Private Household Manager (Family Operations & Special Needs Support)

Sage Haus • Cincinnati, OH

20h • Onsite

About The Position

This part-time role (15-20 hours per week) focuses on supporting a lively, faith-based family of six with four children. The Private Household Manager will be responsible for ensuring the household runs smoothly day-to-day, with a primary focus on childcare and after-school support, meal preparation, household organization, and managing errands. The ideal candidate is proactive, adaptable, trustworthy, and enjoys engaging with children. This position requires someone who can confidently manage the household while parents work full-time, contributing to a calm and ordered home environment. Success in this role means the home feels calmer and more organized, children are cared for and engaged, weekly meal prep is completed, household errands are handled proactively, and parents have more time to focus on family.

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Able to maintain a smoke-free and vape-free environment.
• Reliable transportation and a clean driving record required.
• Experience supporting verbal and active autistic children.
• Up to date on recommended vaccinations in line with American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines (including Tdap, MMR, Hepatitis A/B, COVID-19, and annual influenza), subject to applicable legal accommodations.

Nice To Haves

• CPR and first aid certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Childcare and After-School Support: School pickup and drop-off as needed, after-school supervision on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons, backpack, clothing, and snack preparation, kid-related errands including timely prescription pickups, manage school lunch prep.
• Meal Support: Weekly bulk cooking block of approximately 5 hours for dinners and lunches for the full week for a family of six, hand-washing good cookware, prepping healthy snacks, kitchen clean-up and maintenance following cooking sessions.
• Household Organization & Maintenance: Daily resets and preparing the home before the cleaning team arrives, light tidying (dishes, surfaces, vacuuming high-traffic areas, kitchen counters), creating and maintaining household organization systems, seasonal clothing, décor, and sports gear swaps, donation coordination and drop-offs, packing and unpacking for family travel, replacing batteries, light bulbs, and smoke detectors, reordering and replacing water filters, outdoor upkeep (clearing yard toys, sweeping porch, managing patio cushions).
• Inventory & Errands: Restocking pantry, fridge, and household supplies; maintaining a shared document, managing household orders and subscriptions, returns, dry cleaning, and gift shopping, mail and package handling, unpacking and putting away delivery orders.
• Deep Cleaning & Special Projects: Quarterly deep resets of kids' rooms, basement reorganization, refreshing the mudroom, entryway, and sports storage areas, coordinating deep cleaning tasks with the cleaning team.
• Laundry & Linen Care: Managing kids on their designated laundry day, including individual sheets and pillowcases, ironing, steaming, and care for special garments, rotating family room blankets and parents' bedding and towels, keeping the laundry area tidy and well-stocked.
• Vendor & Property Oversight: Researching repair options and presenting them to the family, seasonal outdoor maintenance.
• Administrative & Family Assistant Support: Maintaining the shared family Google Calendar, updating the kitchen dry-erase calendar, scheduling kids' and parents' appointments, event and holiday prep on an as-needed basis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed