Senior Environmental Crime Officer - 28713

Do you want to work for an organisation that values difference and includes everyone? Then the Environment Agency is the organisation for you! We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. The Environment Agency are looking for an experienced investigator to join our National Investigations Team as a Senior Environmental Crime Officer. We are seeking an enthusiastic, self motivated individual with a strong investigative background, good communication skills and a sound working knowledge of all aspects of running a Major Investigation. Experience of working alongside Partnership Organisations and of leading, driving and developing both investigation teams and complex investigations would also be desirable.
You will work alongside our Senior Investigation Managers and our Major Incident Room in leading investigations into the most serious and complex Environmental Crimes. You will use your knowledge and experience to help drive these cases forward by coordinating all aspects of the investigations from identifying lines of enquiry, reviewing intelligence, allocating actions, coordinating evidence gathering and interviews through to casefile preparation and ultimately, successful prosecution.
Our investigations can be complex and varied in nature, and often involve Organised Crime Groups, illegal waste exports and large scale fraud. This role provides an exciting opportunity for anyone with relevant investigative experience to take their skills and knowledge into the arena of serious environmental crime.

You will join our National Investigations Team, part of our wider National Enforcement Service, investigating the most serious and complex environmental crimes across the country. The National Investigations Team is a Nationally dispersed team of Officers of varying enforcement and environmental experience and you will assist in both progressing and running our investigations and developing the team as a whole.

• Previous experience of working within a MIR and managing complex investigations
• Experience of leading and developing investigation teams
• Experience of allocating and monitoring actions
• Experience of managing Exhibits and Statements and maintaining continuity standards
• Experience of coordinating & leading on searches and evidencing (sometimes in challenging circumstances)
• Strong interviewing skills
• Experience of working in collaboration with Partner Organisations (such as Councils, HMRC, Border Force, Police)
• Experience of using intelligence products to identify potential lines of enquiry
• Sound Disclosure knowledge
• Being self motivated and leading by example
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

This is a hybrid working role and you will work flexibly both from home and your nearest Environment Agency office. There will be a requirement for frequent travel across the country for meetings and operational duties and an expectation for regular attendance at our Major Incident Room in Birmingham. Responding to incidents is also 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 workplace adjustments will be available to support you with your incident role.

For further information, please contact: Team Leader - elspeth.allum@environment-agency.gov.uk or Senior Investigations Managers - tom.haysler@environment-agency.gov.uk or james.beckett@environment-agency.gov.uk

Please provide an example of where you have conducted a complex or protracted criminal investigation leading to a successful enforcement outcome.

Please provide an example of a piece of work you have led on where you have had to overcome challenges to achieve an outcome, and solved a problem with partner agencies.

Please provide an example of where you have implemented a new technique or way of working that that has improved efficiency across your team or wider department.

Full driving licence