Housekeeper and Cook (Family Home) – Entry Level

You'll keep a large estate home in Vereeniging clean, calm and running smoothly for the family. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

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

• Dust furniture, ornaments and skirting boards
• Water indoor plants and feed pets
• Help an elderly person with meals, medication reminders and light walking
• Get children ready for school and supervise homework in the afternoon
• Clean windows and patio doors once a week

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

• A driver's licence for school lifts
• Non-smoker

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

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