Part-Time House Manager & Family Assistant
$104,000–$124,800 year
On-siteLos Altos, California, United States
Job Summary
Plan weekly meals, shop for groceries, and prepare healthy snacks and simple adult dinners several times per week. Maintain a clean, organized kitchen and pantry while creating and sustaining household organization systems throughout the home. Manage inventory, handle errands including returns and deliveries, and coordinate repairs and vendor quotes. Support family logistics by managing the calendar, assisting with event preparation, and providing light backup childcare and date night coverage approximately once per month. Wash and organize laundry, and prepare the home for cleaning team visits by directing priorities.
Required Qualifications
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
- Reliable personal transportation
- Up to date on recommended vaccinations in line with American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines
- Demonstrated experience in a private household or similarly high-touch environment
- Discretion
- Organization
- Strong follow-through
- Detail-oriented
- Flexible when priorities shift
- Deeply reliable
- Comfortable working alongside a full-time nanny and a weekly cleaning team
- Ability to communicate with other household support in a gracious, collaborative, and professional way
- Demonstrated experience, maturity, and confidence
- Background check
Desired Qualifications
- Warm
- Proactive
- Grounded
- Genuinely great with young children
- Calm, cheerful presence
- Ability to read the room
- Adjust approach
- Support the household in a way that feels thoughtful and intuitive
- Friendly and personable
- Highly professional and dependable
- Ability to walk in, observe, assess, and act
- Ability to see what needs attention
- Ability to prioritize effectively
- Ability to follow through with care
- Enjoy helping a family build better systems
- Enjoy bringing structure and calm to a busy home
- Ability to improve kitchen organization
- Ability to streamline household routines
- Ability to coordinate with vendors
- Ability to anticipate what will make the week run more smoothly
- Ability to take pride in a beautifully organized pantry
- Ability to create a well-executed meal prep plan
- Ability to maintain household systems that make everyone's days feel lighter
- Ability to create a home that feels prepared, peaceful, and cared for
- Ability to honor the fun, loving, and playful energy that makes the family feel like them
- Ability to help create a home that feels organized, welcoming, well cared for, and easy to enjoy
- Ability to prepare the home for each cleaning team visit
- Ability to proactively identify priorities and direct the team to ensure their time is used effectively
- Ability to ensure household standards are maintained
- Ability to research and coordinate repairs, vendor quotes, and service providers
- Ability to provide light backup childcare and brief supervision
- Ability to handle date night coverage approximately once per month
- Ability to make proactive, child-related purchases and errands
- Ability to assist with daily child-related logistics
- Ability to wash, fold, and organize laundry
- Ability to steam and light garment care
- Ability to maintain a tidy and well-stocked laundry area
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