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Melbourne
Hospitality / Travel / Tourism
Permanent / Full Time
6/25/2025
Live-in Housekeeper
  • Full-Time Opportunity
  • Private Quarters Available
  • Multifaceted as you get to 'wear multiple hats'

Our client is a founding member of a growing property investment and management group with a large asset base where it is managed by a small, integrated team. This role is to ensure that the primary residence of our client is effectively managed by establishing that it is well maintained and organised to a high standard in a secure manner.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Regular diary planning and working with the client to ensure any entertaining in the home is well organised and supported
  • Coordinating the cleaning with the Housekeeper/Cleaner staff shared with one of the other family residences
  • When necessary, provide the safety net cleaning and tiding the house (if others are not available)
  • Supervision of the house when the client travels, inclusive of being a point of contact for security monitoring company
  • Ensure medication is well managed and coordinated
  • Co-ordinating with client regarding menus for the week and the shopping requirements and undertaking the food shopping as agreed
  • Preparing the table when visitors are coming and co-ordinating outside catering
  • Cleaning and tidying up the home after visitors, and where required co-ordinating the services of other providers to do so (i.e. usual gardener/cleaner etc.)
  • Daily/Weekly routines of light cleaning, bed making and tidying and back up for regular cleaner if away of bathrooms and kitchen area

About You:

  • Previous experience in a housekeeping/caretaker role, within private residences is essential
  • Excellent time management, strong organisational skills along with attention to detail
  • Patient, warm and welcoming character
  • Predisposition to respecting the wishes of client in regard to the way they wants things done
  • Hospitality background preferred, not essential
  • Driver’s Licence required
  • Working with Children clearance required
  • Police Check required
  • First Aid preferred
  • Standard Food Handling Certificates preferred

At Quest Personnel, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities for all and embracing diversity in the workplace. We actively encourage jobseekers from any background to apply for our positions.

Please call Zarni on 0437 487 009 if you would like to discuss further about this exciting new opportunity, otherwise click the “Apply Now” button and attach an updated Resume/CV to progress with your application!

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