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!
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Meet the Team
Because placing teachers also takes a village
![Stu Stu](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Stu-circle-ad1c50ac2bc1e11885305328f2ddc817-.png)
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 James](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/James-circle-51ade3d9cbcb5b1fc41be160d1361450-.png)
James
Brabander
Candidate Care Team Leader
![Esther Esther](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Esther-circle-27be76dc4aba47a5ec2008fc606d26e1-.png)
Esther
Jawurek
Lead Candidate Coordinator
![Annalise Annalise](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Annalise-circle-0e93992ad8339ff0e3dfa4491edbd9d9-.png)
Annalise
Turner
International Support Services Manager
![Lauren Lauren](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Lauren-circle-69ee60e7ad7122190f9f75f4b08f509a-.png)
Lauren
McKenna
![Arna Arna](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Arna-circle-3327b41423226e54e5d1a51cf8b9239e-.png)
Arna
Wong
Candidate Coordinator
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Anika
Knox
Our recruiters
Our team of superheroes, finding the perfect match for teachers and schools.
![Gill Gill](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Gillian-circle-512fa2acb9225d7b2664ff0d6cb66ea3-.png)
Gillian
Birch
Team Leader - Permanent Recruitment
![Yas Yas](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Yas-circle-9849e252dc9f35324ba4ebdf031e0cf5-.png)
YasGreenslade
National Team Leader - Temporary Recruitment
![Mary Mary](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Mary-circle-260893218d75fc6031f130918c5ca049-.png)
Mary
Chadwick
Team Leader - Schools Temporary Recruitment
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MattFlynn
Senior Recruitment Executive
![Katie Katie](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Katie-circle-2e998bd7598d369c7521f5a8c2ac3f7b-.png)
Katie
Docherty
Lead Consultant - ECE Wellington
![Tina Tina](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Tina-circle-362d9f98c910e8d61eee970376dacf07-.png)
Tina
Schmid
Recruitment Consultant
![Rosie Rosie](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Rosie-circle-787f93d1a7a26c6b7ed99ab283f4757a-.png)
Rosie
Ingle
Recruitment Consultant
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Kirstin
Meehan
Recruitment Consultant
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Zaf
Burns
Recruitment Consultant
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Paulina
Gutek
Temporary Recruitment Coordinator
![Keira Keira](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Keira-circle-54b360aff4eb23a551bfc0ee53489215-.png)
Keira
Chadwick
Recruitment Consultant
![Debbie Debbie](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Debbie-circle-7c60e03a7bdce43607337b6c2007ff31-.png)
Debbie
Aley
Temporary Recruitment Coordinator
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Sophia
Hitchens
Temporary Recruitment Coordinator
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Johanna
Cloutman
Temporary Recruitment Coordinator
Behind the scenes
The little stars who are making sure that our world is still spinning round.
![Helena Helena](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Helena-circle-1e9cfd569b09781fcbe54fe42874145c-.png)
Helena
Graafland
Finance & Payroll Manager
![Hamish Hamish](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Hamish-circle-a9e9f0028143f63224f9ef5ec94fc36f-.png)
HamishAnnan
Senior Operations Coordinator
![Kirsten Kirsten](https://epeducation.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Kirsten-circle-ea044a0c279a260c037f8275bc42c19d-.png)
Kirsten
Brinck
Head of People & Growth
National Office Manager