Head Housekeeper - London, United Kingdom - Exclusive Household Staff

Exclusive Household Staff

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Central London,
Salary £50,000-£55,000 per annum:

EHS #6021:

Our client, a busy down-to-earth family, are seeking a Head Housekeeper for their property in Central London - a 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom, detached house with a small terraced front and back garden.

The parents work full-time with overseas travel from time to time, and have 3 children, G18, B16, B11 years of age.

There are also 3 dogs within the household.

Bright, downtoearth, competent, experienced Housekeeper who can take initiative, be selfmotivated with a healthy work ethic
Able to run the house and take care of the family's shopping and cooking, as well as helping with the children
Happy to follow direction, work in a team, and be a good communicator
Should know their schedule and be able to manage and work through their duties autonomously and with flexibility

There is another full-time Housekeeper, Monday-Friday, 8.00am-5.00pm, who is responsible for the cleaning and laundry, and who works as part of a team to ensure the running of the house is to a high standard.

Duties:

Laundry to include bed linen, clothing, delicate items, and handwashing
Making and presenting beds beautifully
Ironing and taking care of all family's clothes, handwashing cashmere and silk, and maintaining laundry with real care
Preparation and cooking of family meals
Feeding and walking the dogs
Cleaning to a high standard with attention to detail: to include hoovering, dusting, washing all floors, cleaning of bathrooms, kitchen, utility room, inside windows, cleaning of marble, brass and fine furniture
Picking up the youngest child from school, and dropping off / collecting from friends / activities
Being able to follow and implement the parents' requests for screen time for 11yr old son; setting boundaries and making his schedule fun and enjoyable
Feed and water plants inside the house and outside
Shopping for food locally
Sweep, wash down, and keep tidy back and front of house
Dry cleaning dropoff and collection
Ensuring all areas of the house are kept tidy, organised and maintained
Answering the door and phone, taking messages, managing deliveries
Wardrobe maintenance
Keeping fridge clean and discarding outofdate items, presenting food / flowers nicely in kitchen each day
Occasional support when the family are entertaining
Responsibility for all grocery shopping to include online weekly supermarket / Amazon shop and daily top ups
Taking dogs to vets and giving medication when necessary
Maintaining all stock control of household sundries
Responsibility for maintaining and organising household rubbish with its collections for general waste / recycling and garden waste
Meeting of tradesmen and contractors for the house, eg security alarm, plumbers, gardeners etc with good clear communication to and forth family and office
Informing family of any necessary concerns to do with any systems or required household maintenance, carrying out any other tasks that the employer may reasonably ask
Liaison with the family PA / office to ensure smooth running of the household and maintenance
Staying over from time to time to winter babysit / house / dog sit