Estate Housekeeper (Large Home)

Cleaning, laundry and a hand with the kids: that is the week in a family home in Atlantis. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Atlantis (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. The first two weeks are spent shadowing someone experienced.

• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Water indoor plants and feed pets
• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards
• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking

• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines
• Able to handle a full-day physical routine
• Trustworthy, with references from previous employers you can share
• Able to speak and understand basic English
• Good with children and patient

• A driver's licence for school lifts
• Cooking experience with family meals
• Basic first aid or child CPR course

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

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