{"id":22443,"date":"2023-12-01T09:12:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/?p=22443"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T05:49:04","slug":"connecting-with-country-park-ranger-alex-shares-how-she-found-her-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/connecting-with-country-park-ranger-alex-shares-how-she-found-her-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting With Country: Park Ranger Alex Shares How She Found Her Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI never thought I&#8217;d feel this connected to Country, but I guess it just took me a bit longer to realise that this is my calling. Just encouraging the next generation of Ewamian people to come work back on Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ewamian woman Alex never saw herself becoming a park ranger, but it\u2019s turned into much more than a career \u2013 it\u2019s a connection to Country, culture, and the incredible history of her ancestors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hear from Alex in this awe-inspiring short video interview as she shares:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why being a Ranger is much more than a job \u2013 it\u2019s a gateway to an impressive range of skills development, all while giving back to place.<\/li>\n<li>Some of the amazing opportunities she\u2019s had so far in her role.<\/li>\n<li>A behind-the-scenes glimpse into what a typical workday might look like (get ready to be wowed!)<\/li>\n<li>Why Indigenous representation matters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"o-fluid-object o-fluid-object--4by3\" data-aspectratio=\"0.66667\"><iframe title=\"Meet Alex Lacey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-nQszVeKa18?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Discover the Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI) is the Queensland government agency responsible for managing and protecting the state\u2019s environment and natural resources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It brings people with a common mission together: to lead and partner in managing, protecting, restoring and promoting Queensland\u2019s natural environment, cultural heritage and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what preference or passion, you\u2019ll find #ACareerthatmatters #AContributionthatcounts at DESI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head to their dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/employers\/department-of-environment-science-and-innovation\/\">employer profile<\/a> to find out more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI never thought I&#8217;d feel this connected to Country, but I guess it just took me a bit longer to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":22444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[23],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22443"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25065,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22443\/revisions\/25065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}