About the Family
A warm and welcoming family based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, is looking for a caring and reliable part-time nanny to help look after their two young children. Both parents work full-time and are hoping to find someone who will become a trusted and valued part of their family life. They have a gentle, loving approach to parenting, placing great importance on kindness, patience and understanding. Above all, they want their children to feel happy, secure and supported as they grow.
The Children
• Daughter, 4 (nearly 5). In Reception. Spirited, playful, creative, funny, kind and thoughtful, a little anxious, and confident with adults but shy with other children. Loves musical theatre (singing, dancing and acting), reading, Disney films, drawing and painting, and imaginative role play.
• Son, 2. At nursery four days a week. Energetic, loving, silly and playful. Loves trucks, buses and diggers, music and dancing, reading, and running and climbing.
• No allergies, medical conditions or additional needs for either child.
The Role
A part-time, live-in or live-out role, helping in the afternoons and evenings with school and nursery pick-ups, homework, activities and the children’s evening meals. If live-in, the nanny would also help in the mornings with getting the children dressed, fed and off to school and nursery. The family are looking for a caring, organised and reliable person who can also take charge of the children’s laundry and rooms.
• Monday to Thursday, 2.30pm-7pm (around 18 hours a week).
• Start mid-December 2026, early January 2027 at the latest, with no expectation to work over Christmas and New Year.
• £18-£23 Gross per hour
• Nanny car available; driving preferred but not required
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
• Pick-ups from school (and nursery as required)
• Helping with homework and after-school activities
• Preparing the children’s evening meals, including dinner for the eldest when she gets home from school
• Managing the children’s laundry
• Keeping the children’s bedrooms and playroom tidy (no cleaning required)
• General child-related tasks
• If live-in: helping in the morning to get the children dressed, fed and off to school and nursery
What They're Looking For
• Female, from mid-twenties upwards
• Experienced 3+ years
Paediatric First Aid, DBS check and a full UK driving licence
• Caring, patient, thoughtful and engaged, inline with parenting values
• Able to play, be silly and join in role play and imagination games, singing and dancing
• Caring, respectful and patient, in line with the family’s parenting values
• Organised and reliable