Housekeeper wanted for young family in Chelsea, Quebec.
We are a young family seeking a highly organized and motivated individual to join our team as a Full-Time Housekeeper. As a housekeeper, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth running of our household, with a specific focus on vegetarian/vegan meal prep, cleaning, grocery shopping, shopping for other home supplies, ironing and home organization. We value sustainability, health consciousness, and efficiency in our daily routines, and we are looking for someone who shares these values and can take the initiative in managing these tasks. Responsibilities: - Vegetarian/Vegan Meal Prep: Prepare nutritious and delicious vegetarian and vegan meals according to established recipes and dietary preferences. This includes meal planning, grocery shopping, ingredient preparation, cooking, and proper storage. - Green Cleaning: Implement eco-friendly cleaning practices to maintain a clean and healthy living environment. Use environmentally friendly cleaning products, organize cleaning supplies, and perform regular cleaning tasks such as dusting, vacuuming, mopping, and disinfecting. - Grocery Shopping: Efficiently manage grocery shopping, ensuring that the household has an adequate supply of fresh and pantry items. Maintain an organized inventory, create shopping lists, and shop for groceries while considering budget, quality, and sustainability. - Shopping for other household supplies: This task includes ensuring the house is operating smoothly, and keeping track of, and purchasing, any items required to do such (e.g. light bulbs, batteries, cleaning products, dishtowels/cloths, etc.) - Ironing: Handle the ironing and maintenance of clothing and linens. Ensure proper care instructions are followed, including sorting, steaming, ironing, and folding. - Home organization: Ensure all areas of the home stay organized and tidy, and periodically take initiative to implement organizational strategies and setups in problematic areas. Requirements: - Strong organizational skills: Ability to plan and manage multiple tasks efficiently, ensuring deadlines are met and priorities are well-balanced. - Self-motivated and proactive: Willingness to take initiative, anticipate needs, and seek opportunities to improve processes. - Experience with vegetarian/vegan meal prep: Knowledge of plant-based cooking techniques, recipe selection, and meal planning. - Familiarity with green cleaning practices: Understanding of environmentally friendly cleaning products and techniques. - Attention to detail: Ability to maintain high standards of cleanliness and presentation in all areas of responsibility. - Excellent communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with other household members. - Discrete: At all times, hold in the utmost privacy all elements of the family and household. - Flexibility: Willingness to adapt to changing needs and schedules. Preferred Qualifications: - Culinary background or experience in vegetarian/vegan cooking. - Familiarity with sustainable and ethical sourcing of groceries. - Experience in green cleaning. - Experience in managing household chores and responsibilities. We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. If you are passionate about vegetarian/vegan cooking, sustainability, and creating an organized living space, we would love to hear from you. Please explain why you believe you're a good fit for our family, and we look forward to hearing from you :)