Ranger (Fixed-Term)

New Zealand Government; Greymouth; On-site; NZD 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

The New Zealand Government is seeking a summer conservation and visitor operations assistant based in Karamea. You will contribute to maintaining tracks, huts, campsites, and visitor facilities within public conservation areas such as Heaphy Track and Kohaihai Campsite.

This hands-on, varied role offers an opportunity to develop practical conservation and recreation management skills in remote environments, with a fixed-term contract from November to May 2027.

Qualifications

• hands-on, varied role across heritage, visitor, and conservation operations
• remote and rugged environments experience will be valuable

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned project work and day-to-day operational tasks
• Maintain backcountry and front-country tracks and visitor infrastructure
• Carry out hut, campsite, and amenity maintenance and cleaning
• Support conservation and heritage work programmes across the district
• Assist with vegetation control, scrub work, and general asset maintenance
• Work in remote locations, including overnight and multi-day backcountry trips
• Engage positively with visitors to provide a safe and enjoyable outdoor experience

Job description

Come spend your summer with our Karamea based team maintaining amazingly wild visitor experiences

• Mix of front-country and backcountry work, including tracks, huts, campsites, and visitor facilities
• With a small team and many visitor sites to look after, you'll get a huge breath of practical conservation skills and experiences to jet propel your conservation career
• Diverse role across heritage, visitor, and conservation operations with no two days the same
• $62,192-$67,446 depending on skills and experience
• Full-time fixed-term position November - May 2027 based in Karamea

Our vision : Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tšroa Mō te tšuranga

About the role

We are currently seeking to fill a fixed-term summer position based in Karamea, working within the Heritage and Visitor team across some of New Zealand's most iconic public conservation areas, including the Heaphy Track, Oparara Basin, and Kohaihai Campsite. This is a hands-on, varied role that will see you contributing to the maintenance and enhancement of visitor facilities and conservation assets while working in remote and rugged environments. No two days are the same, with opportunities to develop a broad range of practical conservation and recreation management skills.

If you're looking to an opportunity to live and work a bit on the wild side, then this could be your opportunity to experience that without having to make any long-life commitments.

• Managing assigned project work and day-to-day operational tasks
• Maintaining both backcountry and front-country tracks and visitor infrastructure
• Carrying out hut, campsite, and amenity maintenance and cleaning
• Supporting conservation and heritage work programmes across the district as required
• Assisting with vegetation control, scrub bar work, and general asset maintenance
• Working in remote locations, including overnight and multi-day backcountry trips
• Engaging positively with visitors and helping provide a safe and enjoyable experience in the outdoors

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