Trabajo en el extranjero con la familia Benedicte por 6-24 meses a partir de Ago. 2024 como Au Pair y Niñera para cuidar de 3 niños de 1-5 años & 6-10 años en Divonne les Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Francia

THE ROLE

We are looking for an Aupair to join our family from the September 2024 and until at least Mai 2025.

Your activities will depend on the day of the week.

On Wednesdays you will bring the girls to the activities (piano, dance…Etc) and you will spend the day with them.

On all the other weekdays (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday)
- On the mornings (7:30 to 9:00 am) you will help Dad with preparing the girls for school (breakfast, dress-up, brush teeth & hair & walk girls to School. After the school you will tidy up breakfast and girls room.
- On the afternoon (4:15pm to 7pm) you will pick up girls, play & bath them before Mom arrives to help you prepare dinner. Do homework with the oldest one and help tidy up their playroom.
- Days between 9:30am & 4:15pm is free time for you & your imagination.

It’s important for us that you enjoy your stay and we will do the maximum to help you to find activities to develop yourself. We have spotted a center that provides “French as foreign language” classes & other activities for young people.

We expect you get a maximum of your stay with us but also that you find the right balance between playing & talking in English with the girls, being part of our family and your social life.


WEEKENDS

As a minimum you will have one day off on the Weekends (normally Sunday). This past year we gave both Saturday & Sunday as day off to our au pair because all hours have been done during week days.

However, we will only have visibility on the 2 days on the Weekends once the activities for the girls are booked. This only happens early September. From that moment onwards you will have fixed schedules for you to plan your activities. In any case you will not be asked to work more than the 25-30h/week.

What do we do in your day off? In Winter, we normally go to mountains while the girls do ski classes (2 hours). On other seasons we bicycle on the area (all day long).

You are welcome to come with us, but based on our experience, we know that you proabably will prefer to spend time with your new friends or in some occasions go sightseeing Europe (international airport is just 20 minutes’ drive). It’s up to you ! Sometimes, you will certainly understand that we would like to spend some days in family. It’s an equilibrium to find !

We are open to your needs and can adapt every weekend, but we will ask you before the weekend to give us your plans for us to organize accordingly.

On some weekends you will be asked to look after the girls. This is very rare, on this past year we only asked our au pair to do it one time. If done we will plan at least 2 weeks in advance and adapt week hours accordingly or provide you more holidays.

HOLIDAYS

Contract is proposed from early beginning of september 2024 to Mai 2025. We can also extend it to end of July 2025 but our experience is that Aupairs normally want to have the possibility to sightsee Europe (Mai to July) before going back to their homes. We believe is better to plan in that way and to adjust if needed in January or February 2025.

The holidays periods will be:
- 2 weeks in Xmas.
- 1 week in February.
- 2 weeks In August (if we all choose to extend your stand until September)

During the holidays is free time for you. If you choose to come with us on Holidays we will of course pay for everything but cannot ensure during this period for you to have a separate room. Will depend on the trip!


HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES

Your main role is to look after the girls and you will NOT be considered as a housekeeper or language teacher. You will be part of the family!

But as part of the family though we expect you to carry out typical household activities (like any other family member). We will share a list for you to comment & align in advance.

SOCIAL LIFE

We have had already an Au pair with one year and we know you will blend in the Au pair life of Divonne. Plenty of other Au Pairs from many nationalities.

Our experience with other Au pairs is that starting in September you will start making friends and starting to have your own social life. Which we will totally respect.


EXPECTATIONS

As a minimum:
- You are a girl, 19-25 years old.
- You love working with kids, young girls in particular ages 3 to 7y.
- You have experience babysitting. You can provide references.
- Your mother tongue is English or you speak it fluently.
- You have a minimum A2 level of French and you are looking to improve it.
- You know how to swim.
- You are not afraid of driving bicycles.
- You have basic knowledge of cooking. You know how to clean your own clothes, do light house works (as any member of the family). And are willing to learn with us.


Better if also:
- You have notions of Spanish or at least you don’t mind if father speaks Spanish with the girls mornings and evenings. Mummy speaks only french. .
- You have a driving licence.
- You have had other experiences out of your home or expect to adapt yourself with our new family.
- You understand not everything can be planned in advance and some flexibility can come last minute.

Of course we understand is impossible to tick all the boxes but overall you feel you can be a good fit.

CONTRACT & SALARY
We will formalize a contract with you so that everything is done within the national laws.
- You will be asked to work 25-30h/month (25h for non EU citizens, 30h for EU citizens)
- The salary or pocket money is 350€-400€ (Non EU – EU). Payable directly to your bank account

In addition:
- We will pay either directly a sim card (15€/month) or add 15€/month to your salary in case you want to have your own phone contract.
- We will pay taxes for you to benefit of French Social Security (Additional 350€/month paid directly to French administration)
- For non EU citizens, We will also pay an AuPair insurance for additional health & civil coverage (additional 50€/month paid directly to insurance company)
- We will finance French course (650€/year approx. paid directly to a local French course). If you already have a good French level this class will not suit. We can discuss of financing other course (like tennis, ski or something else) but this should normally fall within the Aupair exchange program for you to improve your French skills. This is a request coming from the French Au pair program.
- You will be borrowed a device that will allow you to buy groceries related with the girls you will be looking after. This is done so that these expenses are also covered directly by us.

Of course, all living expenses will be covered. Every week you will be invited to add to the grocery list whatever you eat on Breakfast and at lunch. Meals will be same than ours as you will eat with us.

We will help you with the formalities to get a local bank account & a year visa.

AUPAIRS COMMUNITY & REFERENCES;

We have had a wonderful experience with a girl that has looked after our daughters for 2 years and has become part of the family.
During this year we had a Canadian au pair that want on Mai to go sighseeing Europe. That is why we launch recruitment from Mai.

We can provide you their contact details for you to know our family from an external point of view.

CONVINCED? CONTACT US

We have tried on this letter to set the borders & expectations of next year but know that nothing can be 100% planned. Good communication is key & we expect you to tell us when something is not going well to fine tune. We will provide constant feedback for you to be reassured with us.

If by reading this letter you feel you can be a good fit, please message us & we will be delighted to exchange & set a web call. And if we have a good feeling we will propose a contract in writing (mandatory in France)

Thank you for reading until the end, ;)

Cheers, Saludos, bien à vous

Bénédicte & Miguel (parents of Soline, Elena & Norah)