KS1076 - Full-Time Housekeeper - Los Angeles, CA

British American Household Staffing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + benefits

Job summary

British American Household Staffing seeks a top-tier housekeeper for a private principal with residences in New York City and Los Angeles. This full-time role requires discretion, flawless presentation, and a calm, proactive approach to keep the home guest-ready.

You will manage hands-on housekeeping, laundry, wardrobe care, and occasional light breakfast support for the private chef. You’ll coordinate deliveries, oversee inventories, and liaise with service providers to maintain the residence

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in luxury private residences.
• Excellent English written and spoken.
• Ability to anticipate needs and adapt to changing priorities.
• Flexible availability for travel-related support as needed.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on housekeeping and exceptional laundry/wardrobe care.
• Occasionally preparing light breakfast and supporting the private chef with food presentation and cleanup.
• Overseeing household inventories and coordinating deliveries/returns.
• Maintaining house procedures and quality-control standards.
• Liaising with service providers and scheduling preventative maintenance.

Skills

English fluency

High-end residence experience

Laundry & wardrobe care

Organizational skills

Proactive problem solving

Discretion & confidentiality

Tools

Crestron home automation

Lutron lighting

Whole-home audio/video

Smartphones & calendars

House-management software

Job description

Overview

A busy principal in Los Angeles is seeking a top-notch housekeeper to keep the home running and always guest-ready. This is a rare long-term opportunity to join a household that takes pride in maintaining an exceptional private residence. The main residence is in NYC, and there is a second home in CA. The role does NOT require travel. The principal is ready to hire upon finding the right person.

Responsibilities

• Comfortable working on a housekeeping team
• Working closely with the principal and other household staff
• Maintaining the highest personal standards for yourself
• Reinforcing household procedures
• Maintaining quality-control standards
• Fostering a positive, collaborative work environment where everyone takes pride in their work.
• Complete hands-on housekeeping
• Expert laundry and wardrobe care
• Occasionally preparing a light breakfast and supporting the private chef with food presentation, service, and cleanup as needed.
• Preparing guest accommodations
• Overseeing household inventories
• Maintaining household supplies
• Receiving deliveries, coordinating returns
• Ensuring the residence is always impeccably prepared before it's needed
• Packing and unpacking luggage for travel
• Coordinating dry cleaning and tailoring
• Maintaining the principal's wardrobe
• Preparing the residence before and after travel
• Anticipating the principal's daily needs with minimal direction
• Operational eyes and ears of the residence
• Recognizing maintenance concerns before they become larger issues
• Coordinating qualified service providers' appointments
• Scheduling preventative maintenance
• Ensuring every aspect of the home continues to function at the highest level.
• Maintain preventative maintenance schedules.
• Assist with organizing seasonal maintenance and ongoing household improvement projects.
• Hospitality-minded professional who understands that while the schedule is generally Monday through Friday, private households occasionally require flexibility to accommodate the principal's schedule, travel, guests, entertaining, and special events.

Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the US
• A calm, positive demeanor with the ability to adapt as household priorities evolve
• Extensive experience working in a high-end, luxury private residence
• Exceptional housekeeping and laundry skills
• Expert wardrobe and fine fabric care
• Strong organizational and household management abilities
• Ability to anticipate household needs and solve problems independently
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfort using smartphones, tablets, calendars, and household management software
• Experience working with high-profile, public-facing, or ultra-high-net-worth principals preferred
• Absolute discretion, sound judgment, and an unwavering commitment to confidentiality
• Flexible availability, with the ability to adjust hours as needed to accommodate the principal's schedule, guests, entertaining, travel, and special events
• Experience working in technologically sophisticated homes is highly desirable.
• Candidates should be comfortable operating:
  • Crestron and Lutron home automation systems
  • Lutron smart lighting and automated shade controls
  • Whole-home audio, video, and entertainment systems, including Apple TV, AirPlay, distributed speaker systems, and integrated AV controls
  • Premium residential appliances, including Sub-Zero, Wolf, Miele, Gaggenau, and similar luxury brands

Salary and Benefits

The family is offering a competitive salary, depending on experience, with a full, comprehensive benefits package.