Ranger

at  Department of Conservation

• Do you enjoy working outdoors and have lots of practical hands-on experience?
• Excellent opportunity to build your skills and enjoy a satisfying career in conservation.
• The salary range for this position is $58,816 to $66,578.
• Permanent, full-time position based in Dunedin.

NGĀ PŪKENGA ME NGĀ WHEAKO | SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

This role is outdoor focused with plenty of fieldwork opportunities. We’re looking for someone who loves the outdoors and enjoys doing something different each day. If you have some of following, we are keen to hear from you:

• Current full New Zealand driver licence.
• General maintenance and/or landscaping experience.
• Experience with operating small lawn tractors and mowers.
• Knowledge of field delivery work.
• Familiar with weed spraying and ability to use weed eaters/scrub bars and carry 15 litre knapsack.
• Strong health and safety focus.
• Good level of physical fitness with backcountry experience.
• Good people skills with an ability to work as part of a team and independently.

Desirable:

• Approved Handlers Certificate.
• Current First Aid certificate.
• Experience and qualifications with use of chainsaws, weed eaters, scrub bars and 4WDS, LUV.
• Carpentry, construction or building skills and experience.

We are looking for a versatile ranger to work across our Biodiversity, Heritage, and Visitor work programmes across the Coastal Otago region. Your day-to-day work will be diverse, offering the opportunity to gain a range of conservation skills across various teams and environments. You will support with:

• managing assigned project work
• managing visitor and historic assets
• maintaining facilities and restoring sites
• weed management
• maintaining and cleaning front/back country amenities
• supporting the community teams as required

HE ANGITŪTANGA | ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a versatile ranger to work across our Biodiversity, Heritage, and Visitor work programmes across the Coastal Otago region. Your day-to-day work will be diverse, offering the opportunity to gain a range of conservation skills across various teams and environments. You will support with:

• managing assigned project work
• managing visitor and historic assets
• maintaining facilities and restoring sites
• weed management
• maintaining and cleaning front/back country amenities
• supporting the community teams as required.

You may be required to stay away overnight for multiple days in the backcountry, often in remote and rugged terrain.

This role is outdoor focused with plenty of fieldwork opportunities. We’re looking for someone who loves the outdoors and enjoys doing something different each day. If you have some of following, we are keen to hear from you:

• Current full New Zealand driver licence.
• General maintenance and/or landscaping experience.
• Experience with operating small lawn tractors and mowers.
• Knowledge of field delivery work.
• Familiar with weed spraying and ability to use weed eaters/scrub bars and carry 15 litre knapsack.
• Strong health and safety focus.
• Good level of physical fitness with backcountry experience.
• Good people skills with an ability to work as part of a team and independently