Closes: 10 November 2026

Classification: Park Ranger 2 Salary: $86,750 - $93,416 plus superannuation

Position No: 13487, Several

Directorate: City and Environment

Advertised (Gazettal date): 20 October 2026

Contact Officer: Alison Mungoven on [email protected] or 0428 130 659

Details: We are seeking motivated and passionate Park Rangers to join our team and help manage, protect and enhance Canberra’s conservation estate. This is a rewarding and diverse role that combines practical land management, environmental conservation, community engagement and stewardship of our natural and cultural heritage.

As a Park Ranger, you will play a vital role in delivering land management programs across protected areas and rural lands. Working both independently and as part of a team, you will contribute to biodiversity conservation, cultural heritage protection, visitor management, ecological restoration and environmental monitoring while helping connect the community with Canberra’s unique landscapes.

Park Rangers are responsible for planning and delivering a broad range of conservation and land management activities within designated areas. Under the guidance of a Senior Ranger, you will identify and address management issues, develop work plans, manage contracts and contribute to achieving environmental and operational objectives.

This role offers a balance of field-based and administrative responsibilities and requires a commitment to ongoing career development to ensure best-practice land management outcomes.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACT Public Service (ACTPS) and ACT community.



We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other requirements:

Mandatory:

- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Apply for or renew a WWVP registration - Access Canberra
- Be physically able and willing to undertake incident management duties, including participation in fire standby, fire suppression, fire training and search and rescue operations;
- Be prepared to work a shift roster, weekends, public holidays, evening shifts and be on an after hours on-call roster. CED is committed to providing reasonable adjustment, where operationally possible, to ensure all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace;
- Possess a manual Australian drivers’ license;
- A current First Aid Certificate or capacity to obtain one;
- Be an Australian citizen, have permanent residency status or a visa permitting you to work permanently in Australia.
- This position may require a pre-employment medical.

Highly Desirable:

- A degree in ecology, environmental science, natural resource management, conservation,



or a related discipline and/or a minimum of three years of relevant experience.

Desirable:

- Other relevant tertiary qualifications (Eg. degree in non-relevant field or Cert three or four in relevant field).
- Progress towards or the completion of a relevant tertiary qualification will be highly regarded.

Notes: This process will be used to create a merit list for permanent vacancies and a merit pool that will be used to fill temporary vacancies as they arise, the list is valid for up to 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

Come to the information session to learn more about the role and recruitment process. For more info go to www.parks.act.gov.au.

How to apply: Please submit a written application addressing the Selection Criteria limiting responses to 350 word per criteria, along with your current curriculum vitae, listing two referees and their contact details.

Applications should be submitted .

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

Note

This process will be used to create a merit list for permanent vacancies and a merit pool that will be used to fill temporary vacancies as they arise, the list is valid for up to 12 months.

📌 Park Ranger grade 2 | Full-time Permanent (Canberra)
🏢 Act Government
📍 Canberra