Job Title: Senior Conservation Leader
The Senior Ranger plays a pivotal role in leading pest management and island biosecurity programs across the GBRMP Region, ensuring the protection of natural, cultural, and visitor values on island National Parks, Commonwealth islands, and forest estates.
This position involves guiding planning efforts, providing expert advice, and ensuring high-quality pest proposals and reporting. It also links on-ground operations with technical expertise and drives value assessments for marine and freshwater ecosystems, develops strategies with Traditional Owners and regional staff, and builds strong partnerships with landholders, government agencies, industry groups, and park users to support conservation outcomes.
* Lead regional pest management and island biosecurity programs across GBRMP protected areas, including strategy development, ecosystem value assessments, and coordination of annual pest proposals and reporting.
* Provide expert guidance, mentoring, and technical support to operational rangers, ensuring best-practice pest, weed, and biosecurity management, and linking field operations with technical specialists.
* Build strong relationships with Traditional Owners, landholders, government agencies, industry groups, and park users to support conservation objectives.
* Oversee emergency response, compliance, incident management, and recovery planning, ensuring staff capability, safety, training, and effective operational delivery across remote and varied environments.
* Lead regional planning, resource allocation, and infrastructure programs, contributing to recreational asset development, fire and wildlife management, capital works, and broader agency initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Pest Management
* Island Biosecurity
* Conservation Outcomes
* Emergency Response
* Regional Planning