CLOSED - Professional, Gentle, Team-Oriented Nanny Needed For On-The-Go Bay Area Family

A heart-filled Bay Area-based family is seeking a gentle, proactive, and collaborative nanny to join their family and team!

• Location: Palo Alto, CA
• Ages of children: 13, 7, and 3, and 1-year-old
• Start date/Contract dates: As soon as they find the right person!
• Schedule: Full-time, guaranteeing 45 hours per week with the general schedule falling Tuesday through Saturday. The candidate will work either an AM shift from 7 am to 4 pm or PM shift from 11:00 am to 8 pm or similar. Flexibility for travel, overnights, and evenings will be asked and appreciated, and the family looks forward to designing a schedule at least a month in advance that works well for all parties.
• Compensation: The family is offering $40-45/hour for a live-out role. Based on the 45+ hour/week schedule this will equate to an annualized base compensation range of $100-112+k/year dependent on experience. 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, a health insurance stipend, a vehicle for professional use, and relocation assistance based on candidate need and the full benefits package.
• Live-in/Live-out: Live-out. The family is open to providing a landing pad in the au pair apartment on their property and a housing stipend, as needed, for relocation candidates.

Household dynamic:

• This bustling, four-kid family, along with their service dog and backyard chickens, is a fun bunch! They are excited to add another Adventure Nanny to their family team to partner with mom and nanny. In addition to English, both parents speak Spanish and this family loves to travel when the opportunity arises! They recently visited Hawaii and Germany, spend time in Los Angeles annually, and are eager to find a nanny to join their family on future travels and at home in the Palo Alto area!
• Their 13-year-old is a child with special needs due to a rare genetic disease. She is incredibly loving and social and is also non-verbal and dependent on caretakers for basic needs. This includes feeding, dressing, diapering, and g-tube, and requires help walking. She attends public school during the day and therapies after school. The 7-year-old is very outgoing and loves reading, swimming, and playing with the family dog and friends when not attending first grade at a local private school. Their energetic 3-year-old attends a play-based preschool 3 mornings a week, and she loves playing dress up, with her babies, stickers, and art. She is working on doing everything "herself" and working on her budding independence. Their youngest, who adores and is adored by her older siblings, is described by her parents as being a very calm, sweet baby, and is currently on their joyful journey into toddlerhood!

Ideal candidate:

• This position is ideal for a candidate who is excited to work on a team, is travel-ready, tidy, worldly, and enjoys working in a bustling household. A candidate who is willing to follow the family’s firm-yet-fair discipline style and has experience working with a wide array of age groups simultaneously, as well as recent toddler experience will thrive in this role!
• Someone who is a true team player will be a natural fit with this family. The nannies and mom will partner together to support the children and household. A positive, can-do attitude and willingness to pitch in with child-related housekeeping, like meal prep and laundry is key along with adding collective energy to maintaining an organized environment is a huge part of making this household and family thrive day-to-day.
• While experience with special needs and comfortability swimming and caring for kids around water are big pluses for this family, they are ultimately excited to work with an experienced, loving nanny who can show up every day with warmth and a collaborative, team-minded approach. They are happy to train on care for their eldest daughter!

Qualifications:

• 3 years of professional childcare experience
• Valid driver’s license and passport
• Knowledge and experience with age-appropriate developmental milestones
• Fully vaccinated and boosted (when eligible) against COVID-19 prior to start date in accordance with applicable laws
• Experience traveling with families and children
• Pet friendly! Willing to support light pet care.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 65 pounds

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!