Live In Housekeeper Cook in Central London – ASAP Start

Job Descriptions

Live In Housekeeper Cook for couple in Central London – ASAP Start

HNW couple are looking for a very experienced live in housekeeper cook to join them Monday – Friday from 1.00pm – 9.00pm (with flexibility). 

You will work in a small team including another housekeeper who works 7am - 1pm, who covers breakfast and most of the ironing but you will have to help and clean where needed. There is also a chauffeur & PA employed.

The clients are currently close to Regents Park but are moving back to their home which is being refurbished at the end of 2019. Both properties are 5 bedroom, 4 floors.

Full Housekeeping duties to include:

• Maintaining adequate stocks of food and household provisions
• Over seeing all maintenance issues and engaging trades people as necessary
• Managing all tradespeople, attending all appointments
• Overseeing all ensuing invoices from trades people and general housekeeping
• Managing a monthly float, keeping an accurate account of expenditure and receipts for monthly accrual
• Liaising closely with all household staff and office staff related to the owners of the property
• Providing assistance on prepping for travel including packing and unpacking travel suitcases
• Overseeing all cleaning provided by the cleaner is completed to required standards
• Managing and running ad hoc errands as necessary
• Looking after 2 small dogs, walking them and providing day to day care
• Providing overall management of the household to ensure all day to day matters are processed to a high standard in the time frames required.

Chef duties to include:

• To provide health meals on a daily basis for lunch and supper
• To be able to experiment and come up with new menu ideas
• To use fresh produce in all food preparation
• To be able to cater for up to 8 people of dinner parties
• To remain flexible to requirements and be able to react to new requests positively

Person Requirements

• Proven experience as a Housekeeper and Cook
• Ability to work with little supervision and conversely manage a high level of requests
• Have a ‘can’ do’ positive personality, happy to respond to changing requests
• Prioritisation and time management skills
• Ability to work quickly without compromising quality
• Good knowledge of both verbal and written English
• Numerate
• Able to use a computer and Microsoft packages to a good standard

Location: Central London – Regents Park then Marylebone end of 2019

Starting: ASAP

Accommodation: Annexe for the housekeeper in both homes

Salary: DOE circa £40,000 - £45,000