House Manager jobs

Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of VIP family residence and holiday properties, ensuring efficient household management, high standards of cleanliness, organization, maintenance, and service.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Household Operations: Establish and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs); maintain cleanliness, organization, and hygiene; inspect housekeeping standards; oversee daily bedroom servicing, wardrobe organization, and laundry; enforce safety and security protocols; coordinate meal planning with the chef, household events, family and pet care; maintain confidentiality; and promptly address issues, reporting concerns and lost or found valuables to the homeowner.
• Property Maintenance: Oversee preventive maintenance, repairs, safety inspections, pest control, cleaning, gardening, and landscaping. Schedule and supervise contractors, service providers, and maintenance personnel, ensuring quality standards and reporting maintenance issues, hazards, accidents, or injuries to the homeowner.
• Staff Management and Training: Recruit, train, supervise, and manage household staff, including housekeepers, drivers, cooks, and maintenance personnel. Assign daily and periodic tasks, monitor performance, enforce service standards and personal grooming, coordinate staff leave and vacation schedules with the accountant, motivate employees, and resolve staff issues.
• Budget and Expense Management: Manage household budgets and expenses, monitor grocery and household supplies, coordinate stock replenishment with the cook, control maintenance and operational costs, minimize wastage, and prepare monthly expenditure reports in coordination with the accountant.
• Records and Inventory Management: Maintain organized and up-to-date household documents and records, prepare periodic maintenance reports, track completed and pending repairs, and conduct regular inventory checks of household assets, supplies, and equipment.

Work Location: In person