AddressJob Description
We are a happy, busy family of four with two adults and two children who are in preschool and grade 3, five days a week, and they are home during school holidays (10 weeks in December/January, 2 weeks in April, 3 weeks in July, 2 weeks in September). We have a son and a daughter and we are looking for someone who doesn’t (whether secretly or obviously) have a preference for girls over boys or boys over girls. We want to find someone who just loves kids regardless of age or gender, and who enjoys helping with light housekeeping and home tidying and organisation.
Your Duties
We live in the suburb of Isaacs, which is a 5 minute drive to The Canberra Hospital and a 5 minute drive to the Westfield Woden shopping centre (which has a cinema, food court, supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, bakeries, department stores, specialty shops, post office, newsagent, hairdressers, nail and beauty salons, public library, and a major bus station/interchange). We are an open, accepting, loving, caring, compassionate, gender-positive, race-positive, body-positive family.
We take care with our words and actions. We care about people and the planet. We are pro-safety, pro-science, pro-vaccine, and equal opportunist.
We are anti-racist, anti-discrimination, anti-violence, and anti-smoking. We welcome, value and respect everyone. We do request your understanding that, as working parents running a busy household, we don’t have time for a one-on-one friendship with an Au Pair or for providing one-on-one chats, help or counselling to an Au Pair about personal problems – absolutely we are sympathetic and supportive but you would need to ensure you disclosed any major issues that might impact you or your work, and that you had your own existing, effective help & support systems in place prior to commencing.
)We are not religious. We welcome applicants of any faith or no faith. We want to raise our children in a calm, caring, kind, fun, organised, smooth-running household in the most compassionate, child-focused, age-appropriate, educational and happy ways.
We are offering:
- Your own brand new, secure, private granny flat studio located in our house, with new carpet, new tiles, new window blinds and a lockable glass sliding door
- Your own brand new bathroom Monday to Friday (shower, toilet, basin/sink), which will also be used as a guest bathroom for our visitors to the house on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (you will still be able to lock the bathroom doors when you are using it on those days).
5 days out of 7, the bathroom will be for your sole private use.
- Your own kitchenette with your own brand new fridge (with a standard size freezer compartment), stovetop, rangehood, microwave, benchtop, pantry with shelves, overhead and under-bench storage cupboards, splashback, kitchen sink and dishwasher
- Your own brand new washing machine and indoor washing line
- 50 cube shelves for storage of your clothes, towels, linen and personal items
- A wall-mounted television
- Use of our home wifi network (for reasonable quantity daily use of internet and social media – limited streaming / large downloads)
- Utilities (electricity and water bills) will be included
- A new smoke/fire alarm is installed in the granny flat (as well as throughout the house)
- We can supply a single bed, pillow, a pillow protector, a mattress protector, a quilt and two sets of sheets, pillow cases and quilt covers – or you are free to bring your own bed/bedding
- We can supply basic kitchen items (saucepan, frypan, kettle, toaster, plates, bowls, cutlery, glasses, mugs) – or you are free to bring your own kitchen itemsOur neighbourhood is green and walkable.
You can easily walk to a park, the Isaacs Pines nature reserve with walking trails, the local shops (café and supermarket, post box) and there are bus stops nearby. There is an outdoor parking space on our unsealed driveway if you have a car. If you have a car, you will be responsible for your car insurance and car expenses.
We will NOT ask you to drive the children anywhere. Your job will be a mother’s helper or second mother in the house, give our family the benefit of your eyes and ears, and care for and about the children and the home. As a children’s caregiver and family helper, you will spend lots of time with our family and make a lasting impression on our children.
We want this to be wholly positive and we want you to enjoy your role and make lots of happy memories. You will be a role model and team mate, and we want you to feel inspired and empowered to teach, guide and help our children in their journey every day. Here is some more information so you can identify whether or not we are the home and family you are looking for.
We are looking for a NON-SMOKER (365 days a year – occasional or 'social' smokers are not eligible), who is fine without their phone, earphones or headphones for a few hours at a time, doesn’t spit or swear, is proactive, caring and patient, and is able and willing to:1. Make a 3 to 6 month commitment, give 4 weeks’ notice when finishing and return the granny flat and bathroom to us clean and undamaged, with all rubbish and personal items removed, and all keys returned2. Help in the house for 15-30 hours a week (the days, times and pay are flexible/negotiable and can be worked out with the successful applicant), with the mix of tasks depending on needs for that day or week but likely including:
- children’s care and supervision (kids will be aged 10 and 4 and they need and enjoy highly active play and activities), which could be before school, after school or during the daytime or early evening on weekends (no overnight or late night work)
- light food preparation (eg. kids’ breakfasts, lunch for school or home, and snacks)
- putting children’s clean washing away in their drawers and wardrobes
- organising and tidying kids’ bedrooms and play areas
- packing games/activities/toys/books away after use
- putting kids’ things away from around the house
- unpacking clean dishes
- unpacking groceries
- taking rubbish and recycling to the bin
- cleaning and tidying of children’s bathrooms
- helping 3 year old with toileting
- supervising 9 year old’s homework
- light cleaning as needed (eg mopping)If you would like to apply, please send us all relevant information about you, your work history/experience, your skills/attributes/qualifications, and why you would like this job and would find it suitable for your life situation and plans for the future.
Please let us know if you have assisted children of these ages, whether you are comfortable with helping a 3 year old on the potty, and whether you have experience with home organisation and light cleaning. We are looking to review applications and interview up to 3 applicants in May/June this year. The successful applicant will be welcome to meet our family and inspect the granny flat prior to accepting the position.
Our Perfect Caregiver
We are looking for a responsible, organised, energetic, kind and caring Au Pair/nanny/mother’s helper/housekeeper to live with our family in Canberra south.This position would be ideal for an existing Au Pair/nanny/mother’s helper/housekeeper, a uni student, an early career professional (eg. in nursing or education or psychology or sports science) or a young adult who is either single or happily living apart from their partner.We
Job Detail
Expected Start Date: 22-May-2024
Children: 2
Age: 3,5
Pay Per Hour: Negotiable
Working Hours: 11-20 hours
Required Days: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday
