Job Description

Compensation

• Hourly wage: $20-25 per hour
• Overtime wage: $30-37.50 per hour

Have you worked as a babysitter, daycare worker, nanny, or church nursery volunteer? Are you a retired teacher or teaching professional who is seeking a small environment rather than a classroom? Are you known as the family’s favorite auntie? If this sounds like you, we welcome you to our babysitter team. You’ll provide care for children toddler – elementary school age while their parents work, so most assignments are Monday – Friday during traditional working hours. If you are engaging, communicative, and friendly, we’d love to hear from you. Several positions are now available in the Sammamish and Union Hill-Novelty Hill neighborhoods, ranging from 20 – 40+ hours per week.

About you:

• You genuinely enjoy children and are an engaging, creative, child-focused individual who is willing to have fun, play, read, do arts and crafts, and similar activities in families' homes
• You value communication with parents and coworkers
• You’re available at least two days per week to work 6 - 9 hour shifts between 7am - 7pm
• You have reliable transportation and a valid driver's license to commute to assignments
• You bring at least 1 year of day-to-day childcare experience
• You can provide our team with 3 references, 2 related to working with children, paid or unpaid, as well as 1 character reference
• You’re at least 18 years of age or older
• Reliability is important to you and families can depend on you

Here’s what you can expect:

• You’ll care for children in their homes
• You will never be required to drive/transport children
• Your only household duties will be common sense clean-up of your activities and meals with the child, no other household duties
• Your care will be for children of the ages for which you have previous experience. We serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers and early elementary ages. Highest demand for care for children under the age of 2!
• Variety as you engage children by providing safety and leading hands-on activities based on your observations of the children’s age-appropriate development

Working Conditions and Requirements:

• Work environment will be active, kid-centric and includes clean up of activities
• Part of each day may be spent outside, weather permitting, and will be active play

Essential Physical Requirements:

• Position involves regular lifting, bending, squatting, reaching and pushing
• Must be able to lift 35 pounds safely
• Must be able to get up from and down to the floor numerous times throughout the day
• Will need to be able to react quickly to certain situations
• May need to react to emergent situations in a calm, effective and safe manner

About us:
For more than 20 years, Jovie Nannies + Sitters has been a trusted partner for parents seeking childcare solutions from full or part-time nannies to fun-filled sitters to on-call backup childcare. Join us if you're ready for a rewarding journey! Jovie is all about community and purpose, providing nannies and sitters with training, resources, and support to boost their childcare skills and confidence. Jovie provides equal employment opportunities to all – we celebrate diversity!

Real Life Reviews:

“One of the best environments and people-group that I have ever worked for.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Google
“Jovie has great management and safe families.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Indeed
“This job has been a godsend as it got my foot in the door in the childcare industry and has sustained me living on my own.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Glassdoor