Job Ref: BLN089

Job Title: Nanny/Housekeeper

Location: Near Chippenham, Wiltshire

Start date: Mid-September ( with availability for a handover beforehand where possible)

Children: Girl aged 7 & Boy aged 4

Live in/out: Live in preferred

Live in accommodation: One bedroom studio cottage on site, fully furnished. Bills included. – Option for a partner to also live within the property.

Car: Own vehicle required with the potential option to have access to the family’s car for work when available. Must be confident driving children including on the motorway

Salary: Dependent on experience

Days/hours

Monday to Friday

Minimum of 20 hours per week ( More hours available during school holidays & overtime). The hours will mainly be in the afternoon/early evening.

As a guide - 10 hours house, 10 hours children

Please note: The family can be flexible within reason with the days and hours. Please contact us directly to discuss this further.

Duties :
General cleaning and tidying of the family home, family laundry, family cooking. Supporting with administration where required. Supporting with school runs ( although the parents are hoping to do the majority), helping with after school activities and bath/bedtime preparation. A muck in attitude is essential.

Additional information

- Babysitting/overnights would be required

- Confident swimmer essential

- Family has a dog, chickens & ponies. ( Dog lover important) Confidence with ponies would be a bonus but not essential.

- Saturday support would be appreciated during the Winter.

Job description

Our client is looking for a nanny/housekeeper to join their family. This is a lovely job for someone combining both childcare and household jobs. Both parents work full time with a mixture of from home or at the office. They would like someone who is pro active and confident to take the lead when required.

The family have two wonderful children, one girl aged 7 and a boy aged 4. From September both children will be attending school.
They both enjoy being outdoors and where possible exploring the countryside, helping in the garden and having fun at the nearby parks. When indoors the girl enjoys baking and being creative with arts and crafts and the boy enjoys train tracks, building things, diggers and tractors.

During term time the focus will be ensuring all the household tasks are completed whilst the children are at school. It is important the candidate is organised with running a household. When the children are home the priority will be to ensure they are supported with any extracurricular activities followed by supper and bath/bedtime.

The role would suit someone who loves working in the countryside and is happy to become part of a family working as a team.

Candidate requirements ( or be willing to obtain)

- Must be DBS Enhanced checked ( on the update service)

- 12 hour Paediatric first aid trained

- Excellent experience working as a nanny/housekeeper where possible. However our client is flexible providing they the candidate is the right fit.

- Confident driver

- Excellent checkable references from recent/current employment