Become A Dream Au Pair

Mallplanet; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 8,200 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Job summary

Dream Au Pair in New Zealand is seeking an Au Pair to provide care and supervision for children, helping them learn and develop in a family setting.

You will work 20 to 45 hours per week, with duties including activities, meals, and school drop-offs/pickups. Position may involve sole charge or shared responsibility with parents, and requires engaging with children in a supportive home learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and supervision for children
• Create a learning and development environment
• Assist with activities, meals, and bedtime routines
• Assist with school and kindergarten drop-offs/pickups
• Perform light housekeeping related to children’s care

Job description

As an Au Pair in New Zealand, you will be required to work between 20 and 45 hours per week. Your Au Pair duties will be mostly related to the children, providing care, supervision and an environment for learning and development.

A Typical New Zealand Host Family

A typical Kiwi Host Family will have 2 or 3 children, most often aged between 1 and 12. Most Host Families live in detached 4 or 5 bedroom homes with a back garden where the children can play outdoors.

It’s typical for both Mum and Dad to go to work, though some Au Pairs will be in a parent help role where one parent is home much of the time. Families usually have 2 cars and will sometimes have a car just for the Au Pair’s use.

New Zealand Families are often sporty and enjoy spending time outdoors. They will often spend time together as a family in the weekends.

It is usual for Kiwi families to eat varied international foods. Hot meals are eaten in the evenings, often with all the family sitting down at the table together. Kiwis are well known as friendly and welcoming hosts.

As an Au Pair in New Zealand, you will be required to work between 20 and 45 hours per week. Your Au Pair duties will be mostly related to the children, providing care, supervision and an environment for learning and development. Either sole charge, where both parents are away at work, or a parent helper to share the workload, where there may be a new baby or multiple children to care for.

You can expect to play with and entertain children, attend the children’s activities and classes with them, drop off and pick up from school and kindergarten, cook or prepare snacks and meals for the children, bathe, dress, change and comfort the children.

Au Pairs enrolled in the Dream Education Programme will also be educating young children through play at home and will be expected to fully engage in all of the Education Programme requirements.

You will be responsible for tidying away toys at the end of the day, cleaning children’s bedrooms, playrooms and bathroom, changing their linen, doing children’s laundry, washing dishes and tidying the kitchen after use – all tasks which relate to the care and well-being of the children in your care.

Why use an agency?

By using an agency, you can avoid many of the potential issues you could face and just get on with having a fabulous time in New Zealand.

Some of the ways an agency can help:

• Reviewing Host Families applications and homes
• Providing a New Zealand Employment Contract
• Ensuring your Host Family home is safe and welcoming
• Providing an Education Programme licensed by the Ministry of Education
• Qualified teachers to support you in your care of children
• Police vetting of all Host Families
• Providing an Orientation where you will meet other Au Pairs who have also just arrived
• Regular coffee groups and social events where you can meet lots of other local Au Pairs
• Re-match policy if your initial placement is unsuccessfulEmergency bed if you need it
• Help with tax payments and tax refunds
• Weekly pay paid directly into your bank account

Dream Au Pair is New Zealand’s largest privately owned Au Pair Agency. It's our passion to place Au Pairs all over New Zealand.