Job Description

Overview

A successful creative couple in South Williamsburg (creative director who runs an agency and a magazine journalist) with a 19-month-old daughter (no more kids coming) is looking for a full time, live-out nanny whose values align with theirs. Ideally, they’d like somebody who could be with them in the long term, continuing after their daughter goes to school.

The nanny’s primary responsibility will be providing attentive, engaging, and developmentally appropriate care for their daughter, as well as light housekeeping and meal prep. The family values a positive, can-do approach and is seeking someone who is willing to take initiative but is also excited about collaborating with busy-but-involved parents. The family seeks someone who is reliable and highly organized, willing to set firm boundaries when needed, but with a laidback attitude—ie: a calm presence in the house; someone adaptable and able to maintain their cool in the face of change or toddler chaos; and a sense of humor about it all. They’d love someone who can take their daughter to the park, music and art classes, who likes reading, but they are not the kinds of parents who want their kid to be constantly scheduled—chilling at home and being able to entertain herself through boredom is a skill they want their daughter to develop.

Schedule: Monday through Friday; 9:00 am to 6:00 pmGuaranteed 45 hours per week, with flexibility for evening and weekend overtime preferredOccasional travel with family on vacation (3-4 times a year) to Palm Springs, Seattle, Mexico (passport a bonus but not required)

Responsibilities

• Provide an attentive, nurturing, and positive environment for a 19-month girl.
• Manage consistent routines, including feeding, nap, sleep, and overall daily schedule
• Engage in age-appropriate play, reading, music, art, and neighborhood activities.
• Prepare meals and snacks for the child, including grocery shopping and/or making grocery lists for online orders.
• Maintaining meticulous cleanliness of all child-related spaces, including kitchen after meals, child’s room, toys, clothing and belongings, or anywhere else she puts her greasy fingers. It’s highly important to the family to keep their home a place where adults live, not one overrun by kid stuff and sticky messes.
• Handle the child’s laundry as needed, and empty the diaper pail daily.
• Communicate clearly with the parents regarding the child’s day, schedule, development, and needs.
• Anticipating the child’s needs and proactively managing supplies, schedules, and preparations..
• Occasional travel with family on vacation (3-4 times a year) to Palm Springs, Seattle, and Mexico, typically for a week at a time. Travel stipend will be provided.

Requirements

• Positive and warm attitude, responsible, highly dependable.
• Highly organized and naturally proactive with excellent judgment and initiative, without being overly rigid.
• Experience with a toddler and willingness to have patience and chase one around.
• Meticulous about cleanliness and willing to do light household cleaning pertaining to the child, including laundry. (The family lives in a two-bedroom artist’s loft, and both parents occasionally work from home, so it’s important that the kitchen, as well as the child's room, toys and other belongings, do not invade the common space).
• Experience with / willingness to potty train
• Enjoys preparing the childs meals using healthy ingredients and willing to pick up groceries to do so. Family generally follows a Mediterranean-ish diet but is open to all kinds of healthy foods, and encourages ethnic and vegetarian cuisine.
• Knowledgeable about child development and age-appropriate activities and willing to avoid screen-time. Interested in books, art, music, museums, etc.
• Engaging and developmentally focused without being overly rigid.
• Relatively tech-savvy and comfortable managing child’s schedule and logistics
• Flexible and calm with changing plans
• Emotionally mature and mentally stable
• Will have fun dressing the child in cute clothes
• Fluent in English
• LGBTQ candidates encouraged to apply

Salary and Benefits

• Compensation: $40-$50/hour DOE
• Guaranteed 45 hours per week
• Will be provided with family credit card for daily needs
• MTA stipend/Omnicard reimbursement
• Ubers provided after 10pm
• Traveling overnight stipend
• Time and a half on holidays (if available to work)
• Two weeks vacation (preferably with one week that aligns with family travel) with additional paid days off when family travels solo
• 3-5 sick days
• Paid holidays, with option of time and a half for work