A lovely family in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a nanny/family assistant to help care for their 7-month-old daughter. The general schedule will be Monday through Friday, 10am-6pm, for 40 hours guaranteed per week, with some flexibility for schedule changes, date nights, and occasional travel. The family is open to live-in, or live-out, but do prefer live-out and are looking to hire ASAP, so priority will be given to local candidates first. Mom is very hands-0n, and wants to continue to be, so the ideal candidate knows how to navigate being able to transition back and forth from 'sole charge' to 'Mother's Helper.'

• Provide overall care for the baby and support to Mom
  
• Help ensure the baby is on a good daily routine
• Help maintain, and implement a sleep routine and schedule with mom to maintain consistent care
• Supporting the family in their new role as first-time parents
• Provide professional guidance as it pertains to baby, while respecting the family’s personal preferences
• Provide fun age-appropriate activities, supervising any activities that might come up, go on walks, encourage developmental play, help with developmental milestones
• Child related light housekeeping to help maintain an organized space, including laundry, sanitizing toys, and helping tidy baby spaces
• Pitch in where necessary to help make mom's life easier
• Family assistant duties such as: occasional errands, simple food prep, housekeeper comes 3 days a week but maintain organized and clean spaces when needed, returning packages, prepare a nursery for baby in Grandpa’s house for visits
  

• Calming presence, reassuring, no ego
• Friendly, positive, and caring
• Proactive and can take the initiative, while also able to take direction
• Wants to support the family as a whole
• Someone looking for long term
• Open to some travel in the future

• At least 7 years of professional nannying experience with at least 3 references  
• Experience with infants
• Great communicator
• No ego: able to provide recommendations when needed, but also take cues from and respect the family's choices
• Can easily navigate the role with an involved mom - know when to step in and out
  
• CPR/First Aid certified, or willing to certify
• TrustLine certified, or willing to certify
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
  
• Legal to work in the US

• Hourly rate is $40-$45, based on experience
• 2 weeks vacation, sick days, holidays