Friendly, welcoming family looking for a new nanny to look after our two kids (7 year-old girl and 11 year-old boy) as our current nanny has just become a mum herself and is moving away. Ideally we need someone who can start by mid-September (or before!), but there may be some flexibility in this.
We live in Dartmouth Park/Highgate (North London), where both of our children go to school. We would like someone who can help us out each week day in the morning with getting the kids ready and walking our daughter to school (7.30am to 9am), and who can also pick up our daughter from school and after-school activities, supervise playdates for both kids, make them healthy, tasty meals and supervise bath-time (3.30pm to 7pm).
Our daughter loves reading and drawing, but is a bit less confident with her maths, so it would be great if you are someone who is happy to guide her with homework. Our son enjoys playing games, sports, playing classical guitar and reading. He has quite a bit of homework but is pretty good at getting on with it himself.
We would also be keen to arrange an evening of babysitting each week if possible, to make the role into a 30-hour job. There is also flexibility to include household cleaning work in the role to add further hours if that would suit you better. Additional childcare work will also be available in school holidays, to be agreed.
We are looking for someone who is kind, reliable, fun and enjoys spending time with kids. Some childcare experience and a good standard of spoken and written English is also necessary. Ideally we would like someone who lives locally, particularly given the early start in the morning.
The house is a few minutes’ walk from Hampstead Heath and it is lovely to spend time with the kids on the Heath, visiting the lido and enjoying picnics etc.
If you are interested, and the times and location are going to work for you, then please do get in contact - it would be great to meet you. Please send through your CV, proof of right to work in the UK, two references (who should be from people we can speak to) and your DBS certificate.
Summary of details:
• Rate - £12 per hour net (tax, NI, workplace pension etc arranged via Nannytax).
• Weekly hours – 7.30am to 9am and then 3.30pm to 7pm on Monday to Friday (ie 25 hours a week), increased to 30 hours a week if including babysitting. Possibility of additional hours for cleaning, and to look after the kids in school holidays.
• Start date – ideally by mid-September, but to be discussed if this start date is not possible for you.
• Four weeks paid holiday, in addition to paid Bank Holidays – 10 days chosen by us, 10 days chosen by you.
• Car available for use during working hours to collect children – please let us know in your application whether you are a car driver.
• Address – Brookfield Park, NW5 1ER.
Thank you!