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
• 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
• Provide regular reports on performance and feedback on ways to improve performance
• Ensure high standards of quality of intelligence submissions
• Perform other duties commensurate with the role
• Respond to incidents as part of the role, with potential additional payment and full training; alternative working arrangements may be available to support the incident role
• Travel to Birmingham and other offices as required; hybrid working with some home and office days

Experience/skills Required

• A good understanding of Intelligence and Intelligence systems
• Ability to advocate for an intelligence-led approach and embed across teams
• Excellent influencing skills to promote Memex use and mandatory safety checks
• 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 intelligence submission performance
• Strong self-management and organisational skills
• Great teamwork to support colleagues in achieving common goals

Contact and additional information

• Location is flexible; mixture of home and office working with occasional travel to Birmingham and other offices
• Interviews via Microsoft Teams expected in October
• We welcome applications from groups under-represented across our workforce
• Security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this role
• For informal discussion, contact Pete Booth (Pete.booth@environment-agency.gov.uk) or Sam Morrison (sam.morrison@environment-agency.gov.uk)
• The Environment Agency is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and to flexible working arrangements; a Guaranteed Interview Policy is in place for applicants with disabilities