HN457 - Full-Time Live-Out Nanny - Scarsdale, NY

A family in Scarsdale, NY is seeking a full-time live-out nanny for their 1.5 and 3.5-year-old daughters. The role starts as soon as a great fit is found. The schedule is full-time, Monday–Friday, approximately 9:00 AM–6:00 PM (40 guaranteed hours per week). This is envisioned as a long-term opportunity, with the potential for the position to naturally evolve into a more dedicated Household Manager role as the children enter school over the next couple of years. Schedule may transition to approximately 10:00 AM–6:00 PM in the coming year. Occasional flexibility for earlier starts or later evenings is important.

The ideal candidate is mature, dependable, energetic, and enjoys becoming an integral part of a family's daily life. The family is looking for someone who is equally comfortable providing attentive, engaging childcare and helping maintain an organized, smoothly functioning household.

Mom is a stay-at-home parent, so the ideal candidate must be comfortable working collaboratively alongside a parent who is actively involved in the children's daily routines. This position requires someone who is flexible, takes initiative, and can confidently transition between childcare and household responsibilities depending on the family's needs.

Childcare Responsibilities:

• →Provide attentive, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate care for two young girls.
• →Plan engaging, age-appropriate activities, outings, and educational experiences.
• →Be fully present and engaged with the children during working hours.
• →Support daily routines for the children, including meals, naps, playtime, and transitions.
• →Encourage independence, creativity, and positive behavior.
• →Maintain a safe environment and supervise children around water; be comfortable swimming and supervising children in and around pools.
• →Work collaboratively with Mom and communicate openly regarding the children's schedules and needs.

When the children are at school, napping, or spending time with Mom, the nanny will transition into household support responsibilities:

Duties include–

• →Loading and unloading the dishwasher.
• →Keeping the kitchen and common areas neat and organized.
• →General tidying and resetting of the home throughout the day.
• →Taking out garbage and recycling.
• →Managing packages, returns, and deliveries.
• →Running occasional errands.
• →Grocery shopping and household supply replenishment.
• →Helping organize household spaces and maintain general order.
• →Assisting with meal preparation and family food planning.
• →The family employs a weekly house cleaner for deep cleaning, so this position is focused on daily household upkeep rather than heavy housekeeping.
• →A candidate who enjoys cooking and is comfortable helping with family meals, food preparation, and grocery shopping would be especially desirable.

The family travels regularly and would love a nanny who is enthusiastic about traveling with them, both domestically and internationally. Typical travel may include:

• →Weeklong ski vacations.
• →Weeklong warm-weather vacations.
• →One- to two-week trips to Europe during the spring, summer, or fall.
• →Approximately two weeks of summer travel.
• →Occasional extended trips, potentially lasting 5–6 weeks.
• →Prior experience traveling with a family is strongly preferred. The candidate must be flexible, adaptable, and comfortable accompanying the family on extended trips.

• Mature, experienced nanny with a warm and positive personality.
• Proactive, resourceful, and naturally takes initiative.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing daily needs.
• Comfortable working alongside a stay-at-home parent.
• Enjoys both childcare and household management.
• Reliable, trustworthy, and interested in a long-term commitment.
• Comfortable with domestic and international travel.
• Able to swim.
• Comfortable around one large family dog (half German Shepherd, half Boxer).
• Enjoys cooking or assisting with meal preparation.

Household & Family Lifestyle:

• The family follows a vegan lifestyle at home, and the children eat vegetarian when outside the home. The nanny is welcome to maintain her own dietary preferences.
• The family values someone who is respectful of their household routines, attentive to details, and genuinely interested in becoming a trusted and valued member of their household.

• Comfortable flying domestic and international (valid passport, comfortable with flying)
• Can do consecutive weeks away on longer trips; most commonly, quarterly ~1-1.5 week trips, occasional long weekends, and potentially a longer summer trip of 2 weeks to a month such as in the event they get a rental lakehouse or something. In the past, they've gone to East Hampton, Bermuda, Bahamas, Europe, etc.
• No pending major commitments that would block travel regularly on as little as 2 weeks notice
• Good with technology (smartphone, camera, Google calendar)
• Experience with ~2 and ~4 year old ages and caring for multiple children at once
• Good references
• Can swim well enough to jump into a pool confidently and get their children underwater in an emergency
• Comfortable with their large, friendly dog
• No noted interest in changing careers, going back to school, etc. that would preclude a long-term relationship. They recognize they can't ask for a long-term commitment. However, they seek the type of candidate who has helped raise children with another family and wants to do it a second time around, for example.
• Lives within a 75-minute maximum commute of their home in Scarsdale, NY and preferably within 60 minutes.
• The employee is required to take a CPR/first aid class and a CPR class for infants and toddlers. If the employee has not yet taken the training at the time of hiring, it will be paid for (within seven days of the training) by the employer and must be completed within the first six months of employment. Time spent in training will be compensated at the employee’s hourly rate of pay.