House Manager in Greenwich
Job Description
House Manager /PA in Greenwich
A professional family of 4 are looking for a hands on a proactive House Manager with PA duties to provide day-to-day support for the Principals and their family and household team, whilst maintaining a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
This is a hugely diverse hands on role and the principals are looking for someone who has extensive experience previously as a head housekeeper turned house manager/junior manager, who is still able to be hands on and lead by example.
Location: Greenwich SE10 - must live within 1 hour of SE10.
Hours: Mon-Friday 0745-1645
Starting: ASAP
Salary: up to 65K DOE
The role requires someone with a driving licence and confidence in and around London.
Duties will include but not be limited to:
LOGISTICS AND ADMINISTRATION:
- Providing full administrative support to Principals and family
- Personal complex diary management
- Handling specific projects e.g., planning a holiday, house move or event
- Organising all personal travel, visas, itineraries for the Principals and family accommodation
- Undertaking ad hoc personal errands
- All Gifting Personal/business
- Household Grocery shopping
- Household purchases/returns
- Booking household maintenance/Servicing required, overseeing any repairs and workmen
- Management of car fleet
- Personal appointments/reservations
- General outreach and communication with 3rd party contractors
- Organise events - Christmas, NYE, Birthdays
- Overseeing Household staff
- Setting up for formal dinners/meetings
- Oversee care of guests visiting or overnight
- Budgeting
- Managing Property inventories
Ideal candidate: specification
- Driven and enthusiastic
- Acts on their own initiative and delivers what is promised
- care about doing things to the best of your ability
- Meticulously organised
- Team player
- Discrete
- Calm under pressure
- You need to be solutions driven
- Minimum 5 years within a Private household
- IT literate - Outlook, Word, Excel, Whatsapp
- Full UK driving licence essential
- Enhanced DBS