OverviewJoin the Environment Agency’s National Environmental Crime Unit and help transform how we tackle environmental crime. As an Intelligence Technical Officer, you’ll strengthen intelligence-led working across our area enforcement teams, improve understanding of Threat, Risk and Harm and support officer safety.ResponsibilitiesDeliver face-to-face training on our intelligence system.Champion how intelligence can help to prepare, prevent, protect and pursue against environmental crime.Support teams to submit high-quality intelligence and conduct searches.Monitor and improve intelligence logs and data quality.Create entities from submissions and provide feedback to users.Build relationships with internal customers, promoting intelligence-led ways of working.Other duties that are commensurate with the role.We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. 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.You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. Location is flexible and we are happy to support smarter ways of working through a mixture of home and office working, however travel to Birmingham and other offices where staff are based will be required on occasions.The TeamThe 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.Experience/skills RequiredA good understanding of Intelligence and competent in the use of IT and Intelligence systems is essentialAn ability to advocate for an intelligence-led approach and embed across teamsExcellent influencing skills, ensuring the use of the EA Intelligence System is the norm and safety checks are mandatorySuccess in building strong, effective relationshipsAbility to create and deliver engaging, effective and inclusive trainingExcellent communication skills with the ability to give feedback on ways to improve intelligence submission performanceStrong self-management and organisational skillsGreat teamwork to support colleagues achieve common goals.Note that security vetting checks (SC and NPPV3) will be required. To obtain these clearances, there is a requirement for applicants to have been resident in the UK for 5 years immediately before an application was made.Note that we are not able to support visa applications for this role.For an informal discussion please contact Sam Morrison sam.morrison@environment-agency.gov.uk or Jo Flindall Joanna.flindall@environment-agency.gov.ukThe Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls. Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit 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 for more information.Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Although the Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, we subscribe to and align with the candidate guidance on the use of artificial intelligence found on the Civil Service Careers website. Please review for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. #J-18808-Ljbffr