The EP story
EP was established in 1995 by Stu Birch, a New Zealand teacher, upon returning to New Zealand after some time teaching in the UK. From the word go, we specialised in finding quality teachers for New Zealand schools. We quickly built a reputation for efficiency, reliability and excellent friendly service. We are about the right match between teachers and schools/centres, not about bums on seats.
In 2016, we opened an office in Auckland, and in 2019, we began staffing early childhood centres in Christchurch.
In 2019, we rebranded from Education Personnel to ep.education, in the wake of a new partnership with international education staffing firm ANZUK. To this day, we are still owned and operated by teachers and are more committed than ever to bringing excellence in the education sector by bringing together quality people.
25 years on, we are still looking at new ways of supporting our clients and candidates, and we expanded our services greatly in the past few years. We are now offering Job Find Assistance, professional development courses for teachers and International Support Services for placed overseas teachers and the school employing them. And there is always more to come!





Meet the Team
Because placing teachers also takes a village

Stuart Birch
Director, Founder
Our candidate care team
Caring is in their DNA. From answering your first questions about finding work, to making you ready to be placed, our care bears will guide you throughout the placement process.

James
Brabander
Acting Candidate
Care Team Leader

Esther
Jawurek
Acting Lead Candidate Coordinator

Annalise
Turner
International Support Services Manager

Natasha
Sanford
Candidate Coordinator

Arna
Wong
Candidate Coordinator
Our recruiters
Our team of superheroes, finding the perfect match for teachers and schools.

Kristina
Appleby
Acting Permanent Recruitment Team Leader/Senior Recruitment Executive

DebbieAley
Recruitment Consultant

RoslynBourke
Recruitment Consultant

RosieBuchanan
Team Leader + Senior Recruitment Consultant

Zaf Burns
Acting Temporary Recruitment Team Leader + Recruitment Consultant

Mary
Chadwick
Schools Temporary Recruitment Team Leader/Senior Recruitment Consultant

MaddieCole
Recruitment Consultant

Zanny
Crysell
Recruitment Consultant

Rosie
Ingle
Recruitment Consultant
Our Job Find Assistance (JFA) & Professional Development team
Our team of experienced consultants, empowering teachers to find the right role for them.

Gillian
Birch
Team Leader + Recruitment Consultant

Tina
Schmid
Consultant + PD Coordinator
Behind the scenes
The little stars who are making sure that our world is still spinning round.

Kirsten
Brinck
National HR & Office Manager

ClementMacKay
Marketing & Systems Lead

HamishAnnan
Senior Recruitment Coordinator & Automation Lead

Helena
Graafland
Finance & Payroll Manager

Annie
Birch-Houpt
Admin Assistant

Keira
Chadwick
Admin Assistant