Port Saint Lucie
Summary Role type: Full-time or substantial part-time W-2 Household Manager role supporting a private family household. Multiple schedule lanes are being considered. Primary schedule options: Weekday Morning: Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM-2:30 PM or 7:00 AM-3:30 PM. Weekday Afternoon/Evening: Monday-Friday, 2:30 PM-11:00 PM. Weekend/Monday: Saturday-Sunday, 8:00 AM-9:00 PM, with Monday 8:00 AM-9:00 PM possible for the right full-time structure. Location: South Florida candidates within approximately one hour of the family home are strongly preferred. Travel / seasonal: Summer New Jersey coverage and occasional family travel may be required. Summer schedules may temporarily use rotation-style coverage because of travel logistics. Compensation: Competitive compensation commensurate with role scope, schedule, and experience; discussed with qualified candidates. Benefits: W-2 employment structure, PTO, health-insurance support where applicable, and approved vehicle/gas/travel support for household work. Best fit: A service-minded, high-energy, child-comfortable household operator who can follow systems, support children warmly, and preserve a flexible family environment without adding commentary or trying to reshape the household. About the Role: This is a high-trust Household Manager role for a busy family with four children ages 1, 3, 6, and 8. The children are homeschooled and are in the house throughout the day. The role combines household operations, childcare support, daily checklists, laundry, resets, inventory, simple food preparation, car and diaper bag readiness, mail/packages, travel support, and careful communication inside a systems-based private household. This is not a nanny-only role, a housekeeper-only role, or a role for someone who wants to direct how the family should operate. The right candidate must be genuinely comfortable with children and also able to keep household work moving while children are present. What Makes This Household Different Invisible structure, not rigid routine: The family has built operational structure behind the scenes: checklists, procedures, inventory standards, and source documents. The family does not want rigid routine imposed on the children or on the feel of the home. The home is lively, playful, flexible, and not museum-like. Candidates who need a quiet, polished, highly scheduled household to feel successful will not be a fit. Children are home during the day. Because the children are homeschooled, there are very few truly uninterrupted windows while they are awake. The Household Manager must keep work moving around normal family life. Parent-led standards. The role supports the principals parenting style; it does not replace it with a candidate's discipline philosophy. Service-minded communication. Success requires communication that reduces decisions rather than adding commentary. The right candidate fixes what can be fixed, asks when the issue is sensitive or unclear, and avoids unsolicited advice. Hands-on execution. Laundry, resets, stocking, trash, errands, food prep, car readiness, and routine household work are central to the role. Systems-based work. The household uses written procedures, checklists, inventory trackers, and ChatGPT inside a household operations Project for routine operational support. Schedule Lanes Are Under Consideration Typical hours Weekday Morning Household Manager Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM-2:30 PM or 7:00 AM-3:30 PM Open the house; complete morning readiness; start regular laundry; support wake-up and breakfast flow; reset active locations; complete Baby Brezza, car, diaper bag, outdoor fridge, and daily readiness work. Weekday Afternoon/Evening Household Manager Monday-Friday, 2:30 PM-11:00 PM Support afternoon and evening flow; dinner reset; bedtime/Beckett support; stained laundry after bedtime; mail/package processing when assigned; kitchen close; post-bedtime house reset. Weekend / Monday Household Manager (PART-TIME) Saturday-Sunday, 8:00 AM-9:00 PM; Monday 8:00 AM-9:00 PM possible Weekend household support, laundry/reset catch-up, light childcare support, and if Monday is included, recurring checklist work such as weekly inventory, ordering support, and scheduled recurring tasks. Primary Responsibilities 1. Household Operations and Daily Execution · Complete assigned daily household checklist sections for the relevant shift. · Maintain visible house reset standards across kitchen, living areas, bedrooms, bathrooms, homeschool areas, laundry, and guest areas. · Handle laundry according to household standards, including stain treatment, no-dry rules, wet-clothes rules, and put-away standards. · Keep active inventory areas stocked, scannable, and organized. · Process mail and packages according to routing standards when assigned. 1. Childcare Support · Support four young children with warmth, active supervision, redirection, and calm engagement. · Respect parent-defined routines and child-facing standards; do not impose a separate discipline philosophy. · Protect homeschool time, naps, transitions, meals, and safety-sensitive routines. · Keep household work moving while children are present whenever safe and realistic. 1. Food, Car, Diaper Bag, and Readiness Systems · Maintain outdoor fridge and food readiness according to written procedures. · Support simple child meals/snacks and standard household food preparation as assigned. · Reset car and diaper bag readiness so the family can leave without missing supplies. · Maintain pet care routines according to the daily checklist. 1. Inventory, Travel, and Vendor Support · Support household inventory and ordering workflows as assigned. · Support travel packing and readiness according to written procedures. · Coordinate routine vendors and service visits within approval rules when assigned. 1. AI and Procedure Use · Use ChatGPT inside the household operations Project for non-urgent operational questions before asking principals. · Use written procedures as the source of truth. · Use AI to find procedures, draft concise messages, and clarify low-risk operational questions. · Do not use AI to make medical, safety, water, driving, or emergency decisions. Childcare and Family Culture Standard · The family values flexibility, play, warmth, and a lively home. · The children do not follow a rigid, fixed daily schedule. · Staff should redirect and distract rather than discipline, shame, lecture, or impose personal standards. · Serious safety, physical, medical, or high-risk issues go to the parents. · Candidates must be comfortable supporting the parents' household standards without critique, commentary, or attempts to redesign the family culture. Required Qualifications · At least three years of meaningful childcare experience. This may include large-family sibling care, babysitting, college childcare work, camp/church/school childcare, light nannying, family assistant work involving children, or similar hands-on child experience. · Demonstrated willingness to do hands-on household work without ego or resentment. · Ability to work at least one of the target schedule lanes listed above. · Comfort working in a homeschool household where children are present and interruptions are normal. · Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to be added to insurance. · Comfort using technology and willingness to use ChatGPT as part of the household operating system. · Excellent discretion and ability to sign and follow confidentiality/NDA requirements. · Current infant/child CPR and First Aid certification preferred; required within 90 days of start if not current. Required Traits · Warm with children, but not child-only in work identity. · Service-minded, coachable, and comfortable following established systems. · Fast, proactive, and comfortable closing loops. · Low ego around physical household work. · Calm in a lively, noisy, flexible, kid-centered house. · Precise with checklists and written procedures. · Able to receive direct feedback without defensiveness or emotional processing. · Respectful of a conservative Christian, parent-led household environment. Not a Fit If... · You want a nanny-only role and would not consistently execute household tasks. · You need children to be on a rigid schedule or need the home to operate like a polished, quiet estate environment. · You prefer to proactively advise, correct, or reshape family routines, parenting, discipline, or household culture. · You view laundry, resets, stocking, errands, or food prep as beneath you. · You need constant verbal direction instead of following procedures and checklists. · You are defensive when corrected or need feedback heavily softened. · You would be uncomfortable working in a conservative Christian household or respecting parent-defined values around children. · You cannot maintain discretion around children, family routines, travel, medical information, or household details.