• Dynamic and multi-skilled, our Rangers work across Pest Management, Fire Management, Estate Management, Visitor Management, and Assets and Safety.
• They ensure our parks are safe, accessible, and valued by all from K’gari (Fraser Island) to Southern Bay Islands.

Do you have a passion and background in environmental conservation or compliance and enforcement, along with strong leadership skills, strategic thinking, and an understanding and appreciation of First Nations Peoples' interests.

As a Senior Ranger in the Coastal and Islands Region, you'll play a crucial role in preserving Queensland's diverse coastal landscapes. Your responsibilities include leading a dispersed team, fostering stakeholder relationships, providing public education on conservation, managing emergency response and compliance operations, and overseeing budgets and infrastructure projects.

What we're looking for:

• Organisational Navigator: Contribute to organizational goals, priorities, and decision-making. Determine work priorities with consideration for the wider context and external factors.
• Resourceful Leader: Take responsibility for planning and managing programs, projects, and operational outcomes. Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in coping with competing work priorities in a geographically dispersed/large area.
• Team Player: Actively work as an effective team member locally, regionally, and as a member of the broader agency. Establish and maintain productive relationships with team members, customers, and stakeholders.
• Effective Communicator: Communicate clearly both orally and in writing. Tailor communication style to suit the audience. Understand stakeholder needs and strive to achieve them through effective use of resources, skills, and techniques.
• Knowledgeable: Strong knowledge and understanding of the principles of conservation and natural resource management. Understanding of workplace health and safety, compliance, and emergency response. Knowledge of the systems, policies, and procedures supporting human resource and financial management standards. Knowledge of data collection techniques for monitoring and reporting on programs.
• Diversity Advocate: Contribute to workplace equity and diversity that enriches our culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion.

Why join us? We offer a range of benefits:

Flexible working hours, generous leave entitlements, reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities, support for family commitments, paid parental leave, option to purchase additional leave, competitive salaries, generous superannuation entitlements, locality allowance for specific regional locations, potential recognition of prior service, annual salary increases based on performance, opportunities for training and professional development, a safe and healthy workplace, salary packaging opportunity, and relocation assistance (conditions apply).

Inclusion and diversity

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity, including making any reasonable adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.