House Butler

Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital; Chennai District; On-site; INR 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital invites a discreet Residence/Household Manager to oversee the principal's home in Chennai. You will manage staff, coordinate with the chef, organize events, serve drinks, and maintain inventories and wardrobes with attention to detail.

Role requires proactive, respectful service, hygiene compliance, and careful handling of personal belongings, travel packing, and pet care, ensuring privacy and smooth daily operations for the principals.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-security household or estate management.
• Ability to coordinate with a chef and service staff.
• Strong organizational and inventory skills.
• Discretion and respectful service to principals and guests.

Responsibilities

• Engage and supervise external contractors in the absence of the Residence/House Manager.
• Maintain harmony, high morale, and smooth operations in the household.
• Organize social/family events and care for guests and visitors.
• Serve wines and other drinks to principals and guests.
• Serve refreshments and meals as per instruction.
• Care for silver, china, Shisha and other specialist items.
• Ensure pets are fed, bathed, walked, and vaccines kept up to date.
• Coordinate with the Chef for snacks for kids on time.
• Maintain hygiene standards; wear head cap in kitchen/serving.
• Keep Principals wardrobe organized by color, hangers, folding.
• Keep coffee machine clean; manage capsules and mugs.
• Record daily lunch calories for the Principal.
• Keep gym and golf clothes/shoes clean and ready.
• Be proactive and discreetly assist Principal without intrusion.
• Maintain wine cellar; take weekly stock and update system.
• Prevent pilferage/breakage; report discrepancies to Manager.
• Maintain inventory of bathroom amenities; refill as needed.
• Handle packing/unpacking of Principal's clothes during travel.
• Inventory Principal belongings and toiletries; notify Residence Manager for orders.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Reports directly to Residence Manager or House Manager

Reports to duty on time and clocks in /out every day.

Ensuring the smooth running of a household and servicing of principals, kids and guests, and supervising others in the absence of Manager but also providing service.

• Engaging and overseeing outside contractors, service providers and suppliers, in the absence of Residence Manager or House Manager
• Ensuring efficiency, harmony, and high morale throughout the household
• Organizing of social and family events, caring for households guests and visitors
• Serving of wines and other drinks
• Serving of refreshments and meals
• Caring for silver, china, Shisha and other specialist items
• Ensuring the pets are well taken care by feeding, bathing, pet walk, and maintaining their vaccine records periodically.

Coordinates with Chef in planning and serving of snacks to kids in timely manner.

Maintain competent hygiene standard, wear head cap while entering the kitchen and serving of food to principal.

• Ensures the Principals wardrobe is maintained well with color code, clothes arranged in hangers, folded and organized.
• Ensures the coffee machine is clean, coffee capsules are in adequate supply, coffee mugs are placed in tray.
• Ensures the lunch calories for the Principal is maintained and recorded every day as per the instructions.

Makes sure the Gym cloths, Golf cloths and shoes are clean and kept ready for principals use.

• Be proactive and available at all times to assist to Principal needs without intruding the privacy in discreet manner
• Maintains the wine cellar and takes stock inventory of beverages weekly and updates in the system
• Ensures no pilferage or breakage of any household items and informs the Manager immediately on discrepancy

Maintains record/inventory of bathroom amenities of the principal and informs the Manager in case of discrepancy and refill

• Ensure packing and unpacking of principal clothes during travel is taken care.
• Ensure proper inventory of Principals personal belongings and toiletries are replenished. If any items need to be ordered, need to bring it to the attention of Residence Manager.

Contact: 9841762607

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