09855, several

Closes: 17 June 2025

Classification: General Service Officer Level 7
Salary: $84,061 - $87,199 plus superannuation
Position No: 09855, several
Directorate: Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development
Advertised (Gazettal date): 27 May 2025
Contact Officer: Dylan Lawrey on Dylan.Lawrey@act.gov.au or 0408 684 188

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Details: The Parks and Conservation Service (PCS) is a branch of the Environment, Heritage and Parks, within EPSDD with responsibility for the management of about 70% of the ACT including Nature Reserves, National Parks, commercial softwood forests and rural lands.

This position sits within the Fire Management Unit PCS. The section is responsible for the planning and delivery of bushfire mitigation and preparedness activities such as the current reviews of the Regional Bushfire Management Plan (RFMP) and Bushfire Operation Plan (BOP) to support delivery of the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan and the management of the ACT fire trail network on public lands. An essential and expanding part of the work undertaken by the unit is the incorporation across the landscape of Ngunnawal cultural burning and ecological burning.

The Fire Management Unit are looking for skilled and enthusiastic people to fill the role of Senior Field Officer, these are diverse positions that provide amazing opportunity to work across Canberra assisting in the protection of biodiversity and sustainable management practices in the ACT's reserves and rural lands.

FMU Field Officers work a nine-day fortnight, which over a fortnight includes Monday to Friday the first week with the following week to be Monday to Thursday, as well as regular rostered after hours, weekend and public holidays work will be required, particularly during the declared bushfire season.

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 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: This is a physically demanding role, requiring endurance and lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling loads, bending, climbing, and driving a variety of vehicles. Field Officer applicants must meet the requirements of a medical.

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
• Nationally recognised qualifications to the equivalent of ACT RFS level of Bushfire fighter, or higher, and demonstrated experience in bushfire suppression.
• Be currently able and prepared to undertake and maintain the Arduous level of the national fire fighting task based assessment (fire fitness).
• Be prepared to wear a uniform and work a shift roster, weekends, public holidays or evening shifts at any PCS worksite on an ‘as needs’ basis.
• Possess a current manual drivers licence.

Notes: These are temporary positions available for 10 months with the possibility of extension and permanency. Estimated start date is 1st September 2025. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

How to Apply: Please submit a written application of no more than two pages, addressing the Selection Criteria located in the Position Description, along with your current curriculum vitae, listing two referees and their contact details.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

Important Information for Applicants

Effective from 1 July 2025, as part of the ACTPS 2025 Change Implementation Program, the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD), Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS), Access Canberra, and the Better Regulation Taskforce will amalgamate to form the new City and Environment Directorate. Further information about the Changes Implementation Program is available in the ACTPS 2025 Taskforce Report - Open Government Information.

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These are temporary positions available for 10 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.