Live in (or live out) Housekeeper required for a property in Central Edinburgh

Edinburgh - UK

Monthly Salary: GBP 600 - 600

Experience Required: 2-4years

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Central Edinburgh (10 min walk to Waverley Station / 5 min walk to tram and bus stops)

A lovely live-in (or live out) role has come in working for a property in Edinburgh. This is a great opportunity for someone who is proactive and organised with the highest standards and meticulous attention to detail to manage and take responsibility of this property and the family (2 Principals only no kids)

Duties:

General Housekeeping / personal assistant tasks

Going to supermarkets / markets / food ordering and doing some basic food / ad hoc basic meal preparation

Keep the flat (2500sq ft) clean and tidy during the day

Emptying the dishwasher

Putting washes/dryer on

Keeping stock of cleaning products and other general items around the house and purchasing more when needed

Cleaning and ironing of laundry

Changing beds

Popping to the post office running errands doing some ad hoc in person and online shopping.

Charging the Tesla

And more duties related to housekeeping/ house management/ house organisation

Dog Walking / Care

Mid-week Dog Walks: take their dog on some of his morning lunch and early evening walks. Client will keep their current dog walker doing some of the lunch time walks. Some walks will need to be driven too and he is great off lead so it would suit someone who loves spending time in nature.

Dog Sitting: Look after the dog in our flat when the Client goes on trips - sometimes these will be day trips 2 night trips and occasionally longer (2 week) trips.

Taking stock of the dogs food and ordering more of it when needed feeding the dog.

Hours and days:

Hours per week: 35-40h

The role would be Mon-Fri although dog sitting may go over the weekends but for these periods there would be less other work to do.

Accommodation: a beautiful ground floor Georgian flat 3m high ceilings 1 bed 1 bath open plan kitchen 1200sq ft and newly renovated. It is a 15 minute walk from the familys own property and its furnished.

Start date: ASAP but can wait a bit for the right person

Requirements

The ideal candidate would/ would be/ would have:

Fluent English
Driving license (its a must)
Love dogs and has good experience looking after them (their dog is a very gentle 4 year old labrador). This is a key recruitment criteria and it is very important to the client that we find the right person who is good with dogs.
Is relatively fit (we are a top floor flat and dog required walking regularly)
A mature person with a good work ethic and good attention to detail the clients like things kept in order the whole time (hence the reason for hiring for this role)
A kind and gentle person

Happy to build a relationship with the client with the view to working for the them for many years including children in the future (if they will have them)

Benefits

Salary: 15 per hour / up to 40000 gross per annum

28 days holiday a year including public holidays

Required Skills:

Proven experience in a similar private household role ideally min 5 years Good communication skills and ideally basic computer skills communicating via email etc would be ideal Adaptable dependable and able to follow instructions Pet-friendly and confident with dogs Looking for a long-term stable position

Central Edinburgh (10 min walk to Waverley Station / 5 min walk to tram and bus stops)A lovely live-in (or live out) role has come in working for a property in Edinburgh. This is a great opportunity for someone who is proactive and organised with the highest standards and meticulous attention to det...