Outgoing, Nature-Loving Family Assistant/Nanny Needed For Globally-Minded D.C. Area Family

A caring, inclusive, and adventure-loving D.C. area family is seeking a confident and travel-ready family assistant/nanny to help in caring for their home and children!

• Location: Great Falls, Virginia
• Ages of children: 6 and 4 years old
• Start date/Contract dates: May 1st or as soon as they find the perfect fit!
• Schedule: Full-time, guaranteeing 40-50 hours per week with the general schedule falling on Monday through Friday, 7 am to 5 pm. Flexibility to adjust schedules when traveling and around the academic year will be key!
• Compensation: The family is offering $35-40/hour based on the 40-50 hour/week schedule, which equates to an annualized base compensation of $73-104k/year range dependent on experience and the agreed-upon schedule. The family may be open to candidates who are seeking a higher compensation package commensurate with experience.
• Benefits: The family is open to providing benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, health insurance and/or a health insurance stipend, and relocation assistance based on the candidate's need and the full benefits package. The family will provide a vehicle for professional use.
• Live-in/Live-out: Live in. The family will provide three options for accommodations that the candidate can select from. One option is a private bedroom/bathroom on a separate floor of their home, the second is a private bedroom on a shared floor of their home, and the third option is a private and separate space on their property that includes a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. This home also has a full gym available for the candidate to use. While traveling, the nanny will always have a private bedroom and bathroom. The family is excited to support a healthy work/life balance for the candidate while having an open-door policy for the candidate to enjoy meals and hang out with the family during off hours as much as they would like.

Household dynamic:

• This joyful family of four has two hilarious and loving little boys. Their six-year-old is into playing legos, reading, crafts, and being silly. He recently started Tae Kwon Do and will begin attending a language immersion school in the fall. Their four-year-old enjoys cars, books, being outdoors, music, and crafts. He is currently enrolled in a forest preschool. Both boys are starting soccer this spring and the younger son will soon join his big brother in Tae Kwon Do. The family lives close to a national park and they love experiencing the natural world together. Some of their favorite things to do as a family are cooking, trying new foods, reading books together, playing games together, and focusing on creating memories and traditions. They also love impromptu dance parties and snuggling on the couch and laughing. Volunteering and helping others have been a big focus in their lives, and they look forward to continuing that as a family. The ideal candidate would be someone to help facilitate memories and experiences for the boys and the family as a whole.
• This travel-loving bunch spends time in the mountains of Virginia, near Charlottesville, and in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mom and dad want to bring up their sons with an appreciation and awareness of different cultures and experiences by traveling around the world as much as they can. They look forward to a year of traveling the world in the near future and would love to work with a family assistant/nanny who would be excited to join them. The ideal candidate would be someone to help facilitate memories and experiences for the boys and the family as a whole.
• Both parents are in and out of the home regularly and they appreciate collaboration and open communication so they can work as a team and support each other.

Ideal candidate:

• This position is ideal for someone who is an organized self-starter with a confident management style and a proactive mindset. A candidate who is outgoing and engaging and who will be a positive role model for the boys will thrive in this role. Someone who enjoys being active with kids to encourage a love of movement alongside the parents will be valued. This family would love to work with a candidate who is educationally minded and will help their sons grow mentally and physically. For these parents, education doesn’t simply happen in the classroom. It can happen everywhere and they want to capitalize on those learning moments whether they are in a grocery store or by the pyramids in Egypt.
• Responsibilities include creating a safe and loving environment for the children to learn and grow! While the children are in school, family assisting responsibilities include grocery shopping, personal assistant tasks, overseeing home maintenance/repairs, vendor management, travel planning, light organization, and generally pitching in to keep the household running smoothly! Childcare responsibilities include engaging with the children in fun as well as with chores around the house to help them build responsibility and independence. Additional responsibilities would include keeping the children's areas organized, pitching into the overall tidiness of the household, helping keep the kitchen in order, running child-related errands, basic meal prep, and children's laundry.
• While not a requirement for the role, the family would love to work with a nanny who speaks any foreign language with a bonus for Japanese or Spanish.

Qualifications:

• 3 years of professional childcare experience
• Valid driver’s license and passport
• Fully vaccinated and boosted (when eligible) against COVID-19 prior to start date in accordance with applicable laws
• Experience traveling with families and children
• Ability to swim and comfortability caring for children in and near water
• Clean driving record and a confident, experienced city driver, including interstates

This position is open to all Adventure Nannies candidates who are legally able to work in the US. Out of respect for the privacy of the families we work with, we cannot provide any additional information about this position other than what has already been provided in the job description. If you are interested in learning more about the position, please apply!