Overview

Private family in San Juan Capistrano seeks a highly organized, proactive, and design-minded House Manager to oversee day-to-day operations of their residence. The ideal candidate has a polished, service-oriented demeanor and thrives in an environment that values excellence, aesthetics, and efficiency.

This position focuses on ensuring the home is beautifully maintained, fully functional, and consistently organized, while coordinating household maintenance, vendors, and projects.

The family has two young children (with a dedicated full-time nanny) and one large dog. This role will collaborate closely with household staff to maintain a harmonious, well-run home.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of household operations, including property maintenance, vendor scheduling, and service management.
• Maintain inventory, order supplies, and ensure household essentials are fully stocked.
• Regularly organize and refresh spaces throughout the home for cleanliness and visual harmony.
• Support design, décor, and home improvement projects — sourcing items and coordinating with contractors as needed.
• Assist with entertaining and event preparation, including décor setup, errands, and guest readiness.
• Manage budgets, track expenses, and maintain household records and warranties.
• Run errands, handle deliveries, and manage household purchasing and returns.
• Maintain discretion and confidentiality at all times.

Qualifications

• 5plus years of private home, luxury hospitality, or estate management experience.
• Eye for design, presentation, and organization.
• Tech-savvy, self-directed, and capable of juggling multiple priorities.
• Professional, kind, and adaptable — enjoys making things beautiful and functional.
• Fluent in English; valid driver’s license required.
• Must love children and dogs.

Compensation to Schedule

• $100,000–$150,000 DOE
• Full-time schedule with flexibility (10AM–6PM typical hours)
• Health insurance and two weeks paid vacation provided

We are helping a kind, busy exec find a top notch house manager who can double up with assistant duties when needed. You will be his first house manager, so he is looking for someone who comes with years of experience and suggestions on how to better run his home. The home is just shy of 6,000 sq feet and needs a house manual, maintenance manuals and organizational systems put in place. There is also an office space that you will help manage, as well as staff housing that will need ad hoc duties (although, these 2 properties will need minimal help from you). It could be: checking the mail, restocking the office snacks, running errands, etc.

Regarding the home – you should have a black book of preferred vendors in the area and be ready to offer these suggestions to the principal. There will also be some travel booking as needed, paying vendors, scheduling vendors and being at the home when they are there, etc. There is a 70 pound adorable lab, so please love dogs!! If needed, you might be asked to walk or feed the dog, dry him off if he jumps into the pool…just a team player attitude!

Other duties include: help book trips, booking appts, reservations, smaller errands..package returns, gift shopping, watering plants, making the beds and changing the sheets if there were guests and it is not the housekeepers week to be there, wiping off counters, take the trash out, load and unload dishwasher, his laundry

Please have experience with google docs, google workspace, managing multiple properties and be tech literate.

If you are looking for your dream job with an amazing boss, send us your resume! heather@thehelpcompany.com

Salary is DOE
Health insurance stipend
PTO

We are incredibly an incredibly kind and generous mother daughter duo find their perfect blend of house manager plus nanny. They are looking for someone who wants to stay with them for many years to come. You will split days between the 2 homes (they live less than a mile from each other, so it is an easy commute!). There will be organizational projects, laundry, grocery restocking, errands, vendor management, gift buying and wrapping, holiday decorating, plus other ad hoc duties. There is an elementary aged child that you will also get to hang out with. You can help oversee him doing his homework, take him to the beach, get a snack, swim and just keep him on track once school gets out. This family has had staff working for them for over 20 years! They offer 85% of full medical benefits for you and your dependents, 2 weeks PTO, most holidays off and paid, overtime, sick days and a 12% employer contribution to your 401k after one year!! If you are looking for the nicest family to work for, send us your resume! Hourly rate is $40 hour. heather@thehelpcompany.com