Summary
Title: Domestic Couple
Working Schedule: Full-time, Live-in or Live-out
Salary: $200,000 per annum (based on experience)
Location: Southampton, NY
Start Date: ASAP
A wonderful New York family is seeking an experienced Full-Time Domestic Couple to oversee the day-to-day management and care of their Southampton home. The ideal candidates will have prior experience working with HNW/UHNW families and maintaining a formal household or luxury yacht. The couple must demonstrate exceptional skills in household management, cleaning, laundry, and meal service. The family is looking for a couple who works well independently, is pet-friendly (the family has 3 dogs), and can ensure the smooth running of the household. Flexibility with schedules and a willingness to travel are essential, as is the ability to maintain professional boundaries while being attentive and proactive in anticipating the family’s needs. The principals value long-term relationships and are seeking a couple looking to stay with them for many years.
Duties:
- Manage vendors and oversee daily household operations.
- Supervise staff in residence, including managing schedules and tasks.
- Coordinate family activities such as massage, tennis, and other leisure pursuits.
- Clean and maintain furniture, fine antiques, and vintage pieces, ensuring the home is always neat and orderly.
- Handle laundry, ironing, and steaming of clothing and fine linens, including bed sheets, and maintaining shoes.
- Grocery shopping, running errands, and stocking cleaning supplies and toiletries.
- Manage and schedule all preventive maintenance services for the home.
- Provide attentive care and service to guests when they are present in the home, including offering beverages and ensuring comfort.
- Serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, including setting tables and arranging floral designs.
- Oversee automobile maintenance and drive the family and guests to local airports, restaurants, and other destinations as needed.
- Provide pet care for the family’s three dogs.
- Organize and maintain pantries and closets.
Ideal Candidates:
- Available at all times to assist when the family is in residence.
- Flexible, and able to adapt quickly to changing circumstances.
- Must have prior formal household experience, including experience with event and entertainment settings.
- Honest, discreet, and highly trustworthy with a strong sense of integrity.
- Service-oriented with a friendly and approachable demeanour.
- Must be able to handle a physically demanding job that includes stairs and significant walking
- Proactive, efficient, and highly organized, able to anticipate the family’s needs.
- Willing to travel with the family to their other homes in New York for events and coverage.
- Valid driver’s license.
- A minimum of 2 to 5 years of experience in a similar role.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive salary based on experience, approximately $200,000.
- Health insurance is provided.
- 4 weeks of vacation.
