Work abroad in Ann-Kristin's family for 12-24 Months starting from Jan 2024 as an Au Pair to take care of 4 children of 0 - 1 year old, 1 - 5 years old & 6 - 10 years old in Hamburg, Hamburg Germany

We are looking for a responsible, self-contained, clean, caring and fun au pair with the right amount of assertiveness with the boys and who is willing to integrate into our family and be part of it. We are quite extroverted and we have made the experience that au pairs who are on the more extroverted side feel quicker more at home than introverts. But in any case, we will do our very best to make you feel comfortable and respected.

Ideally, you know basic German, but fluent English is the requirement, as we all are very communicative. The older boys speak some English, with and with little kids, we have made the experience, that basic German helps a lot in order to connect with them and to get through the visa processing. The kids have been around English speaking au pairs for over four years then, so they can understand just fine.

What we expect:

- we are very clean. We are not neurotic, but we probably are on the upper level of hygiene and cleanliness expectations. ? We have made different experiences on this issue and if our au pair has a totally different exectation level or way of being brought up, that does get a bit difficult - so we rather point it out here explicitly. ?
We just love our home so much, we want to feel comfortable and with that many people it is a challenge maintaining everything at a certain level. So here, it would be great if it is also important to you or at least you can adapt here. But a total messie won't match with us, I fear. I hope you understand!
- support with everyday routine meals/ getting dressed/ getting ready for bed at night or for school / daycare in the mornings. We are always with you, it is always about the extra pair of hands.
- bring or pick the twins up from kindergarden/ daycare
- watch the kids after daycare and school and when needed, if they are sick at home. Bring them to afternoon activities
- support in light household work (keeping the laundry/dryer and dishwasher flow going is key in this house and putting up the kids clothes, that is your main household task very clearly, also help laying and clearing the table, prepare meals for the kids if neccessary, keeping an eye on the overall tidiness status around the kids stuff as things get jammed together and spread all over the place quickly - no general cleaning, except for your room maybe, but we do have a cleaning lady on top)
- occasionally babysit at night or on weekends if neccessary
- On weekends you are generally free unless we need support, but that is all a matter of communication. Sometimes we do like to go run at night, then is is nice to have an hour of spontaneous support on weeknights. But until now, we have always made it work. ;-)
- if possible, join us on family vacations

"Qualifications" and personality:
- profound experience in taking care of small children/ boys.
- responsible, reliant and value-driven
- emotionally intelligent, caring and good at heart
- psycologically stable - we do have 4 kids, we do have a pace around here, so i.e anxiety is something that you shouldn't feel as you will definetely be overwhelmed.
- able to communicate feelings and needs
- truely motivated and willing to support
- able to prepare basic meals for the kids
- ideally good manners to serve as a role model for the kids, willing to adapt to German manners and values
- flexible and adaptable in new environments and situations
- proactive, pragmatic and hands-on
- English fluent, basic German skills ideally

In Germany au pair working time is "officially regulated" (of course) at a max. of 30 hours at 6 days a week. With us, it will rather be 5 days a week and weekends are mostly free. All in all, you will not have more hours and if, than we compensate it in some way. You have 2 weeks of vacation per halfyear, so 1 month per year. We will cover the stardard German amount of "pocket money", health insurance (no known deseases are covered unfortunately), public transport and 50€ per month for language classes.

This could be roughly the weekly routine for you: (It always changes a bit depening on training times etc, but to give you an idea it'll work)
- in the morning at 6.45am: Have breakfast with the kids. Prepare lunchboxes. Start laundry.
- 8am: bring the twins to daycare at around. We have a Babboe e-cargo bike so that you can comfortably take them - it is fast and fun!
FROM 8:30AM - appr. 2.30pm you are free in most cases. Here most of the girls took German classes or met up with friends.
- 3pm: Pick the twins up and watch them, have a fruit snacktime and play at home or take them to their activities
- 6pm get them ready for dinner and bed afterwards.
- Regular weeks: Renée is here twice a week to support and you do the things together when Ann is in the office all day.
- (help) Prepare dinner for the kids and for ourselves. We mostly try to have dinner all together, so its team work here.
- (help) with the daily evening routine before they go to bed between 7 and 8pm

Occaisionally babysit at night.