Job Description

A kind and caring family of four based in Brooklyn is seeking a nanny/family assistant to help care for their two young children aged 5 and 3-years. This is a live-out position and the schedule will be Monday through Friday with a minimum of 45-hours per week, 11am-8pm, (with potential of additional hours if required).

This is a no screen time household, so the candidate must be creative and encourage physical and artistic/messy activities.

The ideal candidate will be loving, energetic, and a self-starter.

The position is to start September 1st.

Responsibilities

All responsibilities related to childcare -

• Prepare healthy and nutritious meals for the children, and encourage them to try new foods, (occasionally preparing the parents meals would be a plus)
• Collecting the children from school and helping with homework or preparing lessons to ensure the children are absorbing what they are learning in school
• Taking the children to after school activities and clubs
• Ensure the children are reaching their developmental milestones; pro-actively bringing new ideas to the table to foster development and growth
• Offer positive reinforcement to help build resiliency
• Assist children with homework and new learning activities
• Encourage the children to tidy up after themselves and do their chores
• Model good behaviour and manners

Family Assistant

• Organizing the household
• Keep on top of the finer details/light housekeeping
• Ensure the fridge, cupboards and laundry room are stocked
• Assisting with packing for family trips
• Help with online orders
• Take/pick up garments to the dry cleaners
• Keep in touch with the children's school and afterschool clubs and activities to ensure no detail is missed

Qualifications

• Open to travelling with the family but not a requirement
• Spanish speaking would ideal

Requirements

• Legally able to work in the US
• Previous experience with this age group; teaching experience a plus
• Flexibility
• Want longevity with a family
• Excellent organizational skills
• Comfortable with all forms of mass transit
• Ability to drive kids leveraging our family car
• Comfortable e-biking with kids riding on back of the bike

Salary and Benefits

• $40 per hour
• 10 days PTO- ideally used late august or between Christmas/New Years
• 5 sick days
• Monthly Metro Card
• Health insurance/health stipend