A warm family living near Bradfield, West Berkshire, RG7 are looking for a part-time housekeeper to join their family. Due to the location you must drive and have your own car.
Package Offered
- £15-£18 gross per hour
- 5/6 hours per day, Monday to Friday
- Opportunity to earn more if you wish to work additional hours
Family Background
A family of three, they have a 5 bedroom house in West Berkshire near Bradfield. Semi-rural can only be accessed by car. They have 3 large dogs. Both parents work full time and the child is at full time boarding school. They travel regularly in the holidays.
Duties
Your duties will be based on the household cleaning, house management. With daily deep cleaning of the property. You will also need to do dog walking so you should be confident with dogs as the family have three large (very well trained) dogs. You should be child friendly, happy to help run errands and if you enjoy cooking this is a bonus but not required.
Most importantly you should be flexible, and really passionate about cleaning and care of the house to a very high standard. You should have an eye for detail and be passionate about keeping the house looking beautiful.
When the family travel, they would ideally like you to do house sitting if at all possible. As then the house and dogs are cared for. You would be paid in addition to do this.
Location
The family live in the small village near Bradfield, RG7. This is a live-out role and you should be able to commute easily to the property with your own car.
Days/Hours
5 days a week. Monday- Friday. 5/6 hours a day. These hours can be flexible around your own working schedule, but ideally the family prefer afternoons 12-5:30pm each day apart from a Thursday when they prefer the morning. However this can be arranged on a case by case basis. If you wish to work more hours you can do so (for extra pay). Ideally you should be able to house sit for a few weeks each year when the family travel.
Languages
You must speak a good level of English.
Special Skills
You must have your own car licence and a car in order to commute to the property each day. You must be very confident with big dogs and also be very good at housekeeping.
Interview/Start date
The family are interviewing now for the right candidate to start ASAP.