Energetic, Tech Savvy Family Assistant for Busy Family of Four in Moraga, CA

Energetic, Tech Savvy Family Assistant for Busy Family of Four in Moraga, CA

Pay:

$35-42 per hour, DOE

Start date:

June 2026

Schedule:

Monday- Friday  11:00AM-7:00PM or 12:00-8:00 

With some flexibility to stay late

(40 hours per week) 

Please note that family assistants who spend more than 20% of their workday on household (non-childcare) duties are legally required to take a 30-minute unpaid meal/rest period, which is built into this schedule. 

Benefits:

Paid vacation, holidays & sick pay

Guaranteed hours

Healthcare reimbursement

This busy family of four is seeking an experienced, proactive, and detail-oriented family assistant for household support (including pet care) and childcare for 9-year old twin girls. The girls are very close. They share similar interests, have similar personalities and temperaments, and do most things together. Mom describes them as creative, inquisitive, independent, and silly! They have enjoyed and gotten along best with vivacious, playful and interactive childcare providers, so candidates should really delight in spending time with children of this age group. The ideal family assistant is energetic, adaptive and proactive. It’s also important that the family assistant be enthusiastic about engaging with the girls on their level which may be kicking a soccer ball around or playing board games. They get out of school at 2:30 PM and will have afterschool activities like martial arts and music lessons.

Once the girls arrive home and extracurriculars are complete, they do their homework and have “free choice” time. They have tutoring year-round so a family assistant isn’t expected to provide a lot of homework help but should be comfortable supervising homework time to ensure that work is completed satisfactorily. During free time, this family is looking for a family assistant who will encourage them to be active and explore new activities and interests. The children are allowed very limited screen time and only with express permission from mom and dad. It is expected that family assistant honor this by also limiting personal use of their phone to breaks. 

Family assistant will arrive before the girls are out of school to tackle household duties and take their meal/rest break. This family is already neat and organized and has a house cleaner who comes twice weekly for deep cleaning, but family assistant will be responsible for daily upkeep including making the twins’ beds, washing and folding whole family laundry, putting away the twins’ laundry and other belongings, taking garbage and recycling cans to the curb weekly, and bringing in mail and packages. Additional duties include grocery shopping several times a week, packing the girls’ school snacks, preparing or heating up their dinner, occasional simple meal/ingredient prep for mom and dad’s meals, running errands (eg. dry cleaning, returns, car washes, etc.), managing the girls’ activity calendars, basic bill pay/renewal for activities and classes, and researching and getting quotes for various services for the home and cars. 

Family assistant must be completely comfortable with dogs. Daily care for the family’s sweet and active 13-year old beagle is required. She needs at least one walk per day, to be taken before the twins are home from school, and ideally, an additional walk in the evening, time permitting. Family assistant will also be expected to let her in and out for potty breaks, feed her every evening, and occasionally, take her to vet appointments.

Mom and dad are both lawyers. Dad works from home two days per week and from his San Francisco office three days per week. Mom works hybrid between her office in Oakland and home. While mom has a somewhat flexible schedule, both parents have demanding jobs and long hours, and it’s incredibly important for family assistant to have an organized, intuitive, and self-motivated work style, not requiring a lot of guidance or supervision to complete tasks and stay on top of the daily schedule. Strong verbal and written English communication skills are also required for this position.  

The home is located within walking distance of Rancho Laguna Park, and a 5-minute drive from the twins’ school. Most of their extracurriculars take place in Lafayette and Walnut Creek. A vehicle can be provided for use on the job, or, if the family assistant prefers, they may use their own vehicle with mileage reimbursement. 

The house is spacious and bright, located in a hilly area with lovely views from every window. At the front of the home is a foyer with a staircase leading upstairs. Off of one side of the foyer is a formal dining room which has been converted into a family area. Off of the other side of the foyer is a living room/sitting room and passing through the foyer leads to the back of the house where the traditional, eat-in kitchen and a very spacious family room with a comfy sectional is located. The family room has french doors leading to a lovely patio with vine-wrapped trellis for shade and a small lawn. Off of the kitchen, there’s a hallway that wraps back around to the dining room and also leads to a library where the twins practice piano, as well as a second, smaller staircase. Right at the landing of these back stairs is the upstairs playroom and the guest bedroom. Down the walkway is the twins’ shared bedroom, right next door to the laundry room and across the hall from mom’s home office. A catwalk leads to the other side of the upper level, where the primary bedroom and dad’s home office are located.

This family requires that nanny is up to date on vaccinations, including COVID-19. Following CDC recommendations regarding vaccine booster shots is also required.