Childcare & Household Coordinator (St. Ann, Jamaica) Visas required

A private family is looking for a bi-lingual (Spanish & English), fun, friendly, highly organized, dependable, very energetic and experienced Nanny to help look after two (2) children ages, 3 and 5.

CHILDCARE & HOUSEHOLD COORDINATOR

The role is full time and requires the right candidate to be extremely flexible. The standard hours are 7 am to 7 pm, 5 days per week, Monday to Friday, however the incumbent may be required to work longer or shorter hours depending on the time of year. The primary location is in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica but will require regular International Travel with the family including a minimum of 3 months spent in the UK annually.

In addition to public holidays, the incumbent will be entitled to fifteen (15) additional days annual leave to be ideally taken during the months of October to May.

The role would be a live in Nanny role and all meals would be covered during working hours.

CORE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for dressing the children each morning, supervising basic hygiene practices like brushing of the teeth, washing hands and face and preparing for school or any other activities.
• Responsible for the preparation of school packed lunches and ensuring the children's school bags are prepared and the necessary home work is done prior.
• Responsible for collecting the children from school and preparing them for afternoon activities including ensuring any homework given is completed.
• Ensuring the children have daily baths, also ensuring medication is taken where needed and preparing them for bed, which may also include reading stories.
• When the children are not being supervised the incumbent will be required to do some light housekeeping work and ensure their toys, clothes and things are cleaned and kept in a good organised manner. This will also include doing laundry.
• While the family has a full time chef while in Jamaica, when traveling the incumbent will need to be able to do basic cooking of healthy meals and snacks.
• Plan and organise all the children’s extracurricular activities.
• Be creative to plan play time, whether it be arts and crafts or any other fun activities that will enable the children to develop their skills.

SPECIFIC SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive experience (minimum 3 years) working with young children, whether as an Early Childhood Educator or a professional Nanny.
• Ability to obtain travel documents (Passport and Visas that allows travel to the UK, EU and US)
• Fluency in Spanish & English is preferred
• You will need to be very organised and enable a structured yet fun environment.
• You need to have excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• You need to have an ability to swim
• Driving is a plus but not a requirement
• Proficient knowledge of housekeeping and meal preparation
• Proficient knowledge of home safety and first aid
• Good moral character and pleasant disposition.
• Physically fit, energetic, agile and dexterous. 

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