About the Role
A warm, thoughtful Upper East Side family seeks a full-time nanny to join their established caregiving team and support their growing household. This is a collaborative role within a shared-care environment, focused on creating a calm, loving, and well-supported atmosphere for children ranging from infancy through early elementary, with a new baby expected. The family values teamwork, patience, and open communication, seeking a career nanny for a long-term position.
Responsibilities
- Provide attentive, developmentally appropriate care for young children within a collaborative caregiving team.
- Help maintain consistent routines, structure, and a calm daily rhythm.
- Support school transitions, meals, bedtime routines, and other key parts of the day.
- Foster children's emotional, social, and cognitive development through engaging, play-based learning.
- Encourage independence, kindness, good manners, and age-appropriate responsibility.
- Prepare simple children's meals and assist with child-related laundry, organization, and tidying.
- Use quieter portions of the day proactively to prepare for busy transitions and maintain children's spaces.
- Communicate effectively with parents and fellow caregivers to ensure continuity of care.
- Travel with the family as needed.
Requirements
- Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
- Strong swimmer.
- Comfortable traveling domestically and internationally with the family.
- Willing to provide overnight coverage Wednesday and Thursday (private accommodations provided).
- Legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Outstanding professional references and ability to pass a background check.
Skills
- Experience supporting multiple children or larger family dynamics is strongly preferred.
- Deep knowledge of child development and age-appropriate milestones.
- Calm, patient, emotionally regulated, and naturally nurturing.
- Confident setting healthy boundaries with warmth and consistency.
- Strong communicator who enjoys working as part of a collaborative household team.
- Career nanny seeking a long-term position with one family.
- Early Childhood Education background or related coursework is a plus.
Location
- Upper East Side
Work Type
- Full-time
- Overnight coverage required
Experience Level
- Career nanny seeking a long-term position
Education Level
- Early Childhood Education background or related coursework is a plus.
Salary/Compensations
- $40/hour, plus applicable overtime.
- Guaranteed 54 hours per week.
- Overnight stipend.
- Expected annual compensation of approximately $126,880.
Benefits
- Private bedroom and bathroom provided for overnight stays.
- Paid time off.
- Health insurance stipend.
- OMNY transit stipend.
About the Company
- A warm, thoughtful Upper East Side family is seeking a full-time nanny to join their established caregiving team and help support their growing household.
- The household includes young children ranging from infancy through early elementary school, with a new baby expected later this year.
- The parents are highly involved, kind, and deeply invested in raising emotionally secure, respectful children.
- The family travels throughout the year.
- Above all, the family hopes to find a career nanny looking for a long-term home.
- This is a great opportunity for someone who loves working with children, values teamwork, and wants to grow with one family for many years.
