Nanny-Housekeeper

A fabulous Family PA role has become available for an experienced person to help look after a friendly family of five: Mum, Dad and three happy and active girls aged 11, 9 and 5. The family lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. They are looking for a proactive and friendly person, who will help keep them organised and on top of daily life.

You will be required to work for 20 hours each week. Monday-Friday, four hours each day would work well. Exact hours can be mutually agreed.

This is mainly a housekeeping role, allowing the parents to spend more time with their growing children. However, a lover of children would be ideal, to occasionally pick up from school, play games and do crafts, oversee homework etc. There could be additional hours on offer for evening babysitting – these hours would be mutually agreed and paid as overtime.

The family employs a weekly cleaner, so the household duties will include:

• Family friendly meal planning and cooking (homemade as often as possible)
• Family laundry
• Keeping the house running smoothly between cleans
• Keeping the children’s areas tidy and organised
• Making sure lunchboxes, uniforms, sports kits, etc are ready for the following day
• Overseeing grocery shopping (planning meals, placing orders, unloading food, buying extras)
• Running errands (extra food shopping, dry cleaning, post office, etc)
• Managing school admin, researching activities, etc

The ideal candidate will be proactive, organised, and a competent cook, as well as a strong communicator so that everyone knows what’s going on. Although not essential, if you do drive, you should be a careful and confident driver with a clean licence and your own fully insured car. Duty mileage will be paid.

The family is looking for an energetic and self-motivated person, with lots of common sense – someone who is adaptable and happy to muck in. The candidate will be warm, honest and fun – a pleasant person to have around this friendly family home.

If this sounds like something you would enjoy, please apply below.

Location of the job: Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Minimum experience level for this job: Two years
Details of any training needed: Enhanced DBS (update) and Paediatric First Aid
Details of any qualifications needed: Childcare if possible, but housekeeping experience essential
Days required: Monday – Friday
Contracted hours: Four hours each day, to be mutually agreed (20 hours/week)
Pets in the home: Yes – two cats
Driving required: Not essential
Job Start Date: ASAP
Pay: £20,800 gross per annum / mutually agreed overtime to be paid at £20 gross per hour
This is a permanent job