Overview
A family in Montecito, CA (Santa Barbara County) is seeking a full-time live-on property housekeeper. The proposed schedule is 6 days per week 7am-1pm and 3pm-7pm for 60 hours (preferred) or 5 days a week 7am-1pm and 3pm-7pm for 50 hours. The days of the week would ideally be Saturday-Thursday and having Friday off for the 6 days a week role; or Monday-Thursday and having off Friday and Sunday weekly; or they will consider an alternative schedule in which the candidates has 2 consecutive days off per week. The family is comprised of two parents, one school-aged child, and three dogs. This position is the heart of the home and is an important role to the household to ensure that the home is always guest ready and running smoothly.
Responsibilities
- Morning coffee and healthy breakfast preparation
- Preparing snacks
- Assist in the kitchen with food preparation
- Assist with feeding the dogs
- Assist with taking the dogs outside throughout the day
- Daily upkeep of the home including general cleaning (I.E., vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, dusting, deep cleaning of bathrooms,
- Laundry
- Ironing
- Household products inventory
- Organizing
- Tidying
- Light errands
- Communicating with household vendors, dog walker, and dry cleaners
- School pickups/drop offs if needed
- Dog sitting when the family is traveling
- Some childcare and support
- Assisting with setting a casual and formal breakfast/dinner table
- Answering door and greeting guests
- Changing light bulbs or have the sensitivity to notice when something in the home needs repair and maintenance
- Bonus: Experience with putting together floral arrangements
Qualifications
- Attention to detail
- A self-starter
- Helpful
- Dependable
- Positive
- Warm
- Friendly
- Supportive
- Quick-thinker
- Works efficiently with others
- The right-hand to any task necessary
- Someone who genuinely loves that they do
- Being assertive and having a can-do attitude when required ("no job too big or too small")
Requirements
- Loves children
- Flexibility to work later 1 night/week when the parents go out
- Dog friendly
- Has a driver's license with a clean driving record
- There is a work car available, but candidate must also have own reliable vehicle for personal use
- Flexibility to travel with the family (for example: the East Coast, Europe, etc.)
- Willing to possibly relocate in the future to the East Coast
- Can speak, read, and write in English
Salary and Benefits
- Hourly rate is dependent upon experience, qualifications and meeting the role expectations
- 2 weeks paid vacation
- 5 sick days
- There may be some holidays off, but the candidate to hire should be flexible to work a holiday if the need arises and/or is traveling with the family during that time.
- A guest house to reside in (detached on the back of the property and includes a bedroom/bathroom/kitchenette; and please note the guest house is just for the housekeeper, not additional family members or pets)
- The family is willing to relocate a candidate for this role
