Au Pair / Nanny (After-School Care)

You'll keep a family home in Boksburg clean, calm and running smoothly for the family. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

This post is in Boksburg (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Change bed linen and make beds

• Good with children and patient
• South African ID or valid work permit
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines
• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised

• Own room with bathroom for live-in posts
• Transport money for live-out staff
• Written contract with fixed hours and duties
• Paid annual leave and public holidays as the law requires

• Ask for a written contract and to be registered for UIF. Good employers expect the question and it protects you.
• Say plainly what you can and cannot do: cooking, ironing, childcare, driving. It avoids arguments later and families like honesty.