Nanny

Marcilly Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier childcare recruitment agency based in London is seeking an energetic and experienced Nanny for a UHNW family. The ideal candidate should have previous experience in a private household and strong educational credentials. Responsibilities include supervising the children's activities, maintaining household organization, and planning educational outings. An ex-teacher would be a plus but is not a requirement. The role offers the flexibility of live-in or live-out arrangements.

Qualifications

• Must have worked as a nanny in an UHNW household before.
• Desire to stay in the role long term and demonstrate loyalty.
• Ideally has experience working in childhood education.

Responsibilities

• Supervise children’s activities and transportation.
• Plan engaging outdoor activities.
• Maintain a tidy household after playtime.
• Organise educational activities for school holidays.

Skills

Childcare experience

Strong communication skills

Creativity and imagination

Time management

Collaborative teamwork

Initiative

Education

A levels and above

Job description

Overview

Marcilly Recruitment’s client, an UHNW family based in Chelsea, is seeking an energetic and experienced Nanny to support their two children of prep school age. This can be a live-in or live-out position with separate accommodation provided, including bills etc.

The family are ideally seeking an ex-teacher, they would even consider an ex-teacher who hasn't worked as a nanny before.

The ideal nanny is someone fun, caring, flexible, adaptable and capable of providing structure and discipline for the children. The mother likes to be hands on with parenting, so they want someone who knows when to take a step back and can also use their initiative. The mother is super personable and warm, so she is looking for a nanny who she can have a good relationship with and can bounce ideas off. It is a collaborative working environment, but then also remembering that professional undertone and relationship.

The successful candidate must have worked as a nanny in an UHNW, private household before and demonstrated longevity with an employer. An ex-teacher would also be highly desirable to act as a governess for the children, but not a necessity.

The family are a young, dynamic family with extremely busy lives. They really look after their staff but in return they do want someone who is dedicated and puts the children first. The successful nanny must thrive working in a fast-paced environment with ever-changing plans and schedules.

Nanny Requirements

• The successful candidate must have worked as a nanny in an UHNW household and demonstrated a passion for looking after young children.
• A desire to stay in the role long term and demonstrable loyalty within previous roles.
• Strong educational grades (A levels and above) to enable them to act as a Governess. Ideally experience working in childhood education.
• Creativity and imagination are key, making playtime and education fun.
• Strong time management and computer literacy to manage the children’s admin, daily schedules, acting as a point of contact for their school etc.
• The ability to work as a collaborative team member in a fully staffed household.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbally – good grammar a must.
• A patient and caring person who is able to set boundaries with kindness

Nanny Responsibilities

• The principal likes to maintain a tidy household, however, understands that children will be children, so the nanny will ensure that following playtime, the residence is returned to its original state.
• Coordinating daily activities and supervising transportation to and from all engagements, playdates, appointments, classes, activities.
• The nanny must be prepared to plan fun and engaging activities to entertain the children, including lots of time outdoors.
• Housekeeping on behalf of the children (this doesn’t include laundry, but wardrobe management, playroom management etc).
• Organising and planning clubs for holidays, forward planning for future holidays.
• Liaise with team on any upcoming events.
• Organise gifts for upcoming children’s parties.
• Organise gifts, books, hampers etc for holidays or events.
• Check all children’s supplies and replace when required.
• Check school app daily - organise anything needed for school.
• Check household email daily and respond where required. Flag anything important to the team where relevant.
• Calendar management and organising any activities, play dates etc.
• Liaise with chef on menus – no allergies.
• Assisting with school pick up and drop off when necessary.
• Travel will be required with the role and all packing will be the nanny’s responsibility.
• The nanny should be prepared to organise educational activities for school holidays.
• The children both love to read so it is important for the nanny to ensure they have plenty of books to read, always keeping on top of new books that are coming out and reading with the children.
• Emotional and psychological learning.
• It is important for the nanny to socialise with other parents and nannies and is proactive in organising play dates for the children.

Marcilly Recruitment is a boutique, London based recruitment firm who specialise in business administrative support and private household recruitment.

Unfortunately, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond individually to each candidate. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within five working days then sadly your application has been unsuccessful.