Vacancies
Are you passionate about a prosperous SA for current and future generations?
Do you want to feel proud about the impact your work has on the community?
Join the Department for Environment and Water and help cultivate change!
A career with the Department for Environment and Water offers many rewards including flexible working arrangements, excellent salary and leave entitlements, learning and development opportunities, career progression and a diverse workforce.
Here’s a list of career opportunities currently available at DEW:
Senior Hydrometric Officer
Applications close: 26/06/2026
Senior Media Advisor
Applications close: 28/06/2026
Team Leader Coastal Science and Monitoring
Applications close: 28/06/2026
Principal Policy Officer
Applications close: 28/06/2026
Senior Horticulturalist - SA Botanic Gardens
Applications close: 28/06/2026
Planning and Policy Officer
Applications close: 28/06/2026
Technical Officer, Casual Pool – Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium
Closing date: 30/06/2026
Senior Policy Officer
Applications close: 01/07/2026
Project and Policy Officer (Pool)
Applications close: 05/07/2026
Industry Liaison Officer, Kangaroo Management
Applications close: 07/07/2026
Principal Biodiversity Policy Advisor
Applications close: 07/07/2026
Senior Organisational Development Consultant
Applications close: 07/07/2026
Senior Hydrometric Officer (Pool)
Applications close: 08/07/2026
Applications close: 08/07/2026
Climate Data Analyst Coastal Hazards
Applications close: 09/07/2026
Senior Climate Data Analyst, Coastal Hazards
Applications close: 09/07/2026
Applications close: 12/07/2026
Applications close: 12/07/2026
Ranger in Charge
Applications close: 12/07/2026
Interpretive Officer – Pool
Applications close: 30/08/2026
Everyone working in the public sector is guided by the public sector values. They have been developed to make it easier for us to work together by forming a culture and a vision that we all share.
These values include:
- SERVICE - Proudly serve the community and Government of South Australia.
- PROFESSIONALISM - Strive for excellence.
- TRUST - We have confidence in the ability of others.
- RESPECT - We value every individual.
- COLLABORATION & ENGAGEMENT - We create solutions together.
- HONESTY & INTEGRITY - We act truthfully, consistently, and fairly.
- COURAGE & TENACITY - We never give up.
- SUSTAINABILITY - We work to get the best results for current and future generations of South Australians.
