Au Pair / Nanny (After-School Care)

A family in Midrand wants someone they can trust with their guesthouse with family quarters and their children. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Home base is a guesthouse with family quarters on the Midrand side of Gauteng. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

• Keep a list of cleaning supplies running low for the employer
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Change bed linen and make beds
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry

• Able to handle a full-day physical routine
• South African ID or valid work permit
• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised
• Good with children and patient
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines
• Able to speak and understand basic English

• Cooking experience with family meals
• Basic first aid or child CPR course

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

• Families hire on trust, so make references your strongest part. Write the employer's name, suburb, years worked and phone number for each one.
• Say plainly what you can and cannot do: cooking, ironing, childcare, driving. It avoids arguments later and families like honesty.