Fisheries Enforcement Officer

5 months ago

Chichester, United Kingdom Environment Agency Full time

Number of jobs available- 2
- Region- South East
- City/Town- Chichester
- Building/Site- Various
- Grade- Staff Grade 4
- Post Type- Permanent
- Working Pattern- Full Time
- Role Type- Other
- Salary Minimum- £29,706
- Job description- Help make a real difference in helping protect and enhance our fisheries habitats and stocks for current and future generations.
We’re looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Solent and South Downs Fisheries, Biodiversity & Geomorphology Teams as a Fisheries Enforcement Officer (FEO). This exciting opportunity will suit an individual with strong communication skills and experience of tackling crime/regulatory non-compliance issues and criminal investigations.
This post will be largely field-based, requiring travel and work across our Solent and South Downs Areas as needed. You will undertaking regular fisheries enforcement patrols, planning and conducting live fish movement audits, High Impact Fisheries Enforcement (HIFE) and rod licence checking across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Sussex areas. You'll collect evidence, interview suspects and prepare casefiles and/or develop actions to disrupt illegal activities, and be able to proactively establish good working relationships with colleagues and partners.
Fisheries Enforcement Officers need to be flexible, adapt and respond where pressures demand. A good level of fitness is required to maintain an authorisation for this role.

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.
- The team- You'll join an award-winning Team comprised of Fisheries Officers and Specialist, Biodiversity Officers and Specialists and a Geomorphology Technical Specialist. In your role you'll work closely with Fisheries Team members on enforcement work. To achieve our aims, we work closely with regulatory and specialist technical Teams across Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex Areas and with enforcement, fisheries and intelligence colleagues in other Areas and Nationally. We also work with external enforcement bodies.
- Experience/skills required- Experience of investigating crime and taking enforcement action against offenders. A proven track record of tackling crime. You should have knowledge and skills including:

- A keen interest in, and knowledge of, enforcement;
- Excellent administration skills, including an ability to keep accurate records, organise and manage your workload and input / retrieve data;
- Experience in an investigatory regulator role and knowledge of the legislation governing criminal investigations;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- An ability to deal with hostile situations and proactively manage your own health and safety and that of others;
- A full UK driving licence and ability to swim;
- Experience of working in the field of fisheries enforcement and a knowledge of angling is desirable
- Experience of conflict resolution techniques is desirable;
- Boat handling experience / qualifications is / are desirable;
- Knowledge of fisheries legislation is desirable
- Contact and additional information- 'The role requires participation in an out-of-hours standby rota, with periods of unsociable working, and routinely working on either a Saturday or a Sunday, with a weekday rest-day.

We support flexible working hours and practices. We offer a range of employee benefits and encourage you to keep developing your skills and professional knowledge throughout your career.

Interviews will be held in-person at the Worthing office.

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