills

• Self-motivated and proactive applicants with a good understanding of Intelligence and intelligence systems.
• Ability to advocate for an intelligence-led approach and embed it across teams.
• Excellent influencing skills to promote Memex use and mandatory safety checks.
• 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 and good teamwork.

Other information

• You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. Location is flexible with a mix of home and office working; travel to Birmingham and other offices may be required occasionally.
• Interviews will be via Microsoft Teams and expected in October.
• We welcome applications from diverse groups and are committed to inclusion. Flexible working patterns, including job share, are supported; please include any information about preferred working arrangements on your application.
• Security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required. Visa applications cannot be supported 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).
• The Environment Agency is committed to diversity and inclusion; we guarantee an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria.
• The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses government frameworks for recruitment.