HN393 - Nanny/Cook - Short Hills, NJ

British American Household Staffing•Short Hills, NJ

15h•$40 - $45•Onsite

About The Position

A family in Short Hills, NJ is seeking a dedicated, compassionate, and experienced full-time Morning Nanny and Family Cook to join their household. With three children, ages 8, 6 and 4, their family requires a nanny who can integrate into their daily routine and work collaboratively with the rest of their household staff to ensure comprehensive childcare coverage and support for the family. The role is Monday through Friday with childcare responsibilities. The schedule is 6:45am-2:45pm (on school days, requested to stay until 3:30pm and paid as overtime). The days involve getting the children ready for school and doing drop off, being available when they have days off of school and preparing family meals for the week. Infrequent earlier morning, evening and weekend work may be required to properly support the family. By engaging two full time nannies, they have created a child-care team to help support two working professionals. They ask that each nanny be available in the unexpected instances the other is sick to help provide back-up full coverage as needed. Thy also ask that time off requests should be made with as much advance notice as possible so they can coordinate with the other Nanny to provide coverage.

Requirements

Must be a licensed driver with a clean driving record; the candidate to hire will have use of a shared family car with insurance provided

Responsibilities

Waking the children in the morning and preparing them for school (dressed, brushing teeth, and hair)
Preparing breakfast for the children
Driving three children to school
Providing backup childcare if a child is homesick or out of school until the afternoon nanny arrives
Flexibility to provide additional childcare coverage in instances when the other nanny is sick or on vacation, to allow for the smooth running of the household and avoid disruption to the parents’ work schedules
Execute weekly menu plans provided by family
Sourcing and shopping for fresh ingredients
Preparing and cooking meals in-home/storing appropriately for multiple days when not onsite
Managing pantry inventory and stocking household food and staple items
Do light errands, welcome vendors, and drop off packages as needed.

Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO): 10 days annually (5 days after the fourth month, 5 days after the eighth month)
One week at the nanny’s discretion with advance notice
One week coordinated with the family
Sick Leave Up to 40 hours per year as per NJ State law (1 hour accrued for every 30 hours worked)
Paid Federal Holidays 7 days (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)
Pantry access with family-covered grocery expenses
Use of a family car for children’s transportation (insurance and gas covered)
Mileage reimbursement at the current IRS standard rate for use of personal vehicle for family-related duties
Overnight accommodations when necessary (private bedroom)
Overtime Compensation: 1.5x hourly rate for work over 40 hours per week
1.5x hourly rate for overnight responsibilities beyond 40 hours per week
Emergency Coverage Rare overnight stay requests, compensated accordingly