Reliable, Proactive Family Assistant for 4-year-old in Pac Heights

A busy family in Pac Heights is seeking a reliable, intuitive family assistant to help with household tasks and care for their 4-year-old daughter. Responsibilities include driving her from school to activities, planning fun age-appropriate outings, family laundry, light tidying, preparing dinner for the family, running errands, and occasionally scheduling vendors for home maintenance. The best person for them is attentive and fully engaged and present with their daughter. Someone proactive who sees what needs to get done and is comfortable tackling tasks autonomously. This is a great opportunity for someone looking for longevity as the family will be in need of help for at least the next few years.

Note: The family travels about 5-8 weeks each year. FA is not required to travel but will need to come to the house while they are away to bring in mail, do ad hoc organization projects, stock fridge for their return, etc. Even if working less, the FA will be guaranteed their regular hours. Ideally FA will try to align vacation time with the family’s.

Experience Requirements

• 2 years minimum experience working as a private nanny with excellent verifiable references

Educational Requirements

• Fluency in English

Qualifications

• COVID-vaccinated (and ideally boosted but not required)
• TB and Tdap vaccine
• CPR Certified
• Valid driver with clean record (family can provide a household vehicle for work-related driving) / Note: family can provide a parking pass for street parking if candidate is driving to work
• Must be comfortable / have experience driving children in SF
• Proactive – sees what needs to get done and tackles it
• Intuitive
• Tidy and organized
• Consistent and reliable
• Warm and loving but comfortable holding boundaries with children
• Attentive + prioritizes child’s safety
• Engaged and focused on the child
• Seeking longevity / long-term commitment (at least a year, ideally longer)

Responsibilities

• Pick up child from school
• Driving to activities
• Engaging in play and planning fun, age-appropriate things to do
• Prepare child’s lunches for school the next day
• Meal prep and cooking simple healthy family dinner
• Tidy child’s room, common spaces, kitchen, etc. (load/unload dishwasher, wipe down counters)
• Organizing child’s items, pantry, etc.
• Run errands – return books to the library, grocery shopping, package returns, dry cleaning
• Family laundry
• Housesit when family is traveling – stock fridge for their return, organize, bring in mail, etc.
• Keep daughter on schedule; managing/planning her activities
• Light vendor management (scheduling carpet cleaner, for example)