19516

Closes: 16 January 2025

Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 2
Salary: $67,872 - $74,415 plus superannuation
Position No: 19516
Directorate: Education
Advertised (Gazettal date): 19 December 2024
Contact Officer: Kirsten Galafassi on Kirsten.Galafassi@ed.act.edu.au or (02) 6207 8044

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Details: Are you interested in working in a beautiful rural setting alongside a great team of dedicated and high energy professionals?

Birrigai offers a range of cultural and environmental education programs to students from across the ACT, surrounding region, and interstate, varying in age from early childhood to Year 12. We provide day programs and overnight camps with activities themed around the Australian environment and biodiversity, Indigenous culture and arts, and we also offer outdoor adventure activities such as bushwalks, high ropes and team building programs. Birrigai also provides services to a range of community and corporate groups and offers onsite accommodation facilities.

Birrigai is seeking to appoint an experienced, dedicated and responsible Outdoor Education Assistant to work closely with Birrigai’s qualified teaching staff to deliver quality outdoor educational experiences. If you are a skilled, organised, flexible, and adaptable self-starter with a passion for learning and the great outdoors, you could be the person we are looking for.

This is a temporary position for a 12-month period with the possibility of permanency.

Birrigai is located 2 kilometres from Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve on Tidbinbilla Road and is 15km from Gordon in the Tuggeranong valley. There is no public transport to Birrigai therefore a driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle are essential for this role. Please note staff working at Birrigai are also paid a travel allowance.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/ Other Requirements:

• Current Working with Vulnerable People (WwVP) Registration or ability to gain the registration prior to commencement.
• Current First Aid Qualification or ability to gain the qualification prior to commencement.
• Drivers Licence (C-class) is mandatory to facilitate own travel to site.

Note: This is a temporary position available 28 January 2025 until 27 January 2026 with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: Please submit:

1. A response addressing the Selection Criteria (maximum two pages).
2. A current curriculum vitae and contact details for two referees (one should be a current supervisor).

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now Button Below.

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This is a temporary position available 28 January 2025 until 27 January 2026 with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.