A highly experienced Private Household / Family PA required to support a very busy family. The PA is to become the central linchpin of the home, not only managing all household administration but also importantly, managing and overseeing the household staff (full-time nanny, housekeeper and gardener and part-time tutor) to ensure that the Principal is free to focus on family life. Driver is bonus but not essential.
Hours: From 9/10am, weekdays ~30hrs minimum
Location: Kensington
Salary: Dependent upon experience
Start Date: ASAP
Interviewing: ASAP
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Management of household staff (permanent nanny, housekeeper, tutor): hiring, training/guiding, preparing schedules, overseeing their work
- Managing all household administration; utilities, insurance, bills
- Managing personal finances
- Diary management
- Sourcing, coordinating and overseeing tradesman and contractors
- Basic hardware/software/ networking support to run the home office (printer, broadband/wifi, download software, organise folders etc.)
- Making personal appointments
- Occasional pick-up and drop-off of children from school, play dates etc
- Event management
- Personal shopping and errand running
- Project management
- Travel: flights, visas, hotels, taxis etc
Candidates must be / have:
- Excellent and high-level Private PA experience, working within a household environment
- Previous experience managing household staff
- Good communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English
- Highly IT literate
- Strong minded and independent
- Highly organised and efficient
- Self-motivated and initiative to work autonomously
- Able to multi-task and prioritise your workload
- A flexible, can-do attitude
- Trustworthy and discrete
IMPORTANT
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- Detail your relevant experience in a cover letter and include this on an up to date CV
- Quote your required salary, with proof of current / previous salaries
- Let us know your availability for interview and when you could start
- If you can forward references to us, these can only strengthen your application
The more information you can give us, the more we can demonstrate to the client that you are exactly what they are looking for and send your CV on quickly.
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Send your information to: nicola@sored-pa.com