Estate Housekeeper (Large Home)

Cleaning, laundry and a hand with the kids: that is the week in a large estate home in Midrand. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

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

• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Change bed linen and make beds
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation

• Able to speak and understand basic English
• Able to handle a full-day physical routine
• Willing to follow the family's house rules and routines
• South African ID or valid work permit

• Written contract with fixed hours and duties
• Registered for UIF and COIDA by the employer
• Transport money for live-out staff
• 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.
• Families hire on trust, so make references your strongest part. Write the employer's name, suburb, years worked and phone number for each one.