House Manager & Family Assistant; Light Childcare

House Manager & Family Assistant (with Light Childcare)

Location: Santa Monica, CA 90405

Employment Type: Part-time, 20–30 hours per week

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM and after (4–5 days per week).

Occasional evening availability needed (approximately once per week) to support date nights. Flexibility to support family travel on an as‑needed basis.

Compensation: $40–$45 per hour, commensurate with experience.

Start Date: ASAP

Requirements

• Maintain a smoke‑free environment.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Reliable transportation required.
• Candidates are required to be up to date on recommended vaccinations in line with American Academy of Pediatrics and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines (including COVID-19 and influenza), subject to applicable legal accommodations.
• CPR and First Aid certification preferred.
• Tech‑savvy—proficiency in Google Suite, including Google Calendar, and household automation systems.
• Comfort and experience working with dogs.

About Our Family

Based in Santa Monica, we’re a warm, close‑knit, active family of four, including two beloved, very sweet small dogs (one more mature and one younger, newer addition) and two wonderful school‑age children (ages 8 and 11), who fill our home with lots of love. We spend a lot of time together as a family and particularly enjoy the mornings—we love the ritual of getting the kids ready, making breakfast together, and walking or biking the children to their nearby schools.

After drop‑off, our days open up into a mix of meetings, mentorship opportunities, fitness, creative projects, speaking and teaching engagements, and everything in between. Our schedules are flexible and unstructured, which we love, but it also means we need someone consistent and highly organized who can hold down the home base while we’re on the move.

We care deeply about a well‑run, highly organized home and a healthy environment where our kids can flourish. We also have a second property nearby where we split our time, which requires routine care and attention. We’ve built a great team of vendors around us—cleaners, a dog walker, landscapers, and more—and now we’re looking for a highly seasoned, detail‑oriented house manager to be the connective tissue that keeps it all on track.

From creating and maintaining meaningful systems in our home, tackling laundry with attention to detail and care, overseeing household inventory and vendors, supporting the maintenance of our second property, to light childcare, we’re looking for a true powerhouse to support our household so we can focus on what matters most to us: having the time to be present as a family and enjoy each other’s company.

Who You Are / What We’re Looking For

You are a highly seasoned house manager who has seen it all and doesn’t need a detailed to‑do list to show up and get to work. You can easily walk in, read the room, assess the family’s more fluid schedule, and use good judgment and excellent time management to know what needs to happen and when. You think a few steps ahead, create meaningful systems that truly hold up over time, and take quiet pride in a reset, organized household that runs like a well‑oiled machine.

You're highly proactive, not reactive—you check the calendar in advance, make sure the car is fueled and ready for the weekend, notice when the pantry and fridge need restocking well before anything runs out, and audit the kids’ clothing to make sure everything still fits properly. You're tech‑savvy and are comfortable using Google Calendar and Google Suite, and you treat scheduling accuracy as non‑negotiable, especially when it comes to the children.

You also communicate clearly and efficiently—you can easily send one well‑organized, succinct message…