Data Support Officer (EcoRisk) Full Time NEW

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

About EcoRisk

EcoRisk supplies verified data on people and companies that have faced any level of enforcement action for environmental crime to the Know Your Customer systems that banks use to screen their customers.

Since 2016, the programme has submitted more than 13,500 entity names, leading to more than 8,000 profiles created or updated in systems including World-Check and LexisNexis. Nineteen financial sector recipients use the data. The Financial Action Task Force cited the programme in 2020 as an example of effective collaboration between non-governmental organisations and the financial sector.

EIA will be undergoing the processes of repairing, rebuilding and automating the platform between 2027 and 2029, which this role will directly support.

Role Purpose

The Data Support Officer sits within the Intelligence and Investigation Unit. The main purpose of the position is to enter data from large data sets, as well as collate and enter information relevant to environmental crime into EIA’s systems in an accurate and timely manner to ensure EIA’s Global Environmental Crime Tracker and Incident Database is kept up to date. Additionally, you would support EIA’s EcoRisk project by accurately recording and manually vetting each submission to make sure every profile submitted is accurate, complete and unique before it reaches a bank’s screening system.

Key areas of responsibility

EIA Data entry and verification

• Enter records into EIA’s incident database accurately and in a timely manner

• Cleanse any pre-existing entries as and when required

• Work through EIA’s data backlog and bring data entry up to present day

• Work through and maintain EIA’s Google Alert queries

EcoRisk Data Verification and Related Outputs

• Confirm EcoRisk submission details, including names, jurisdiction, commodity, dates and enforcement action, and complete missing fields.

• Apply EcoRisk eligibility rules to every perpetrator record.

• Check each record for duplicates against past submissions and settle unclear matches.

• Routinely flag any issues to Data and Research Officer.

• Keep an organised log of any disseminations and recipient feedback

• Prepare quarterly results of feedback to be shared internally.

• Support EcoRisk’s development by testing new forms, reviewing queues and automated outputs, whilst reporting faults clearly.

Human Resources Management

• Ensure strong internal awareness and support for the organisation’s values, including our commitment to nurture a strong culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Data Protection and Security

• Ensure and maintain compliance with relevant legislation (e.g. data protection legislation), journalistic ethics and data integrity

• Log and track formal dissemination of information in line with EIA policy

• Maintain project trackers and workplans, and report on milestones and/or work packages

• Adhere to EIA’s data collection processes and policies, ensuring data is collected efficiently and held securely, in line with GDPR.

Person Specification

Essential Experience, Skills and Competencies

Essential:

• Very accurate and detail focussed, with evidence of accuracy continuing across large volume of records or repetitive tasks.

• Confident Excel user: sorting, filtering, conditional formatting and finding duplicate or missing data.

• Strong computer literacy in all standard Microsoft 365 applications.

• Ability to compare data and make judgements on accuracy and possible duplication.

• Ability to apply set rules consistently, and to spot and escalate cases that don’t fit them.

• Ability to find and verify online information from news reports and official sources, and to judge reliability.

• Working knowledge of UK GDPR principles, especially accuracy and security, and an understanding of sensitive data handling.

• Clear, concise written and spoken English, including communicating decisions and reporting errors or faults so others can act on them.

• Able to work on your own and remotely, managing part-time workload to deadlines.

Desirable:

• Experience in KYC, Anti-money laundering, sanctions screening or due diligence, especially name screening or reviewing match alerts.

• Experience with data cleaning tools and methodologies.

• Reading knowledge of a language relevant to EIA’s work, such as Chinese, Vietnamese or French.

• Experience testing software or online forms and reporting faults.

• Able to summarise data in simple charts or tables (e.g. Excel or Power BI).

• Interest in, or knowledge of environmental crime.

Competencies:

• Effective at identifying, analysing and resolving complex problems with practical solutions.

• Able to demonstrate initiative and collaborative decision making.

• Able to work flexibly and under pressure, juggling multiple activities and effectively prioritise workload.

• Able to communicate persuasively and informatively to a range of audiences about challenging issues.

• Able to develop effective relationships with a wide range of partners, stakeholders and team members and promote teamwork.

• Prepared to take ownership and hold yourself accountable for the duties that you are responsible for.

• Committed to the pursuit of EIA UK’s goals