SMART AU PAIRS - AUSTRALIAN AU PAIR AGENCY APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Our MD and founder, a well-travelled business mum, Nicole, 45, speaks four languages and has, prior to managing the au pair agencies, spent 15 years travelling the world as a Manager in the travel industry with companies such as Hilton hotels, First Choice Holidays, Airmiles and P&O.

Nicole, who moved to England in 1993 from her native Holland, has always been passionate about encouraging young people to broaden their horizons and to improve their language skills. In 2009 she moved to Australia for another ‘cultural adventure’.

With two children and husband with an equally demanding career, childcare has always been vital to help balance the demands of juggling family and work. A family au pair was ideal as it gave the children early exposure to cultural exchange.

Her own au pair hosting experiences combined with her career in travel marketing and passion for languages inspired her to set up Smart Au Pairs. The benefits of affordable and flexible live-in childcare continue to motivate her to recommend more families all over Australia to embrace the au pair experience.

The team at our Au Pair Agency is split between our offices in the UK and Australia. We are all ex-pats, some of us speak several foreign languages; we appreciate the advantages of a gapyear abroad. We want you to benefit from our expertise and passion for cultural exchange and the au pair experience. Your satisfaction with our service and with the au pair program is our priority and our daily ambition.

Below, you'll find details on some of the industry experts that Smart Au Pairs is recommended by or associated with.

IAPA (International Au Pair Association)

Smartaupairs.com.au is proud to be awarded membership of IAPA and wants to work closely with the IAPA committee to further enhance the au pair program across Asia. Our Branch in Australia was the first Au Pair Agency in Australia with IAPA membership. Many of our overseas partners are also members of IAPA.

We are member of Women's Network Australia; joining WNA allows us to introduce more business mums to the benefits of an improved work-life balance through the au pair program.

BAPAA (British Au Pair Agencies Association)

Nicole Kofkin, our MD, has been on the board of BAPAA from 2007 to 2009 and has taken on various projects from upgrading their website to improving the au pair & family benefits. She is keen to continue to contribute to improving relations and mutual understanding between BAPAA and organizations such as Eurodesk UK, the British Council, Visit Britain and BETA.

Nicole Kofkin represented Britain on the European Committee for Au Pair Standards (ECAPS) for two years, with the objective of defining au pair standards across Europe.

We recruit all our au pairs through professional partners in the source countries. That way we know the candidate has been screened and informed appropriately. Our business partners are specialists in the field and many are IAPA members.

Although we are not a nanny agency, we are sometimes able to help with nanny placements also; qualified and professional nannies are highly sought after all over the world!

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Smart Au Pairs Australia - Cultural Childcare

Smart Cultural Exchange Pty Ltd
ACN 146 911 462

Trading as Smart Au Pairs; for au pair placements in Australia.

in collaboration with

Smart Cultural Exchange (au pair services in Australia)
ABN 51 719 327 731

and

SMART AU PAIRS Ltd (UK)
Registered in England No. 5433237