Household Manager w/ Childcare Focus
About The Position
We are a busy, close-knit family of four with two school-age children and a friendly dog. We are looking for a Household Manager with a Childcare Focus to provide support in managing the household and ensuring our children feel supported, connected, and able to enjoy their childhood. The ideal candidate will take ownership of day-to-day responsibilities, creating a calm, organized, and well-cared-for home environment. This role is crucial for allowing the parents to focus on quality family time rather than household chores. The position involves managing daily resets, laundry, coordinating childcare, running errands, preparing meals and school lunches, and maintaining overall household organization. We seek someone who genuinely enjoys creating ease for a family, is warm with children, proactive, and takes pride in anticipating needs.
Requirements
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
- Maintain a smoke-free environment
- Reliable transportation with clean driving record; comfortable driving children
- Comfort with dog
- CPR and First Aid certified or willingness to obtain
- 2+ years of experience as house manager, family assistant, nanny, or similar role
- Strong understanding of school-aged child development and age-appropriate activities
Nice To Haves
- Occasional overnight childcare
Responsibilities
- Afternoon pickup from the bus and transportation to after-school activities in family car
- Supervision, including homework and fun, creative activities, coordinate play dates when appropriate, keeping engaged and off screens
- Reinforce household routines, chore systems, and daily habits
- Flexibility to come in early or stay late for a weekly date night
- Kid-related errands
- Prep backpacks, clothing, snacks for school
- Create and maintain household organization systems
- Daily resets and tidying: dishes, surface wipe-downs, vacuuming high-traffic areas
- Preparing the home ahead of weekly cleaning visits and coordinating with cleaners on any gaps
- Seasonal swaps of clothing, organize hand-me-downs
- Prepare and coordinate donation drop-offs
- Packing and unpacking for travel
- Indoor plant care
- Cook healthy dinner for kids 5x/week and incorporate them into the selection and preparation process
- Prep healthy dinner for parents 2-3x/week
- Prep/order school lunches 5x/week
- Supplement auto-delivery grocery orders with targeted shopping trips
- Kitchen clean-up and maintenance
- Manage household supply lists and restocking of pantry, fridge, and household supplies
- Returns, dry cleaning drop-off, gift shopping
- Ad-hoc errands
- Mail and package handling
- Breakdown boxes
- Wash, fold, organize family laundry
- Organize kids’ closets and drawers as necessary, incorporate them in process to follow
- Ironing/steaming and special garment care
- Maintain tidy and well stocked laundry areas
- Schedule vehicle maintenance
- Fueling, cleaning, and organizing vehicles
- Track registration and insurance
- Feed dog when we are not home
- Walk dog for approx. 30 minutes approximately twice weekly when family is not home during the day
- Grooming scheduling
- Maintain pet supplies
- Occasional deep cleans of fridge, oven, baseboards
- Refresh garage, mudroom, entryway
- Clean humidifiers/air purifiers
- Occasional organizational projects (toys, closets, etc.)
- Manage outdoor spaces (reset, tidy, cover outdoor furniture before rain, etc.)
- Notify family of any observations needing tending to (repairs needed, etc.)
- Calendar management of household schedules via Skylight
- Event and appointment coordination for kids
- Receipt/budget tracking for expenses incurred as Household Manager
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
