Environmental Intelligence Coordinator (for the Defence Environmental Protection Regulator)

Find the Story Behind the Evidence; Shape Environmental Protection across Defence.

This is not a traditional environmental role. It is an opportunity for an environmental professional to apply their expertise in a different way - turning information into insight and intelligence into action. If you enjoy investigating complex issues, identifying the important details that others might miss, and using evidence to influence decision-making, this role offers a unique chance to make a difference across Defence.

As part of the Defence Environmental Protection Regulator (DEPR), you will be responsible for gathering, analysing and assessing environmental intelligence from across the Ministry of Defence. Using your environmental knowledge and professional judgement, you will identify emerging risks, trends, opportunities and areas of concern, turning diverse information sources into clear, evidence-based assessments. The role requires someone who can look beyond individual pieces of information to understand the wider picture, whilst also having the attention to detail needed to identify the critical insights and implications for environmental protection. You will work closely with colleagues across the Defence Safety Authority, building relationships, challenging assumptions constructively, and helping improve the quality and use of environmental information.

DEPR is part of the Defence Safety Authority (DSA), an independent authority within the Ministry of Defence. As Defence's environmental regulator, DEPR provides regulation, assurance and enforcement across all Defence activities, from Front Line Commands to enabling organisations such as the National Armaments Directorate. This role offers a rare opportunity to develop a Defence-wide understanding of environmental protection and directly support the evidence base that informs senior leaders responsible for environmental performance across Defence.

You can learn more about the Defence Environmental Protection Regulator on our website: Defence Environmental Protection Regulator (GOV.UK)

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements, including part-time working and job share. This is a busy and high-profile role with responsibility for maintaining continuity across a broad portfolio of work, so any proposed arrangement will need to support effective delivery of business requirements. We encourage candidates to discuss their preferred working arrangements with us during the recruitment process so that we can explore options together.

The successful applicant will lead the DEPR Coordination Function, overseeing the collection, analysis and reporting of environmental intelligence from across Defence. You will provide evidence-based insight to inform regulatory assurance, annual reporting and senior decision-making. You will be responsible for building strong relationships across the Defence Safety Authority to improve environmental information, intelligence and understanding.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead on the collection, analysis and reporting of environmental protection intelligence, information and datasets from across Defence.
• Research and assess environmental protection performance information to identify assurance gaps, risks and levels of environmental management across MOD.
• Analyse trends and issues arising from environmental assurance activities and provide evidence-based reporting to support improvement.
• Contribute environmental intelligence and evidence to the DEPR Annual Report and Defence Safety Authority Annual Assurance Report.
• Lead the DEPR Coordination Function, managing delivery plans and monitoring progress against team objectives.
• Lead and coordinate governance activities, including support to environmental committees and working groups.
• Develop and maintain governance arrangements and working agreements with other Defence Safety Authority regulators.
• Develop and maintain team processes, procedures, quality arrangements and SharePoint-based information management systems.

There will be line management responsibility for one HEO.

DEPR is committed to supporting the development of its personnel and will put together a package of training to enable the successful candidate to gain the skills needed to deliver this role.

The DSA is strongly dedicated to promoting equal employment opportunity irrespective of your race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, civil status, sex, or gender identity. Applications are strongly encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, and we are actively working to establish a diverse workforce across the entire organisation. We are delighted to announce that we are an Equal Opportunities Employer and that we recruit purely based upon the merit of each and every individual applicant. We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensure recruitment of the very best individuals and acquire a diverse and inclusive viewpoint to our decision making. We can assure you that we search for all types of talent and are striving to make sure that all social groups are successfully represented. We work diligently to eradicate any bias and safeguard every protected status and characteristic as lawfully required under the 2010 Equality Act. Our dedication to promoting diversity is clearly reflected across our organisation and within our vision to foster an inclusive workforce. Defence harnesses the power of difference to deliver capability that safeguards our nation’s security and stability.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

The selection process will consist of a sift of applications and those applicants who appear best suited to the requirements of the role will be invited to an interview.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (250 Word count)

At sift, Candidates will be assessed against their CV, Statement of suitability and the following:

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating & Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture

Please note that in the event of a high number of applications, an initial sift will focus on your CV and Statement of Suitability, and your demonstration of the Success Profile behaviour of Leadership.

At interview, Candidates will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating & Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture

Experience will also be assessed at interview.

Interviews will take place face to face at the DEPR Bristol office; these are expected to take place in mid October 2026.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.