About the Role
A private Manhattan family seeks an experienced live-in weekend nanny for their two young children (six months and three years). The schedule is Friday 8:00 a.m. to Monday 8:00 a.m., with an immediate start preferred. The nanny will have periods of sole and shared responsibility, with opportunities for extended breaks. The family values unstructured play and seeks someone calm, intuitive, and proactive who can manage a busy household and travel with them occasionally.
Responsibilities
- Provide attentive and developmentally appropriate care for both children
- Manage morning, nap, evening and bedtime routines
- Handle overnight wakings, including when a child is unwell
- Prepare meals and snacks for the children
- Complete child-related tidying and organization
- Manage Friday preschool drop-off and pickup
- Work comfortably in both sole-charge and shared-care settings
- Accompany the family on occasional weekend trips
- Assume full proxy-parenting responsibility when the parents travel without the children
Requirements
- Minimum of ten years of professional nanny experience
- Fluent English
- Current infant and child CPR and first-aid certification
- Excellent, verifiable professional references
- Willingness to work the full live-in weekend schedule and remain on call overnight
- Willingness to travel occasionally
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Strong infant, preschool and sibling experience
- Previous live-in and overnight childcare experience
- Excellent judgment and the ability to remain composed under pressure
- Proactive and confident working independently
- Intuitive awareness of family dynamics and appropriate professional boundaries
- Driving and swimming abilities preferred
- Hindi language skills are a plus
Skills
- Infant care
- Preschool care
- Sibling care
- Live-in childcare
- Overnight childcare
- CPR certified
- First-aid certified
- Driving
- Swimming
- Hindi language
Location
- Manhattan
Work Type
- Live-in
- Weekend
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of ten years of professional nanny experience
Salary/Compensations
- $700+ per day
Benefits
- Generous health insurance stipend
About the Company
- A private Manhattan family
