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About the Role
Seeking an exceptional and energetic House Manager for a wonderful family in the West Village. This full-time role requires strong leadership, delegation, and autonomous project management skills. The ideal candidate is solution-oriented, efficient, and ready to take initiative to improve household operations. The position is available to start immediately.
Responsibilities
- Manage repairs, upkeep, and vendors for 4 homes
- Manage household spending, reducing waste and aligning with principals' priorities
- Identify and vet trustworthy vendors, leveraging existing resources if available
- Oversee household supplies, coordinating restocking with other staff
- Manage inventory of clothing, including packing and unpacking with housekeeper support
- Lead and manage part-time and full-time household staff in a supportive manner
- Provide calendar management as needed
- Assist with personal shopping, gift buying, and gift wrapping
- Plan and supervise home entertainment, parties, dinners, and events
- Recruit, train, and oversee household staff
- Manage the purchasing, stocking, and organizing of household items and groceries
- Assist with general dog care, including house/pet sitting and scheduling vet appointments
Requirements
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs
- Pet-friendly with no pet allergies
- Professional demeanor and ability to handle confidential information discreetly
- Empathetic and able to remain calm in high-pressure situations
- Ability and desire to foster a safe, supportive environment with cultural collaboration, communication, and mutual support
Skills
- Good leadership skills
- Ability to delegate and collaborate
- Ability to work confidently on a variety of projects autonomously
- Solution-oriented
- High energy
- Works quickly
- Operations-focused experience
- Confidence to take initiative to improve processes
- Flexibility
- Efficiency
- Hardworking
- Self-starter
- Willingness to learn
- Good taste and understanding of beautiful homes
- Understanding of closet and delicate item care
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Proficiency with common chat and voice applications, email, spreadsheet software, productivity software, photo documentation
- Familiarity with Google Suite, Notion, Savant, WhatsApp, and Slack
- Excellent collaboration skills
- Flexibility to help get the job done without being rigid
- Proper social etiquette
- Ability to read the room
Location
- West Village
- East Hampton
- Two out of state homes
Work Type
- Full-time
- On-site
- Minimal travel
Experience Level
- Based on experience
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive
Benefits
- Full benefits including health, vision, and dental