HouseKeeper/ House Manager - Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY

HUM Home•New York, NY

4d•$30 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

A warm, busy family on the Upper West Side is looking for a hands-on, hardworking House Manager who takes real pride in a clean, organized, well-run home. The household includes two parents, three young children (ages 7, 5, and almost 2), a live-in nanny, and a large Goldendoodle. They are moving from a Manhattan apartment into a large multi-level home of roughly 7,500 square feet (5 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms) and need someone who can keep the entire house consistently clean, tidy, and running smoothly day to day. The family keeps a kosher kitchen and observes Shabbat. Experience in a kosher home is welcome, and they are glad to teach the right person. This is a hands-on role where the person in this position does the daily work themselves: cleaning, tidying, resets, and keeping the home in order across every floor. It is not a role centered on supervising other staff. The family is not planning to keep a separate daily housekeeper, so this person owns the day-to-day cleaning of the home. They are open to a separate person handling a weekly deep clean, though the right candidate may take that on as well.

Requirements

Hands-on daily cleaning across the whole home, to a high standard
Genuine initiative and follow-through
Non-smoker and scent-free
Discretion and confidentiality
Comfort with dogs and children
Strong private-home references
Flexibility as the household's needs evolve after the move
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

Experience in a kosher home is welcome

Responsibilities

Clean and tidy across the full multi-level home each day: surfaces, kitchen, bathrooms, common areas, and floors (vacuum and mop)
Perform daily resets, spot-checking each room and handling whatever needs attention, whether clutter, dishes, or items left out
Return items to their proper place and manage the flow of belongings between floors
Keep the front hall and entry consistently clear and welcoming
Maintain a thorough weekly deep clean of the home, room by room (this hire, or in coordination with a single weekly deep-clean person)
Perform a standing Friday deep clean before Shabbat, with a second deep-clean day mid-week (Monday or Tuesday)
Keep the kosher kitchen clean, reset, and organized, following the family's setup
Maintain pantry, refrigerator, and food-storage organization
Light meal preparation from the family's existing recipes, varying week to week, for example batch cooking or prepping vegetables, or finishing a meal when the parents are running late
Weekly grocery shop (primary store: Fairway), plus the add-on list the family sends each week
Restock household and cleaning supplies (typically via Amazon), holding simple minimum and maximum levels so the home never runs out
Keep a running list of what needs to be picked up or reordered
Basic laundry support
Walk the family's Goldendoodle midday (out by around 1:00 pm, roughly 30 to 40 minutes), with a possible shorter evening walk depending on hours
Handle grooming drop-offs and pickups
Occasional school pickups and activity coordination, roughly one to three days a week
Backup support for the nanny when needed
Work respectfully alongside the live-in nanny
Help set up for Shabbat, including table setting, light serving, and cleanup
Occasional Friday evening and Saturday afternoon hosting support, roughly twice a month each and more often in winter, always arranged in advance and typically confirmed by Wednesday
Help establish organization and household systems as the family settles into the new home in late summer, including unpacking and setting up storage
Coordinate the smaller vendor and service needs that fall outside the family's existing maintenance company