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Job Description

The Environment Agency is committed to an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We seek diversity, embrace it and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities and our environment.

Everyone starting in a new role will be welcomed into the team and given training and support. As part of your comprehensive induction, you will be provided with all required equipment for your role.

The Environment Agency is looking for an experienced investigator to join our National Investigations Team as a Senior Environmental Crime Officer. We seek an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with a strong investigative background, good communication skills and a sound working knowledge of running major investigations. Experience of working with Partnership Organisations and of leading, driving and developing investigative teams and complex investigations is desirable.

You will work with our Senior Investigation Managers and our Major Incident Room to lead investigations into serious and complex environmental crimes. You will use your knowledge and experience to drive cases forward by coordinating and overseeing all aspects of investigations—from identifying lines of enquiry, reviewing intelligence, raising and allocating actions, coordinating evidence gathering and interviews, through to casefile preparation and eventual prosecution.

Investigations can be complex and varied, often involving Organised Crime Groups, illegal waste exports and large-scale fraud. This role offers an opportunity for someone with relevant investigative experience to apply their skills to serious environmental crime.

The team

This role sits within the National Environmental Crime Unit, part of the National Regulation and Monitoring Team. The National Investigations Team is a nationally dispersed group of Investigators working to bring serious environmental offenders to justice. Your skills will help lead, coordinate and progress investigations, and you will contribute to developing the team. Please see our Additional Information Pack for details.

Experience/skills Required

• You should have a high level of attention to detail, be hardworking and self-motivated with a strong investigative background.
• In-depth knowledge of investigative legislation such as PACE and CPIA, excellent verbal and written skills, and basic IT competency (Microsoft Word, Excel and Teams).
• Knowledge of environmental crime and leading on serious investigations; experience with Major Incident Rooms is desirable.
• A background of being driven, using initiative to find solutions and building/developing investigation teams would be beneficial.
• Successful completion of both SC and NPPV2 Vetting processes is required within a 6-month probationary period. A full driving licence is required.

Contact and additional information

This is a hybrid role with flexible work from home and from your nearest Environment Agency Office. Frequent travel for meetings and operational duties is required. Please refer to the Additional Information Pack for role details. Responding to incidents is a central part of the role; you must be available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support. Additional payment and training/workplace adjustments may be available for the incident role. For more information, please contact elspeth.allum@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Competences

• Achieves Results
  Please provide an example where you have led a complex or protracted criminal investigation and describe how you managed and coordinated the investigation to deliver a successful outcome.
• Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
  Please provide an example of leading an investigation requiring difficult decisions and alternative solutions to overcome unforeseen problems. What challenges did you address and how?
• Focuses on Efficiency, Innovation and Quality
  Please provide an example where you implemented a new technique or way of working that improved efficiency across your team or organisation. What were the benefits and challenges?

Role-specific licence requirements

• Full Driving Licence

EEO and working patterns

If applying from the Civil Service, note that the Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant. Flexible working patterns, including job share, are welcome—please indicate your preferred arrangements in your application. We have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support applicants with disabilities whose applications meet the minimum criteria.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, uses Central Government frameworks for external recruitment. We are unable to engage with the market directly via post, email or phone. For information on becoming a supplier on government frameworks, visit the Crown Commercial Service guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know