Work abroad in SANDY's family for 10-24 Months starting from Jun 2024 as an Au Pair to take care of 2 children of 1 - 5 years old in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Our au pair will care for the older child on weekdays until we are done work/school, and will help with household chores.


Au pair expectations/tasks:
1. Drop off (8:30-9:30am) and pick up and care for our 5-year-old daughter after school (3-6pm Monday-Friday)
2. Help with household chores (cleaning dishes/kitchen after dinner, doing laundry, and tidying the kids' toys, etc.). Most of this work will be done in the evening, but some tasks like laundry can be done at a time convenient to our au pair.
3. Occasional babysitting so parents can run errands or spend time together. Sometimes this will be while kids are awake, and sometimes while kids are already in bed for the night (roughly once every 1-2 weeks, on weekday evenings or on weekends, with as much notice as possible)
4. Occasional care for one or both kids if they cannot attend school/daycare due to being sick (fairly infrequent, roughly once every 1-2 months. This may be on short notice if kids wake up sick) or has time off from school/daycare that the parents don't get (Teacher's professional development days, etc.)
5. Occasional additional help when one parent is less available (travels for work etc.)


Schedule and hours per week:
Estimated 30 hours per week, primarily on weekdays. More hours may be available upon request and discussion. Sundays and Saturdays will be rest days, unless you choose to help with household work during weekends or if we mutually schedule babysitting/errands.


Pay:
We will be following Canadian rules for pay: $16.65 per hour, minus room and board ($325 per month), minus typical government deductions like taxes.

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The host dad works full-time (weekdays 8-9am to 5-5:30pm). He sometimes works from home, and occasionally travels for work.

The host mom's work schedule varies each month. She generally works weekdays 8am - 6pm, and in some months will have 24 hours shifts every 4 days.

Our older daughter will attend school full time (weekdays 9am-3pm). She will be dropped off by the Au Pair via bike or bus, and at 3pm will be picked up and cared for by our Au Pair until 6pm. There may occasionally be after-school classes/activities for the au pair to bring the older child to.

Our younger daughter will attend full-time daycare; the parents will typically drop off and pick up from daycare.

We have dinner together, and then hang out as a family before the kids go to bed. Our au pair will help with cleaning and tidying in the evening. One or both parents often work/study once the kids are in bed.