**Department for Environment and Water**
**Job reference**: 668043
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
**About the Role**:
**The Project Officer, Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth is responsible for helping to deliver The Living Murray program within the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth icon site. The Project Officer is responsible for engagement activities with First Nations and community groups, developing communication materials/activities, providing assistance to manage contracts and grant agreements for ecological monitoring programs and supporting broader environmental water delivery initiatives within the SA River Murray.
**What can we offer you**
- Working in an organisation that is contributing to significant environmental outcomes in the great state of South Australia
- Be part of a fun, collaborative and supportive team.
- Hybrid working model with flexible working options including work from home available to promote work life balance.
- Free entry into DEW managed Parks in South Australia.
- Salary Sacrifice Benefits.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Meaningful and rewarding career.
- **Contract**: up to 30 June 2026
**Desirable Qualifications**: A tertiary qualification in natural resource management, science, engineering or equivalent
**Special Conditions**:
- May be required to participate in fire management and associated duties
- Some out of hours work may be required Overnight absences and inter and intra state travel will be required on occasion
- **Remuneration**: ASO5 ($85,790 min - $95,413 max) p.a.
**Enquiries to**:
Adrienne Rumbelow, Program Leader, Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth
0427 824 477
**Application Instructions**:
Applications are to be submitted online through I WORK FOR SA.
**Applications close**: 11/05/2025 11:00 PM