Los Altos family hiring a part-time House Manager

One of our fun new clients is looking for a house manager and personal assistant. Both parents work and while they do fine on the day to day, they have many projects that pile up. Their primary house is in Los Altos, CA and they have a weekend place 25 minutes away up on Skyline in Woodside. Ideally would like someone to work about 20 hours a week on average. Most work is time flexible and they are fine if someone wants to shift work around throughout the week or month to fit their schedule. They do have a Housekeeper, and if you love to cook this could be a full time job as they would love help with that (just for mom and dad).

Here are some example responsibilities:

• Project Research to Hiring: Do the initial legwork to find and screen specialized help when needed. For example, you might look into landscape crews, or compare quotes from contractors, presenting us with the best options.
• Managing Household Help: Act as the main point of contact for our regular vendors, including housecleaners and gardeners, to ensure tasks are completed correctly.
• Home Organization: Partner with us to tackle clutter, organize storage spaces, and streamline rooms. You won’t be doing the heavy housecleaning yourself, but you will help make decisions and direct the cleaning staff on where things go. We are looking for help selling some items we no longer need.
• Travel to Reservations: Research and book vacation logistics, including flights, hotels, and restaurant reservations.
• Errands to Gifting: Handle routine tasks like going to the post office or picking up specific orders. Keep track of family, friend, and employee milestones to help pick out, purchase, and send gifts for birthdays and holidays.
• Vehicle Logistics to Maintenance: Drop off and pick up family and project vehicles for regular service, detailing, and repairs. You will deal directly with mechanics and service advisors, so you need to be able to talk about car maintenance knowledgeably to ensure we get fair pricing and quality work. Need someone who can drive a manual transmission and who I can trust with high value cars. Hourly rate between $65 $75!

Please reach out ASAP if you are a fit.

elizabeth@thehelpcompany.com