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About the Role

A principal in the West Village, NYC, seeks a top-tier housekeeper to manage a private residence. This long-term role offers the chance to maintain an exceptional home, with a secondary residence in CA. Flexibility in schedule, including early morning and late evening shifts, is key. The principal is eager to hire the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Comfortable working on a housekeeping team
• Working closely with the principal and other household staff
• Maintaining the highest personal standards
• Reinforcing household procedures
• Maintaining quality-control standards
• Fostering a positive, collaborative work environment
• Complete hands-on housekeeping
• Expert laundry and wardrobe care
• Occasionally preparing a light breakfast and supporting the private chef with food presentation, service, and cleanup
• Preparing guest accommodations
• Overseeing household inventories
• Maintaining household supplies
• Receiving deliveries, coordinating returns
• Ensuring the residence is always impeccably prepared
• Packing and unpacking luggage for travel
• Coordinating dry cleaning and tailoring
• Maintaining the principal's wardrobe
• Preparing the residence before and after travel
• Anticipating the principal's daily needs with minimal direction
• Acting as the operational eyes and ears of the residence
• Recognizing maintenance concerns before they become larger issues
• Coordinating qualified service providers appointments
• Scheduling preventative maintenance
• Ensuring every aspect of the home continues to function at the highest level
• Maintain preventative maintenance schedules
• Assist with organizing seasonal maintenance and ongoing household improvement projects
• Demonstrate hospitality and flexibility to accommodate the principal's schedule, travel, guests, entertaining, and special events.

Requirements

• Must be legal to work in the US
• A calm, positive demeanor with the ability to adapt as household priorities evolve
• Extensive experience working in high-end, luxury private residences
• Exceptional housekeeping and laundry skills
• Expert wardrobe and fine fabric care
• Strong organizational and household management abilities
• Ability to anticipate household needs and solve problems independently
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfort using smartphones, tablets, calendars, and household management software
• Experience working with high-profile, public-facing, or ultra-high-net-worth principals preferred
• Absolute discretion, sound judgment, and an unwavering commitment to confidentiality
• Flexible availability, with the ability to adjust hours as needed
• Experience working in technologically sophisticated homes is highly desirable
• Comfortable operating Crestron and Lutron home automation systems
• Comfortable operating Lutron smart lighting and automated shade controls
• Comfortable operating whole-home audio, video, and entertainment systems, including Apple TV, AirPlay, distributed speaker systems, and integrated AV controls
• Comfortable operating premium residential appliances, including Sub-Zero, Wolf, Miele, Gaggenau, and similar luxury brands

Skills

• Housekeeping
• Laundry care
• Wardrobe care
• Food preparation support
• Inventory management
• Household supply management
• Delivery receiving
• Return coordination
• Luggage packing/unpacking
• Dry cleaning coordination
• Tailoring coordination
• Maintenance scheduling
• Household organization
• Problem-solving
• Communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Household management software usage
• Home automation system operation
• Smart lighting operation
• Automated shade control operation
• Audio/video system operation
• Appliance operation

Location

• West Village, NYC
• CA

Work Type

• Full-time
• Early morning shifts
• Late evening shifts

Experience Level

• Extensive experience working in high-end, luxury private residences
• Experience working with high-profile, public-facing, or ultra-high-net-worth principals preferred
• Experience working in technologically sophisticated homes is highly desirable

Salary/Compensations

• $55-60/hr+

Benefits

• Full, comprehensive benefits package