Senior Crime Analyst - 9434

1
West Midlands
Solihull
Sapphire East
Staff Grade 5
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours, Other
Intelligence, Operational Research, Analytical
£34,330
As a Senior Crime Analyst in the Environment Agency’s busy intelligence department, you will interpret and analyse a wide range of data to identify patterns and trends in environmental crime. You will create quality products and reports that will influence decision makers and drive our enforcement, prevention and disruption of environmental crime.
You will be encouraged to innovate through your analysis, and develop coaching relationships with our team of analysts, helping them develop their skills and knowledge too.

Your work as a Senior Crime Analyst will include;
• Leading on production of the regional or national Tactical Assessment
• Producing in depth problem profiles on the risk posed by a particular environmental crime
• Supporting complex criminal investigations from intelligence through to evidential stage
• Briefing investigators, peers and manager on your analyses
• Influencing others and advocating for analysis as well as intelligence led enforcement

As a senior member of staff within the department, you will also be expected to share your experience and knowledge with the wider team. You will use your skills to help develop both the analytical and intelligence functions to help the Environment Agency continually improve its response to environmental crime.
The 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. 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.
As a Senior Crime Analyst you’ll draw upon a number of key skills and personal characteristics:

• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills including delivering feedback, negotiation, motivating people and nurturing relationships
• Exceptional report writing skills including the ability to express complex ideas in a clear and concise way
• Highly organised and able to prioritise a varied workload
• Able to work with minimal supervision
• Confidence in presenting your work to audiences at all levels
• Working collaboratively with other teams and external stakeholders
• Demonstrable coaching/mentoring skills with an appetite for developing people’s capabilities as well as your own
• The ability to highlight areas for improvement, plan how to address them and make sure that this is done
• Proven strong IT skills including use of Microsoft Office Suite and analytical software such as i2 analysts notebook and GIS
Closing date: 16th December 2018 at 23:55 hours
Please note that the team will be moving from Solihull to Birmingham city centre during 2019.
This is a full-time, office based role, however, we also welcome applications for those requiring part time and flexible career opportunities, so please include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
Please download the candidate pack attached to this advert for more information.
For further details please contact Kate Grove on 02030256420 / Kate.Grove@environment-agency.gov.uk
or Matt Hind on 02084745522 / matthew.hind@environment-agency.gov.uk
Interviews/assessments will be held w/c 07 January 2019.

16/12/2018, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Achieves Results
Provide an example of how you achieved results from your analysis and how you communicated your findings.
Data and Information Management
Provide an example how and where you have used data or intelligence to form a series of recommendations.
Coaches Others
Describe your coaching style and explain how you have effectively applied this in your work.
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

The 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.

This Vacancy is closed to applications.