Estate Housekeeper (Large Home)

Cleaning, laundry and a hand with the kids: that is the week in a guesthouse with family quarters in Sandton. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Home base is a guesthouse with family quarters on the Sandton side of Gauteng.

• Keep a list of cleaning supplies running low for the employer
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry
• Clean bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas on a weekly rotation

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

• Basic first aid or child CPR course
• A driver's licence for school lifts

• Written contract with fixed hours and duties
• Transport money for live-out staff
• Registered for UIF and COIDA by the employer
• Paid annual leave and public holidays as the law requires

• Families hire on trust, so make references your strongest part. Write the employer's name, suburb, years worked and phone number for each one.
• Ask for a written contract and to be registered for UIF. Good employers expect the question and it protects you.