![]() For this reason these positions are largely regional positions located in Field Centres and Visitor Centres around the State. We offer positions which are specifically related to tourism and visitation and who are directly responsible for ensuring that our visitors to our parks and reserves are greeted and receive an exceptional experience during their visit. Examples of these positions are: planners asset management and engineering staff heritage management specialists environmental assessment specialists Fire Operations Officers Systems and GIS officers legal and policy specialists. The PWS offers a range of technical positions who carry out strategic activities, and provide the decision making tools that underpin the work undertaken on the ground throughout the reserve estate. These roles are pivotal in our estate planning, and the conservation of flora, fauna and cultural heritage. These staff typically oversee major projects, are the conduit to other government agencies, local councils and local businesses. In addition there are a number of management positions within the field who deal with logistics and are involved with the management of physical, human and financial resources, namely the Regional Managers Regional Operational Managers Parks and Reserves Managers and Rangers in Charge. These include managing projects and budgets, bushfire planning and suppression activities, working with local community and volunteers, maintaining visitor services and facilities, presentation, assisting and interpretation for visitors and compliance and enforcement. Rangers, Field Officers and other field staff are involved in the daily land management activities. The PWS has a varied breadth of responsibilities and therefore is fortunate to employ a diverse range of people with skills across a wide range of professions. We are currently exploring employment barriers that might exist within the PWS. ![]() Everyone should have equal opportunities, and everyone has the responsibility to work toward a diverse and inclusive workplace. The percentage of female Parks & Reserve Managers has risen from 33% to 57%.The percentage of females chairing our recruitment selection panels has risen from 22% to 37%.The percentage of females in our Leadership Group has risen from 30% to 43%.Thanks to recent initiatives, the PWS has a more gender balanced workforce than ever before. The PWS acknowledge that women are underrepresented within our workforce and thereby supports the NRE Tas vision of creating a more diverse and equitable workforce, through the implementation of the NRE Tas Gender Equity Action Plan. NRE Tas and the PWS support gender equity. Subsequently the Strategy provides a framework to evolve and guide our people management practices into the future. The NRE Tas People Strategy 2018-2022 establishes that people are our single biggest asset and that we need to continue to invest in our staff. ![]() The PWS is a Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas). To enable the PWS to be responsive and adaptive we operate a decentralised organisation with offices in the major regional centres and field centres around the state, ranging from King and Flinders islands, Strahan, Stanley, Deloraine, Scottsdale, Prospect (Launceston) St Helens, Triabunna, Maria Island, Lake St Clair, Huonville and as far south as Macquarie Island. The Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) manages 49 per cent of the land area of Tasmania. Working for the Parks and Wildlife Service
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