Multi-staffed home in San Francisco Seeks Full Time Housekeeper

Description

We are representing a UHNW family in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco in seeking a full time housekeeper.
Schedule: Monday-Friday. Some flexibility to provide later coverage when needed, occasional weekend coverage, and occasional support at the family’s vacation home for housekeeping-related tasks.

This is a multi-staffed home where you would work under a House Manager and a housekeeper lead. They are looking for a very strong, self-directed Housekeeper. The candidate would be experienced, reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a non-toxic household environment. The candidate should have strong housekeeping and laundry skills, good communication, and familiarity with detailed, thorough cleaning standards. The right personality fit is very important: someone with a low ego, a team mindset, and the ability to work well with others, even when team members may have different skill levels or capacities.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Keeping the household clean, organized, and in excellent condition
• Maintaining and managing household inventories
• Notifying the Household Manager of any necessary repairs in the home or with appliances
• Sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and maintaining floors, carpets, rugs, draperies, and upholstery
• Scheduling routine shampoo appointments for carpets, rugs, draperies, and upholstery as needed
• Dusting, cleaning, and polishing furniture, fixtures, fittings, and surfaces
• Emptying and cleaning trash containers and disposing of trash in a sanitary manner
• Cleaning bathrooms, including basins, mirrors, tubs, showers, and related surfaces
• Tidying rooms, making beds, and changing linens as required
• Washing windows as needed
• Watering houseplants as needed
• Washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen and appliances
• Sorting, washing, loading, and unloading laundry
• Ironing and pressing laundry, including clothing and linens
• Sorting, folding, and putting away clean laundry
• Managing dry cleaning pick-ups and deliveries
• Operating cleaning equipment as required
• Maintaining cleaning equipment and materials in safe and sanitary working condition
• Maintaining organized garages and outdoor household areas
• Following household systems, organization standards, checklists, and specific client preferences
• Monitoring household supplies and noticing when items need replenishment
• Replenishing household supplies, toiletries, linens, and cleaning products
• Supporting the vacation home as needed
• Performing other household duties as needed
  
  

Experience Requirements

2 or more years of experience working in a private home with great references

Educational Requirements

Fluency in English

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Low ego mindset
• Comfort receiving feedback and direction
• Comfort working in a team environment
• Reliability, discretion, organization, and proactivity
• Flexibility to cover later hours or occasional weekends when needed

Physical Requirements

• Bending, stooping, reaching
• Working in cramped spaces; stepstools and or ladders
• Pushing, pulling, lifting up to 25 pounds
• Safely lifting and carrying household bins, boxes, laundry baskets, and supplies within a reasonable safe weight range
• Working with cleaning solutions and solvents