49263

Closes: 16 July 2025

Classification: General Service Officer Level 3
Salary: $66,600 - $69,560 plus superannuation
Position No: 49263
Directorate: Education
Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 July 2025
Contact Officer: Sally Giorgio on Sally.Giorgio@ed.act.edu.au or (02) 6205 2006

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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 Outdoor School 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 Kitchen Hand to work within our exceptional catering team to deliver quality food and beverages service. 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, full-time position for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension or 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:

• To be eligible for employment you must hold a current Australian visa with work rights or be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
• Drivers Licence (C-class) is mandatory
• Current Working with Vulnerable People Registration
• First Aid in an Education and Care Setting Certificate or ability to complete prior to commencement

Note: This is a temporary position available 4 August 2025 until 3 August 2026 with the possibility of permanency. 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 written application of no more than one page, addressing the Selection Criteria described in the Position Description.
2. A current curriculum vitae and contact details for two referees.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now Button Below.

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This is a temporary position available 4 August 2025 until 3 August 2026 with the possibility of permanency