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.

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.

The team: The Intelligence Team manage and develop 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 provide a professional and timely service and are focussed on continuously improving how we do things to make sure our outcomes meet our customers’ needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide Memex training to area staff and promote the use and benefits of Memex.
• Improve the quality of intelligence submitted and support area teams to submit intelligence and conduct searches.
• Provide face to face training on MEMEX and supervise intelligence logs to ensure high quality submissions.
• Create entities from Memex submissions and provide regular reports on performance with feedback for improvement.
• Maintain high standards of quality of intelligence submissions and perform other duties commensurate with the role.
• Respond to incidents as part of the incident role, with potential for additional payment and full training; accommodate flexible working arrangements for this role.

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 to ensure Memex use is the norm and safety checks are mandatory.
• Strong relationship-building abilities and the capability to create and deliver engaging, inclusive training.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to give feedback to improve intelligence submission performance.
• Strong self-management and organizational skills and good teamwork to support colleagues in achieving goals.

Contact and Additional Information

You will need to be comfortable working in a dispersed team. Location is flexible with a mix of home and office working; however, 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 welcome applications from diverse communities and flexible working patterns, including job share. 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 at Pete.booth@environment-agency.gov.uk or Sam Morrison at sam.morrison@environment-agency.gov.uk.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, reflecting the communities we serve. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post.

The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses Central Government frameworks for recruitment. For information on becoming a supplier within Crown Commercial Service frameworks, see gov.uk guidance.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology