Senior Project Officer

State: QLD

Department: Environment Tourism Science and Innovation

Position: AO6

Employment type: Fixed Term Temporary Full-time

Location: Cairns region

Salary: - $119802 - $127941 (yearly)- $4592.00 - $4904.00 (fortnightly)

Closing date: Thu May 21 2026

Live and work in one of the world’s most extraordinary natural landscapes. Based in tropical Far North Queensland, this role offers the rare opportunity to combine a professional career with a lifestyle surrounded by rainforests, reefs and remote national parks of global significance. You’ll be part of a team committed to caring for Country through genuine partnerships with First Nations peoples, contributing to the protection of culturally and environmentally important places across Cape York Peninsula. If you are motivated by meaningful work, value collaboration and respect, and are passionate about achieving positive outcomes for the natural environment and the people who care for it, this role offers both purpose and place in equal measure.