Ilaria

My Requirements

Hello!

We are looking for an after-school nanny / babysitter for our two children, who will both attend the same school starting in September.

OUR BASIC NEEDS: Someone loving and fun to pick up the kids at school (in Battersea, which is about a 25min car ride from our house) at 4pm every day, play with them / do some homework until we come home at 6pm.

We are looking for someone good-natured who loves kids and is willing to help our family out with flexibility and good humour.

HOURS: 10-20 hours per week, Monday to Friday with quite a bit of flexibility for the right person. Ten hours is the minimum we would be looking for, but if someone is looking for more hours, we could easily go up to 20 or 25 hours, if the person is willing to help with some household chores.

Alternatively, if someone has a flexible schedule (a student, perhaps?), we could stick with 10 hours during the school term and then go full-time during the school holidays. For instance, the kids' school on Wednesdays ends at 12. I could ask my employer for every Wednesday afternoon off (and take care of the kids myself) but if someone is available to do longer hours on Wednesday then that would be great. Basically we can settle on mutually convenient arrangements.

SPECIAL REQUESTS: A car or a willingness to drive our manual car would be ideal, because although the school is reachable by public transport, the journey is long and involves multiples modes of transportation.

IDEAL BUT NOT NECESSARY: An Italian, French or Russian speaker would be an added plus! Finally, availability for occasional babysitting would be superb, but again not tragic if not possible.

We have always kept our nannies for a long time (and made them feel part of our family).

Please let me know if you’re interested. Thank you!