Part-Time House Manager/Family Assistant

Sage Haus•Huntington Woods, MI

11d•$30 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

A part-time House Manager / Family Assistant is sought for a busy two-career household in Huntington Woods, Michigan, with two school-aged children and two cats. The role supports the family’s daily logistics and household operations, helping keep schedules, meals, errands, and home responsibilities organized. The family values proactive thinking, flexibility, clear communication, sound judgment, confidentiality, and a warm, steady approach with children. One child benefits from support related to ADHD, executive functioning, and emotional regulation. The position is 16–22 hours per week, approximately 4–5 weekdays, with core hours around 2:00–6:00 PM and some flexibility for the right candidate. Flexibility may be needed when one or both parents travel. Responsibilities vary with family needs and include child transportation and organization, meal and grocery support, household resets, laundry, pet care, calendar and administrative support, errands, and coordinating home maintenance and vendors. Maintenance, vendor management, vehicle needs, administrative support, and special projects are handled as time allows. Compensation is $30–$35 per hour. The position offers accrued paid time off, paid designated holidays that fall on a regularly scheduled workday, and sick leave. The start date is ASAP. Applicants should submit a short introduction letter, an updated resume, and three professional references with current contact information. Employment is contingent on successfully completing a background check.

Requirements

Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Be up to date on recommended vaccinations in line with American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, subject to applicable legal accommodations.
Have reliable personal transportation, a valid driver's license, and a safe driving record.
Be familiar with ADHD, neurodivergence, executive-function challenges, and emotional regulation, and engage with children patiently and calmly.
Demonstrate a high level of discretion and trustworthiness.
Be able to navigate a split-level home and lift up to 30 lbs for groceries, laundry, deliveries, and household tasks.
Be able to maintain a smoke-free environment.
Be highly organized, proactive, flexible, and comfortable taking initiative and solving problems.
Communicate proactively and concisely and exercise sound judgment.
Be comfortable with household apps, shared calendars, school platforms such as Canvas, and managing subscriptions and accounts.
Be comfortable connecting with older children without being controlling, and respond to difficult moments with patience, empathy, consistency, and emotional steadiness.

Nice To Haves

CPR/First Aid certification.
Fragrance-free.

Responsibilities

Coordinate afternoon school pick-ups, activity drop-offs, carpools, and alternate transportation, including communicating with other parents or trusted drivers.
Provide local school pick-up for one child approximately 3–4 times per week, occasional pick-ups for the other child, and variable afterschool activity transportation.
Help children stay organized and prepared for school by maintaining systems for backpacks, assignments, permission slips, lunchboxes, snacks, routines, transportation, and upcoming responsibilities.
Monitor school apps for deadlines and missing assignments and provide proactive reminders and updates to parents.
Provide age-appropriate homework and executive-function support for the younger child while encouraging independence.
Coordinate trusted evening or overnight childcare when both parents are traveling or committed, or be open to providing that childcare as needed.
Handle occasional child-related errands, including gifts, clothing, school supplies, and other school-related needs.
Perform routine household resets, including loading and unloading the dishwasher, cleaning kitchen surfaces, and keeping common areas orderly.
Create and maintain practical organizational systems for frequently used household items and spaces.
Coordinate with the weekly housekeeper and prepare the home for deeper cleaning.
Handle guest-room preparation and other light household setup; water indoor plants; maintain kitchen appliances as needed; and take out trash, compost, and recycling.
Manage routine grocery shopping, including maintaining the grocery list, shopping in-store or online, putting groceries away, and keeping staple items stocked.
Maintain organized inventory of pantry items, household supplies, laundry products, and other essentials, and proactively replenish items.
Manage recurring subscriptions, deliveries, and automatic orders, including meal services and household products; handle occasional household returns.
Prepare approximately 3–4 easy adult lunches and 3 family dinners per week, accommodating vegetarian, meat-based, and health-conscious preferences.
Wash and prepare fresh produce after grocery shopping, maintain an organized refrigerator and pantry, and clean the kitchen after meal preparation.
Wash and dry household laundry as it accumulates, fold when time allows, and keep the laundry area tidy and stocked.
Feed and provide water for the family's two cats, clean litter boxes and periodically change litter, and maintain pet-supply inventory.
Schedule and transport cats to veterinary or other pet appointments, coordinate pet-sitting coverage when the family travels, and administer prescribed medication and coordinate refills or delivery.
Establish and manage a shared family calendar covering parents’ work travel, school schedules, activities, appointments, transportation, and household commitments.
Proactively communicate schedule changes, coverage gaps, conflicts, appointments, and upcoming priorities.
Sort and manage household mail, packages, deliveries, and routine paperwork.
Assist at the parents’ direction with prescription management, mail-order setup, preauthorizations, and routine health-insurance follow-up.
Manage household apps, subscriptions, accounts, passwords, and basic technology needs.
Make straightforward travel reservations after the family determines the destination and itinerary, and assist with travel preparation, including children's packing and household, pet, or cottage arrangements.
Provide concise communication during the day as needed and, once routines are established, a simple end-of-day recap.
Maintain a household maintenance calendar and monitor routine needs such as HVAC, air purifiers, filters, batteries, light bulbs, and smoke detectors.
Identify routine household maintenance needs, research and schedule repairs and service providers, oversee work, and update the parents.
Coordinate recurring vendors, including landscapers, garden maintenance, pest control, house cleaning, and other household service providers.
Provide light upkeep of patios and walkways, including occasional leaf blowing and tidying weeds around walkways.
Serve as a virtual point of contact for the family’s seasonal cottage, communicating with property or rental management and coordinating supplies or household needs before visits.
Coordinate periodic vehicle washing, interior cleaning, and scheduled maintenance, and track routine vehicle maintenance.
As regular responsibilities allow, tackle household organization and decluttering projects, beginning with the home office; sort papers, files, electronics, office supplies, and household items for filing, donation, recycling, or disposal.