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About the Role
Seeking a Household Manager & Family Assistant to provide childcare, meal prep, and household support for a busy family of three plus a dog in Brooklyn. This role involves managing daily routines, ensuring the home runs smoothly, and becoming a trusted, long-term presence in the family's life.
Responsibilities
- Provide childcare, including supervision, homework support, and preparing backpacks, clothing, and snacks.
- Manage family transportation needs, including school and activity drop-offs/pick-ups.
- Prepare healthy family dinners 2-3 times per week and healthy snacks for the child.
- Perform grocery shopping and kitchen clean-up.
- Wash, fold, and organize laundry, including ironing and steaming special garments.
- Create and maintain household organization systems, including daily resets and light tidying.
- Manage household inventory, restock supplies, and handle errands such as returns, dry cleaning, and gift shopping.
- Handle mail and package management, and break down boxes.
- Maintain awareness of the family calendar and provide reminders.
- Track receipts and budget for household expenses.
- Coordinate child appointments.
- Oversee cleaners, contractors, and vendors, and research/coordinate repairs.
- Undertake organizational projects and occasional deep cleaning tasks.
- Provide pet care, including feeding, walks, administering medication, and maintaining pet supplies.
- Offer flexibility for dog sitting during family travel.
- Provide date night coverage approximately once per week.
Requirements
- Maintain a smoke-free environment.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
- CPR and First Aid certified, or willing to obtain prior to start.
- Experience supporting a busy household, family, or similar environment.
- Comfortable balancing childcare and family support with hands-on household responsibilities.
- Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to create effective systems.
- Warm, responsible, and genuinely enjoys being around children and dogs.
- Clear communication skills, comfortable asking for direction when needed, and able to work independently.
- Dependable and punctual, with proactive and respectful communication for unexpected issues.
- Seeking a long-term position.
- Comfortable with a ramp-up period.
- Possess a positive attitude, good judgment, and a genuine desire to make the family's life easier.
Skills
- Childcare
- Meal preparation
- Household management
- Organization
- Time management
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving
- Initiative
- Dependability
- Punctuality
- Pet care
- Laundry management
- Grocery shopping
- Errand running
- Calendar management
- Budget tracking
- Vendor coordination
- Research
- Coordination
Location
- Brooklyn, NY 11201
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Long-term position preferred
- Prior experience in vendor/property oversight is a plus, but not required
Salary/Compensations
- $38 - $42 per hour
Benefits
- W-2 employment
About the Company
- We are a family of three, plus one beloved doodle, based in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
- Both parents work full-time.
- We are hardworking but laid-back, with a straightforward communication style and a lot of respect for the people who work with us.
- We’re looking for someone who wants to stay for the long term.