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Location: Morristown, NJ

Schedule: Part time, 15 hours/week, 2pm-5pm
*Can be flexible on schedule for the right person, including a later start for teachers!

Length: Long term (minimum 1 year commitment)

Start date: September 9, 2024

Pay: $25/hour; flexible to go up for the right person

Benefits:
-2 work weeks of vacation (1 of family’s choosing, 1 of nanny’s)
-1 work week of sick/personal days

Family Values:
This kind and generous family prioritizes their son’s comfort and happiness above all else. Gentle parenting is the caregiving approach they practice, with a value on outdoor time, play, and fun.

About the children:

• Child A (3 year old): Very engaging, joyful child who loves chatting, playing superheroes, and exploring new play places. Child has many severe anaphylactic food allergies.

Ideal personality (of Nanny):
You are a warm, sociable individual who is comfortable implementing a schedule for toddlers, and maintaining it. Because you will be caring for the child after he returns from preschool (pickup is @ 2pm), you will be primarily responsible for their nutrition, hygiene, play and early evening routine. You should be comfortable in a go-with-the-flow household, while maintaining a loving and gentle demeanor.

Requirements:

• Clean driving record
• Personal vehicle (nanny will of course be reimbursed at the standard rate of 65.5 cents per mile driven while working)
• Must be comfortable with the prospect of administering an epi pen and acting in emergency situations if needed

Responsibilities:

• Loving and attentive care of child, including the meeting of all basic needs (diapering, pottying, bathing, feeding, etc.)
• Support family in the introduction of an earlier, more child-oriented schedule that is best suited for the children
• Transport child from preschool home, and to various other activities
• Engage child in learning and exploration via books, stories, art, songs and play
• Spend time outdoors when weather permits (playing in the yard, going on stroller walks around the neighborhood, going to parks and playgrounds, etc.)
• Bath time and pajamas at the end of the day some evenings
• Maintain organization and cleanliness of spaces you use in the home (essentially: leave the house how you found it)

Kind, communicative, detail-oriented nanny needed for one infant

Location: Princeton, NJ

Schedule:

Monday-Friday
8am-6pm or 9am-5pm
40-50 hours/wk
*Family does not know the exact hours of the job just yet, but they will be based around  parents’ 9am-5pm work schedule 

Length: Long term, minimum 2 year commitment

Start date: Early September, 2024 (can be flexible)

Pay: $30-$33/hour, depending on experience

Benefits:

• 3 weeks of paid vacation (2 weeks of family’s choosing, 1 of nanny’s)
• 5 paid sick/personal days per year
• 5 paid federal holidays per year

Family Values: This wonderful family holds a terrific balance of being both extremely warm and very professional. Treating people with kindness and respect is a top priority, and they understand that if their nanny is happy, their child is too. Both of these outdoorsy, adventurous parents work demanding jobs, and they place a high value on staying organized AND having fun. Play is a top priority, including outdoor play, and mud puddles are for jumping in (so long as everything is tidied up afterwards)! The feelings, ideas and thoughts of their child are of high importance to these parents, who value human connection and community. Both parents are very organized, type A people who maintain a clean, tidy home.

About the children: 

• Child A (6 months old): A happy, curious child who loves to engage, be played with, talked to, read with, sung to, who is on an extremely good sleep schedule.

Ideal personality (of Nanny): 

You are an extremely organized, communicative, nurturing person who is authentically kind, calm and positive. Being on time is a huge priority for you, right alongside reliability. You are comfortable maintaining good boundaries and keeping things organized as you go through the day playing with child, and implementing developmentally appropriate activities. You would describe yourself as resourceful and a lifelong learner, who problem-solves, identifies new, safe activities, and is comfortable giving and receiving feedback. You are happy to spend lots of time outdoors, attend classes and educational events, and are comfortable with a screen-free household.

Requirements:

• Prior experience with infants.
• Valid driver’s license, clean driving record and vehicle. Family will provide reimbursement for any (minimal) mileage used locally.
• Must be up to date on the COVID and Tdap vaccines and willing to get the flu shot annually.
• Current CPR, AED and First Aid Certifications
• Must be non-smoker.

Responsibilities:

*Nanny’s primary responsibility will be the child. Only when child is napping and nanny has already taken a 30 minute lunch break will nanny be expected to help with child-related tasks like laundry and household support.

Child:

• Foster a safe environment
• Provide loving and attentive care of child, including the meeting of all needs (diapering, pottying, bathing, eating, naps, etc.)
• Help establish and closely maintain schedules for feeding, sleeping, wake windows
• Support child’s progress towards achieving development milestones such as eating solids, rolling, crawling, talking, walking, etc.
• Plan, facilitate and actively participate in age appropriate activities
• Engage child in learning and exploration via books, stories, art, songs and play with a focus on developmental milestones
• Foster confidence via calm, nurturing care
• Spend time outdoors daily (going on stroller walks in the neighborhood, going to playgrounds, etc)
• Bring child to local activities at the library, story time, etc.
• Maintain organization and cleanliness of spaces you use in the home (baby room and bath, family room, kithchen)
• Prepare simple, healthy meals for child who is beginning to eat solids
• Laundry for baby
• Maintain open communication & offer suggestions when challenges arise
• Seek to understand and support our parenting philosophy

Household:

• Laundry (linens only)
• Help organizing around the house
• Tidying up after child while they’re sleeping (unloading dishwasher, vacuuming spaces that child played in, etc.)

Important to note: 

Parents will likely be working from home at least 3 days of the week in a separate portion of the home.

Location: Union, NJ

Schedule:

Part time, 16 hours/week Monday: 10am – 6pm Wednesday: 10am – 6pm

Length: 1 year commitment, with the potential to go longer

Start date: Beginning of August 2024

Pay: $25 – $30/hour, depending on experience

Benefits:

• 4 weeks paid vacations (3 weeks of family’s choosing, 1 of nanny’s)
• 4 sick/personal days per year
• 5 federal holidays paid time off

Family Values:

These loving parents prioritize their baby’s comfort, health, and happiness. Their household focuses onestablishing a healthy and non-toxic environment. They value maintaining a consistent routine while findingnew and creative ways to engage with their baby.

About the children:

• Child A (10 months old): This baby is sweet, happy, energetic, and She loves music and books. She is shy and cautious around new faces, but very observant. She loves interacting with her caregiver, and thrives with lots of attention.

Ideal personality (of Nanny):

You are a kind, patient, and engaging nanny who truly loves what you do. You are capable of providing acalm, focused presence for a child through your extremely warm caregiving approach. You understand the importance of structure in a child’s life, and are able to follow the daily schedules that the parents have set. While you are able to closely maintain the baby’s schedule, you are also excited to come up with daily activities and games for the child in your care. You are comfortable working alongside other adults, as the parents will be around the house for the majority of your time with the child.

Requirements:

• Must be up to date on all childhood vaccines (including TDAP), flu, and COVID

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility will be playing with the baby and planning age-appropriate, fun and engaging developmental activities (via books, toys, songs and play)
• Loving and attentive care of infant, including the meeting of all basic needs (diapering, eating, etc.)
• Foster confidence via nurturing care
• Maintain organization and cleanliness of spaces you use in the home (essentially: leave the house how you found it)
• When baby is napping:
  • Meal prep for the Family will provide you with groceries, and you will prepare simple, fresh, healthy meals for the baby
  • Laundry for the baby (as needed)

Important to note:

• Family lives in apartment building with doorman