Full Time, Live Out, Family PA, Potten End, Hertfordshire

A fabulous Family PA role has become available for an experienced person to look after a friendly family of four: two full-time working parents and two happy children, a girl aged 14 and a boy aged 10. The family live in Potten End, Hertfordshire. The children are looking for an intelligent, proactive and friendly person, who will help keep them organised and entertained.

You will be required to work Monday-Friday, with the main childcare requirement being before and after school, with household duties during the day. In the school holidays, the childcare element of the role will increase. There will be plenty of downtime during term time when the children are at school, but the family like to contract the full hours, to allow for flexibility (children off sick, school holidays, etc). There will also be times when the parents need to be away for work, so an overnight stay would be required. This would be agreed in advance and paid as overtime.

As well as engaging with the children in their hobbies and interests, working with the children to help with homework, encouraging good manners, behaviour and healthy eating will also be part of the childcare role. During term time, you will be responsible for the school runs and ensuring the children have everything they need for school each day (sports kit, school uniform, etc). In the school holidays, there will be time to have fun days out with the children, picnics, walks, bowling, cinema, trips to the zoo, meeting up with their friends, etc. Sometimes it will be as simple as sitting with them while they watch TV or read a book!

The family employ a cleaner three days each week, who also does the family laundry. In addition to childcare, duties include:

1. Family friendly cooking (homemade as often as possible)
2. Keeping the house running smoothly between cleans
3. Keeping the children’s areas tidy and organised
4. Overseeing grocery shopping (planning meals, placing orders, unloading food, buying extras)
5. Running errands (dry cleaning, post office, present shopping, etc)
6. Managing household and school admin (organising tradesmen, paying bills, getting and comparing quotes, booking restaurants, researching activities)
7. Keeping on top of infrequent jobs such as holiday packing and spring tidies

The ideal candidate will be proactive, energetic, and a competent cook, as well as a strong communicator so that everyone knows what’s going on. You should be a careful and confident driver (with a clean licence, and your own fully insured car) for school runs, activities and household errands. Duty mileage will be reimbursed.

The family is looking for someone who is self-motivated, with lots of common sense and would like to muck in and become part of the friendly family. The candidate will be a warm, honest and fun person who is pleasant to have around.

If this sounds like something you would enjoy, please apply below.

Location of the job: Potten End, Hertfordshire
Minimum experience Level for this job: Three years
Details of any training needed for this job: Enhanced DBS (update) and Paediatric First Aid
Details of any qualifications needed for this job: None, but experience working in a home essential
Days required: Monday to Friday
Contracted hours: Flexible hours, to include one four hour babysit each week
Pets in the home: Yes – one cat
Driving required: Yes – own car required. Duty mileage reimbursed
Job Start Date: ASAP
Pay: £50,000 gross per annum / mutually agreed overtime to be paid at £17 gross per hour
This is a permanent job

Full Name of Employment Agency: Harlyn Services Limited T/A Harmony at Home Hertfordshire
Contact details: Jo – 01707-444240 / jo@harmonyathome.co.uk
Please apply via the ‘Apply for job’ button. This job has an ID code of: 852594

For all roles with children and the vulnerable, you must have an up-to-date enhanced eDBS certificate which is registered on the update service, a 12 hour Paediatric First Aid Certificate and a minimum of two professional referees who are happy for you to share their contact details to our recruiters. One of your references must be your current or last employer and both references must be immediately contactable. We also recommend that you have appropriate personal insurance.

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