Part-Time Family Assistant & House Manager

Sage Haus•Cypress, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are a busy, warm, and motivated household of three in Cypress, TX, seeking a Part-Time Family Assistant & House Manager. This role is crucial for bringing ease and breathing room into our day-to-day lives, helping us return to home-cooked meals, a tidier home, and more mental space. We are looking for a proactive, organized, and energetic self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced household environment. The ideal candidate is a natural go-getter who can prioritize, take initiative, and enjoys getting things done. You should take pride in creating order, solving problems, and helping a busy household run smoothly. Experience with young children, meal planning, preparing healthy meals, and maintaining an organized kitchen is essential. We are looking for a trusted, reliable partner who will treat our home with care, take ownership of responsibilities, and become an essential part of helping our family thrive. This role also involves growing with us as our household needs evolve, including plans to grow our family.

Requirements

Maintain a smoke-free environment.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Reliable personal transportation and valid driver's license required.
CPR and First Aid certification required (willingness to obtain upon employment is acceptable).
Candidates are required to be up to date on recommended vaccinations in line with American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines (including COVID-19, Flu, and general childhood immunizations), subject to applicable legal accommodations.
Sharp, highly organized, flexible, energetic self-starter.
Thrives in a fast-paced household environment.
Natural go-getter who knows how to prioritize, take initiative, and enjoy simply getting things done.
Takes pride in creating order, solving problems, and helping a busy household run smoothly.
Enjoys working with kids and has relevant experience supporting young kids and family routines.
Enjoys meal planning, preparing healthy home-cooked meals, and trying new family-friendly recipes.
Trusted, reliable partner who treats our home with care, takes ownership of responsibilities, and becomes an essential part of helping our family thrive.
Proactive thinker who identifies problems early, communicates solutions and not just problems, makes thoughtful recommendations rather than waiting for instructions, can independently prioritize tasks and manage competing household needs.
Exceptionally organized with a natural gift for organization; builds systems that are easy to maintain and work long term.
Enjoys checklists, calendars, routines, labels and finding ways to make a household run more efficiently.
Strong attention to detail and takes pride in keeping things decluttered, organized, stocked, and running smoothly.
Comfortable using technology to work smarter (managing digital calendars, online ordering, AI tools, household management apps, researching solutions).
Quick to learn and embrace new systems.
Very familiar with resale platforms, particularly Poshmark, Facebook Marketplace, eBay, and more.
Comfortable photographing items, creating listings, researching pricing, managing listings, communicating in a timely fashion with buyers, coordinating pickups, shipping items, and helping turn household clutter into cash.
Worked with young children before — maybe in a daycare, early education, or family assistant role — and genuinely enjoys being around kids.
Capable of jumping into a game, helping with a learning activity, or supporting school-day routines when needed.
Enjoys meal planning, grocery shopping, and preparing simple, healthy, family-friendly meals.
Comfortable trying new recipes, maintaining an organized kitchen, and helping the family eat well.
Natural executor who enjoys turning family ideas into action.
Enjoys creating plans, organizing details, researching options, coordinating vendors, managing timelines, and following through on projects from start to finish.
Genuinely enjoys creating order, keeping a home running smoothly, and taking ownership of recurring responsibilities.
Finds satisfaction in maintaining systems, staying ahead of household needs, and ensuring that the countless details of daily life (laundry, cooking, errands, family logistics, child-related support, cleaning) are handled consistently and thoughtfully.
Comfortable taking a rough idea, creating a plan, researching options, coordinating logistics, and seeing projects through to completion.
Excited for the long-term opportunity to operate the household behind the scenes, reducing the family’s mental load, executing projects, maintaining systems, and helping bring ideas to life.

Nice To Haves

Occasional flexibility for date night coverage is appreciated.
Willingness to obtain CPR and First Aid certification upon employment is acceptable.

Responsibilities

Complete daily household resets in key living spaces, including the kitchen, family room, primary bedroom, closets, child's bedroom, and play areas.
Manage dishes, kitchen cleanup, vacuuming, surface wiping, and other routine household upkeep.
Tidy up toys, making beds, tidying clothing in closets.
Depending on season, tidy front porch and backyard patio.
Tidy up or prep for special events for week.
Perform laundry as needed.
Handle small household maintenance tasks.
Propose a weekly meal plan each Friday featuring healthy, family-friendly meals.
Perform grocery shopping on Mondays and Thursdays (online order pickup or in-store as needed).
Prepare and portion family lunches and dinners + healthy snacks for week and weekends; stored in glass containers and ready to heat.
Keep fridge and pantry organized and clean daily, as well as well-stocked.
Maintain kitchen cleanliness and organization throughout each shift.
Assist with morning school/daycare prep and drop-off and/or afternoon pick up for our preschool-aged son as needed.
Prepare school items, snacks, lunches, and daily essentials.
Provide occasional backup childcare during schedule changes, school closures, or childcare transitions.
Rotate toys and create engaging activity kits to support learning and play.
Support basic educational activities such as name writing practice, counting, and other age-appropriate learning.
Help maintain organized children's spaces, clothing, and supplies.
Wash, dry, fold, and put away laundry for the household.
Manage special garment care (hang dry items, identify delicates, proper sorting).
Rotate and launder bed linens weekly; remake beds.
Keep laundry areas tidy and well-stocked with supplies.
Manage and update the household Skylight calendar (i.e. school/work/social/HOA commitments, appointments, birthdays, travel).
Schedule appointments for all family members (hair, dental, medical, etc.).
Help source, schedule and coordinate service providers as needed.
Coordinate social plans — reach out to friends on behalf of the family to get things on the calendar.
Track birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and important family events and flag upcoming ones well in advance, with multiple reminders.
Develop a gift tracker based on recipient and events.
Support holiday, celebrations and special event gift planning, organization, wrapping, and mailing.
Manage household purchases, subscriptions, returns, etc. and track household receipts and expenses using the family credit card; assist with budget tracking.
Assist with travel planning, and logistics support as needed.
Coordinate family activities and social plans as needed.
Complete routine household errands, including grocery and other household supplies, returns at various stores, prescription pickups, post office visits, and other family household projects and needs.
Restock pantry, fridge, and household supplies as needed.
Manage household purchases.
Process returns, exchanges, and warranty claims as needed.
Handle mail and package management, including shipping, USPS drop-offs, and box breakdown.
Assist with holiday shopping, gift procurement, and seasonal purchasing.
Ship packages and holiday cards, especially during peak seasons.
Help declutter entire home one room at a time.
Organize closets, storage areas.
Create organizational systems (i.e. toy storage, pantry, craft area, drawers, nightstands, storage room, seasonal storage, and other household spaces).
Create and maintain labeling, storage, and inventory systems.
Separate items to be sold, donated, stored, or discarded (to be approved by family).
Assist with donations and sales of decluttered items.
Assist with household seasonal swaps (i.e. indoor and outdoor decor, clothing).
Prep home for monthly deep cleaner.
Create maintenance plans/systems for large home maintenance tasks.
Continuously identify opportunities to simplify and streamline household operations.
Photograph, research, price, and create listings for items on Poshmark, Facebook Marketplace, and similar platforms.
Manage buyer communications, negotiations, pickups, shipping, and tracking.
Maintain an organized inventory of items being sold.
Help convert unused household items into additional household income.
Assist with seasonal home decorating and creative household projects.
Assist with planning and execution of family events, holiday celebrations, neighborhood activities, and gatherings.
Coordinate vendors, supplies, timelines, logistics, and setup for projects and events.
Research ideas, gather quotes, source materials, and manage project details.
Help move household projects from concept to completion.
Coordinate/Schedule home service providers, particularly for reno projects.
Help research and obtain quotes for various services.
Serve as the on-site point person when contractors or service providers are present.
Tidy and maintain outdoor spaces: sweep the front porch and keep the patio ready for family use.
Support DIY projects and bring enthusiasm to tackling creative household improvements alongside the family.
Keep the family vehicle clean and organized; take to car wash as needed; track vehicle registration and insurance renewal dates.