Live in Couple in Kent
Randolphs Private Household Staff
- London
- £75,000-80,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Job Views 29DescriptionA fantastic opportunity to work for a family in Kent who are looking for an energetic and flexible couple to lead the management of a small estate 90 minutes from Central London. The estate comprises a Grade II listed 6-bedroom Georgian family home, a 2-bedroom guest cottage, a 2-bedroom stable conversion outbuilding, a pool, and a tennis court, set in 50 acres of land that includes formal gardens, woodland, pasture, and a wonderful kitchen garden. This is the family home of the principals and their 3 children: aged 13 and 10-year-old twins. This is a sole charge position when the parents are working.Housekeeper/Nanny duties:
- Dropping off and collecting the children from school and or train station and after school activities (can be shared with Groundsperson)
- Ensuring children are prepared for school day including uniform, sports kit and equipment, homework bags, musical instruments and any other required items
- Encouraging homework
- Preparing and supervising meals (breakfast and children's dinner, lunch in school holidays)
- In school holidays, taking children to activities and providing supervision where needed
- Evening babysitting, occasional overnight babysitting by prior arrangement
- Day-to-day thorough housekeeping of the main house - including cleaning, dusting, bed changing, laundry, ironing
- Taking ownership of keeping house neat, tidy and organised
- Running errands and food shopping
- Taking deliveries and overseeing contractors and tradespeople
- Provisioning and organisation of household pantry items and supplies
- Supervision of housekeeping team servicing the holiday let guest cottage
- Occasionally the house is used as a film location and you will act as a point of contact for the production team
- Strong cookery skills would be desirable, for example: meal planning, preparation and cooking of fresh, healthy family meals. There is access to a large kitchen/vegetable garden for seasonal produce
- Support with entertaining, on occasion
- Responsible for the maintenance of the buildings, gardens and grounds.
- Maintain the garden and grounds to a high standard including grass cutting, edging, path clearing, hedge cutting and tree pruning, weeding, tree management (with tree-surgeons where required), lake maintenance, driveway maintenance and seasonal duties e.g. leaf clearing.
- Liaise with contractors e.g. boiler service, AGA maintenance, pest control
- Clean and look after the cars (e.g. fuel, checking tyres and valeting) and garden machinery, undertaking and arranging servicing, repairs etc.
- Other maintenance activities e.g. gutters, simple plumbing, DIY
- Perform pool and tennis court maintenance (working with contractors where needed)
- Maintain a stock of logs and monitor heating oil
- Occasional driving duties for the principals to and from airport, station pickups, restaurants etc.
- Driveway maintenance
- Depending on duties required, hours may be shared between the couple (e.g. babysitting, driving)