Fisheries Enforcement Officer

Number of jobs available- 1
- Region- East Midlands
- City/Town- Peterborough, Spalding
- Building/Site- Spalding Office, Various
- Grade- Staff Grade 4
- Post Type- Permanent
- Working Pattern- Full Time
- Role Type- Operational Delivery
- Salary Minimum- £29,706
- Job description- We’re looking for a motivated individual to join our Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Area as a Fisheries Enforcement Officer (FEO). This exciting and unique opportunity will suit an individual with experience of tackling crime or dealing with regulatory non-compliance issues, criminal investigations, and submitting casefiles. Using the intelligence-led enforcement approach to detect and deal with fisheries offences, you’ll help us to protect and enhance our fisheries habitats and stocks for current and future generations.
As an FEO, you will hold an authorisation under the Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975, conferring a wide range of enforcement powers and responsibilities and demanding high standards of professional conduct. You will need to complete an appropriate conflict resolution course to obtain and maintain this authorisation.
Mostly field-based, you'll plan and undertake live fish movement audits (under the Keeping and Introduction of Fish Regulations), high impact fisheries enforcement and rod licence checks across Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Area to enforce legislation concerning illegal fishing and movements, introductions, and alien fish species. Where appropriate you’ll attend reported incidents of illegal activity, using your excellent influencing and communication skills to promote our work and deal with hostile situations. You'll liaise with colleagues, police, and partners, using your initiative to target, disrupt and act against fisheries crime. You'll collect evidence, interview suspects, and prepare casefiles/develop actions to disrupt illegal activities across Lincs and Northamptonshire Area.

You'll also support other Fisheries Enforcement Officers across the Area when required. You need to be flexible, able to plan, adapt and respond where pressures demand. Excellent administration skills are necessary, including keeping accurate records, organising, and managing your workload and inputting/retrieving data.
- The team- You'll join two existing Fisheries Enforcement Officers in a dedicated Area Fisheries Team, specialising in fisheries work across Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. To achieve our aims, we work closely with regulatory and specialist technical teams across the Area and with enforcement, fisheries, and intelligence colleagues in other Areas and Nationally. We also routinely work with external enforcement bodies.
- Experience/skills required- You will possess:

A keen interest in, and knowledge of, fisheries, angling, regulation & enforcement

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and organisational skills.
Confidence dealing with hostile situations and ability to manage your own health and safety and that of others.
A proven ability to complete tasks accurately with minimum supervision, either working individually or as part of a team.
A full UK driving licence and ability to swim.
Contact and additional information-
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.