29930 - Crime Analyst - National Environmental Crime Unit (NECU)

We are seeking a highly driven Intelligence Officer to join National Environmental Crime Unit NECU in a dynamic part of the business. The Environment Agency's ambition is to be an intelligence-led organisation so having the ability to manage intelligence professionally and in line with current guidance is essential to ensuring threat, risk and harm is appropriately assessed and managed. Environmental crime is a strategic priority, attracting high profile attention from the public, media, national and international stakeholders. This role provides an exciting opportunity to support investigations and help prioritise and drive forward interventions to remove unlawful operators from the waste regimes. You will help deliver our response to it by pro-actively developing and accessing intelligence from a range of sources to inform decision making and provide actionable intelligence products for WROS who plan, monitor and deliver compliance and enforcement activity in respect of waste regulation; Producer Responsibility, which consists of Packaging, Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment and Batteries. We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for 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. Any future recruitment will be taken from the reserve list. The team NECU supports the Environment Agency's enforcement community which is spread across 14 geographical areas and a number of national services - tackling around 40,000 suspected and alleged offences each year, We help to protect and improve the environment by regulating industry, ensuring compliance, and eliminating illegal activities including Organised Crime Groups. You will be part of our Intelligence & Partnerships department, working with intelligence professionals, providing intelligence products and assessments to support colleagues.

Your background will be specifically in an intelligence field, and you will be required to evidence:

• Experienced in handling sensitive information and recording and disseminating intelligence material. Be competent in the use of IT and intelligence systems
• Able to produce high quality written intelligence products to clearly and accurately inform our decision making, utilising great communication skills.
• Be self-motivated to achieve excellence in your work, have a keen eye for detail and driven to embed an intelligence led service for the prevention & disruption of Serious Organised Crime supporting our regulatory and enforcement colleagues.
• You will represent us in the most professional way and confidently communicate with partners at all levels. A team player, you will develop and maintain strong relationships with our internal customers and external partner agencies, identifying intelligence gaps and interpreting and sharing intelligence and information to assess risk, and direct resources effectively.