Kendall

My Requirements

The role

This is a Nanny / Family Assistant role with a strong focus on the children, their education and routines, alongside household organisation and practical family support.

During term time, the core of the role is managing the children's after-school routine: collecting them from school, taking them to activities, supporting homework and reading, preparing meals and helping evenings run smoothly. Additional term time hours can be used flexibly for children's laundry and organisation, family-assistant tasks, errands, meal preparation and other practical support.

Key duties include:
• Managing the children’s after-school routine, including:
o School pick-ups and care until approximately 7pm
o Taking the children to weekly activities, including art, swimming, football and drama
o Supporting homework and reading
o Establishing consistent routines and expectations
o Preparing clothes, uniforms, school bags and activity kit for the following day

• Meals and food preparation, including:
o Planning weekly family meals and coordinating the online grocery order
o Cooking nutritious meals for the children, with some light family meal preparation

• Children’s organisation and household support, including:
o Managing the children’s laundry, wardrobes, toys and belongings
o Keeping children’s spaces and shared family areas organised and tidy
o Light household support such as emptying the dishwasher, tidying the kitchen after meals and rubbish/recycling
o Occasional errands such as grocery shopping and charity drop-offs

• Additional childcare support, including:
o Planning engaging, age-appropriate activities
o Occasional pre-agreed evening/weekend babysitting
o Occasional pre-agreed proxy parenting/overnight care when both parents travel

The ideal candidate

The family are looking for someone who is:
• Warm, positive and able to bring an even keel and a sense of humour to busy family life
• Experienced and genuinely enthusiastic about working with school-aged children
• Highly organised and proactive, someone who enjoys creating structure, anticipates what needs doing and takes initiative
• Confident establishing routines and boundaries, including clear homework and reading expectations, consistent after-school structure and calm limit-setting
• Collaborative and communicative, comfortable working closely with parents while taking initiative and staying aligned on the family’s routines, preferences and priorities
• Flexible and active, happy to adapt as plans change and comfortable with the walking involved in London school runs and after-school activities

Household notes
• Cleaner employed three days per week
• No pets