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KH077 - Full-Time Family Assistant - Arlington, VA

Job Reference Code: KH077
# of Openings: 1
Category: Family Assistant

Overview

Kind and busy family of six in Arlington, VA is looking for a full-time family assistant to start between now and end of March. The schedule will be Friday through Tuesday, with Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday 12-8pm. Please note that although this is primarily a live-out position, the family has a beach house in Delaware and the family assistant will come with and be live-in during those weekends (private bedroom and en-suite bathroom). Generally they go once every 6-8 weeks during the off season and then more often during the summer.

Responsibilities

The position will be about 50/50, childcare/family assisting.

Childcare responsibilities will include:

Tag teaming with parents and a week day nanny to provide nurturing care for four children between the ages of 2-9-years-old.All four will be in school starting in September but currently the younger two are home during the day.
Driving including school picks ups and drop offs, driving to after school activities and weekend sports events, etc.
The parents use gentle parenting and talk through actions and behaviors in a respectful, kind way

House management/family assisting responsibilities will include:

Cooking for the family/children which will usually include simple meal prep and tag teaming with mom
Tidying up and keeping things organized including coming up with new systems and maintaining what is in place. For example, going through seasonal clothes and figuring out what each child will need. Deep cleaning team comes once a week so tidying common areas will include things like loading and unloading dishwasher, vacuuming if needed, taking out the trash, etc.
Laundry
Car maintenance
Restocking household supplies and keep track of inventory
Errands (returns, dry cleaners, etc.) and shopping for household items
Coordinate with household vendors

Qualifications

Sweet, genuine, nurturing personality. Easy going and not overwhelmed by a busy household. The older two children have some learning differences so someone who can be patient with them is appreciated.
Strong communicator and team player: the family assistant will be working alongside the family's week day nanny and parents on the weekends
Organized, proactive, able to jump in to help out wherever needed with little direction. Everyone works as a team to help where needed
Open to additional travel which would be one to two longer trips a year. Not required but nice to have

Requirements

Tech savvy
Comfortable swimming with children in the pool and ocean.
OK with driving being a big part of the job
Within commuting distance of Arlington
Licensed driver with a clean driving record; mileage will be reimbursed at the IRS mileage reimbursement rate
Legal to work in the US