Estate Housekeeper (Large Home)

You'll keep a guesthouse with family quarters in Vereeniging clean, calm and running smoothly for the family. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

The work is in Vereeniging, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Prepare simple meals or school lunches when asked
• Wash dishes and keep the kitchen tidy after meals
• Wash, hang, iron and fold the household's laundry
• Water indoor plants and feed pets
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards

• 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
• Neat, organised and able to work without being supervised

• A driver's licence for school lifts
• Basic first aid or child CPR course
• Experience caring for an older person

• 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

• 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.