HN442 - Full-Time Nanny - West Village, NYC

Overview

A family with 2 young daughters ages 15-months-old and 4-years-old is looking for a highly professional, discreet, and emotionally steady career nanny to care for their children in the West Village. The eldest child attends a school a few blocks from the home for half the day during the week. The nanny to hire should be warm and engaging with the children; self-directed, collaborative, and comfortable working in a staffed household. They value calm competence, discretion, and clear communication. The schedule is Monday through Friday 8am-6pm and staying late two evenings per week, typically until approximately 9/10pm, compensated in addition to the guaranteed 50 hours.

The candidate must welcome actively involved parents and be comfortable with frequent domestic and international travel, including traveling extensively with their family during July and August, as well as occasional schedule flexibility. Because theirs is a Swiss-American family, familiarity with European culture and experience living or traveling in Europe would be especially welcome. A French-speaking candidate would be ideal. They are looking for a highly professional, warm, and capable career nanny who is resourceful, anticipatory, and exercises excellent judgment. The ideal candidate is flexible, comfortable working alongside actively involved parents, and an experienced, sophisticated traveler. Above all, they value someone warm, self-sufficient, and steady.

Responsibilities

• Managing the children’s schedules and logistics
• Able to care for the children's clothing; ironing a plus
• Keeping the children’s rooms, clothing, toys, and belongings tidy
• Preparing healthy food for the children
• Encouraging books, art, music, museums, and the outdoors with the children
• Overseeing the children's development and age-appropriate activities
• Traveling with the family, domestic and international
• Driving the children as needed
• Swimming with the children as needed

Requirements

• Excellent driver with a clean record, driving is mainly at the home Upstate
• A swimmer
• Happy to travel extensively
• Active, energetic, warm, and positive
• Polished, well-spoken, discreet, and emotionally steady
• Highly organized, proactive, resourceful, and an excellent packer
• Independent and confident navigating NYC and unfamiliar cities
• Excellent judgment and extremely safety-conscious
• Knowledgeable about child development and age-appropriate activities
• Interested in books, art, music, museums, and the outdoors
• Enjoys preparing healthy food and understands high-quality/organic ingredients
• Meticulous about children’s rooms, clothing, toys, and belongings; able to iron is a plus
• Tech-savvy and comfortable managing children’s schedules and logistics
• Flexible and calm with changing plans
• Comfortable in a staffed household and with very involved parents
• Clear communicator without overcommunicating
• Strong professional boundaries; mature, discreet, and low-drama
• Career nanny seeking a long-term position
• Skilled at dressing children beautifully, with a polished eye for clothing, grooming, and children’s hair

Salary and Benefits

• $40–$45/hour, depending on experience and qualifications
• Overtime paid for all hours worked over 40 hours per week
• Traveling overnight rate of $150 per overnight when traveling with the family for work
• Travel time, including time spent traveling on a plane, is considered paid working time
• Once at the destination, any time the nanny is not scheduled to work is considered off-duty time
• Metro Card provided
• Healthcare stipend of $500/month
• 15 vacation days
• 5 paid sick days
• The following paid holidays, to the extent they fall on a normal working day: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous People’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve