About the Role
A professional family in Soho, NYC, seeks an experienced, reliable, and proactive full-time nanny for two children, ages 10 months and 5 years. This live-out position requires a dependable nanny for a long-term commitment. The family values a poised, polished, and professional individual.
Responsibilities
- Provide attentive, loving, and developmentally appropriate care for both children
- Take primary responsibility for the children’s daily routines, schedules, and activities
- Plan and facilitate engaging activities, outings, and educational experiences
- Create opportunities for the 10-month-old to explore and develop through age-appropriate play, library visits, story time, walks, etc.
- Encourage the 5-year-old’s love of reading, imaginative play, crafts, and creative activities
- Support the 5-year-old’s early literacy and academic development
- Provide structure, boundaries, and consistency while maintaining a warm and positive environment
- Take initiative in identifying activities and opportunities in the neighborhood
- Manage both children comfortably and confidently when they are together
- Handle occasional school pickup on the Upper West Side
- Help with children's tidying and any laundry that remains after the weekly housekeeper's visit
- Partner with the parents around the children's growth and development
- Maintain a calm, organized, and professional presence in the home
Requirements
- Substantial experience caring for multiple children, ideally including infants and school-aged children
- Highly reliable and understands the importance of consistent attendance
- Comfortable carrying a growing baby
- Can navigate four flights of stairs with an active infant
- Creative and enjoys crafts, reading, imaginative play, and developmental activities
- Proactive and naturally takes initiative rather than waiting to be directed
- Can provide structure and age-appropriate boundaries
- Emotionally mature and confident
- Warm and engaging while maintaining a professional demeanor
- Comfortable working in a semi-formal/formal household
- Can serve as a positive role model for the children
- Genuine interest in children's growth and development
- First Aid and CPR certified
- Non-smoker
- Strong and physically capable of caring for an active infant
- Comfortable caring for two children simultaneously
- Excellent reliability and attendance
- Professional, polished presentation
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Comfortable using the subway/Uber for occasional school pickup
- No driving required
- Comfortable with occasional family travel, although travel is not required
- Comfortable working alongside parents who both have demanding full-time careers
- Must be comfortable with the family’s preference for appropriate language and manners around the children
Skills
- Childcare
- Infant care
- Toddler care
- School-aged child care
- Activity planning
- Educational support
- Routine management
- Communication
- Organization
- Problem-solving
- Initiative
- Professionalism
Location
- Soho, NYC
Work Type
- Full-time
- Live-out
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- College degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $55+/hour + overtime thereafter
Benefits
- Health insurance reimbursement
- Metrocard reimbursement
- 3 weeks paid vacation annually (2 weeks family-selected, 1 week nanny-selected)
- 5 paid sick days
- Federal holidays off (excluding Juneteenth)
About the Company
- A professional family based in Soho, NYC.
