Head Housekeeper

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Exclusive Household Staff Full time

**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, down-to-earth, competent, experienced Housekeeper who can take initiative, be self-motivated 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 hand-washing
- Making and presenting beds beautifully
- Ironing and taking care of all family’s clothes, hand-washing 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 drop-off 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- Keeping fridge clean and discarding out-of-date items, presenting food / flowers nicely in kitchen each day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

**Days**: Monday to Friday
**Hours**:10.00am-7.00pm (9.00am-7.00pm during school holidays)
**Salary**: £50,000-£55,000 GPA
**Start**: ASAP

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