House Manager

Position: House Manager / Family Assistant - Part Time

Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Up to 20 hours per week with flexible scheduling. Must be available to work some evenings and weekends as needed.

Location: Centerport, NY

Compensation: $15-$20 Hour 

About Our Client: Our client is seeking a dependable and experienced House Manager/Family Assistant to oversee the operations and maintenance of their residence. As the House Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management and upkeep of our client’s household. This role involves a variety of tasks to ensure their home is clean, organized, and efficiently run. The ideal candidate will be proactive, trustworthy, and able to handle multiple responsibilities with ease. If you have a passion for creating a clean, comfortable and efficient living environment, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cleaning and Maintenance: Perform daily cleaning tasks as well as coordinating with cleaning services for deeper cleaning, and manage routine maintenance and repairs.
• Ensure all rooms are clean and tidy
• Dusting, vacuuming, mopping floors, and cleaning bathrooms
• Change cat litter daily 
• Childcare Support: Clean and organize all things related to the child including flexibility to help with child care directly occasionally
• Cleaning and sanitizing toys
• Organizing play areas and nursery
• Stock and manage baby supplies, including diapers, wipes, formula, and baby food
• Occasional babysitting for date nights with notice
• Must be comfortable changing diapers
• Organization: Oversee the day-to-day organization of the home ensuring it is well-maintained
• Organize groceries from Instacart and maintain an orderly fridge
• Organize common areas and straighten up as needed
• Keep the laundry area clean and organized
• Reorder regular supplies take stock inventory
• Laundry: Assist with laundry, ironing, and wardrobe organization for family of 3
• Wash, dry, fold, and iron clothes
• Organize and store clothing in designated areas
• Assist with switching over wardrobe based on season or age of child
• Errands: Available to run local errands 
• Run light errands locally such as grocery shopping, picking up dry cleaning, CVS, etc.
• Drop off Amazon returns to UPS, post office
• Event Planning and Preparation: Assist with planning and coordinating occasional family events
• Prepare and set up event spaces, including decorations, seating arrangements, and entertainment.
• Coordinate with vendors and caterers to ensure all event needs are met.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a housekeeper, personal assistant, family assistant or similar role.

• Experience with child care and understanding of children's needs
• Possess a keen eye for detail and a high standard of cleanliness
• Enjoy a well-organized environment, ability to prioritize, and have strong organizational skills.
• Are trustworthy, reliable, and discreet
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for running errands
• Must be comfortable with cats
• Must live within 30 minutes of Centerport