Domestic Couple Jobs & Vacancies
Many families require a domestic couple to manage their home on a daily basis. When you work as part of a domestic team, your duties can include anything from household duties to administrative responsibilities, depending on your employer. Domestic couples are often preferred as you can work together easily and also live-in on the property most of the times.
As part of a domestic couple, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day running of the house. This normally also includes cooking for the family, being a chauffeur, doing basic maintenance and repair work, being a nanny at times, and more. This is why it’s important to make sure you are a good match for a family when you apply for work as a domestic couple.
You will notice lots of job openings below if you want to work in the domestic couple sector. The jobs vary from estate manager positions, to housekeeper couple jobs, to more traditional butler and maid positions.
As part of a domestic couple, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day running of the house. This normally also includes cooking for the family, being a chauffeur, doing basic maintenance and repair work, being a nanny at times, and more. This is why it’s important to make sure you are a good match for a family when you apply for work as a domestic couple.
You will notice lots of job openings below if you want to work in the domestic couple sector. The jobs vary from estate manager positions, to housekeeper couple jobs, to more traditional butler and maid positions.
Looking to Hire a Caretaker Couple
"Our client is recruiting a Domestic/Guardian Couple to take care of their estate nearby the coast of the Netherlands. The couple will be responsible for the organisation in and maintenance of the uniquely restored country house..."
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Looking to Hire a Caretaker couple
"Family of three is looking to hire a full time live-in domestic/caretaker couple for their large secondary residence in Mouans-Sartoux near Cannes, the South of France..."
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Looking to Hire a Caretaker couple
"Family of five is looking to hire a Domestic Couple to take care of a magnificent house located near the village of Saint Tropez, France..."
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Looking to Hire a Live-in Gardian couple
"Lovely family of two adults and two 4,5 years old twin boys requires the appointment of a guardian couple near Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire, UK for their 8 000 sqm property..."
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Looking to Hire a Caretaker Couple
"A lovely American couple recently acquired a 20 acres property near Meaux (77), France, and is looking for a guardian couple in order to take care of the inside and outside of the Château...."
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Looking to Hire a Domestic couple Caretakers
"Our client is looking to hire a professional and experienced Domestic Couple of Caretakers to help manage a 1 200 acre sporting estate in historic Keswick Virginia, US..."
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Domestic Couple Job and Vacancy
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Domestic couple jobs: Your Missions
The domestic couples job is to provide household services to another individual or family at home. The responsibilities are usually split between indoor and outside duties, as most partners do.
Some of your duties as a domestic couple may include:
Working hours will depend on your employer, but this is usually a full-time position. Often times, the family will also offer live-in facilities as part of your package. You’ll need to be honest, hard working and fluent in their home language. It will also help if you have experience as a domestic couple, or as a nanny, chauffeur, butler, and similar positions.
Some of your duties as a domestic couple may include:
- Cooking for the family
- Cleaning of the home and property
- Laundry and ironing
- Purchasing products
- Chauffeuring the family
- Minor repair work
- Exterior duties like gardening, driving...
Working hours will depend on your employer, but this is usually a full-time position. Often times, the family will also offer live-in facilities as part of your package. You’ll need to be honest, hard working and fluent in their home language. It will also help if you have experience as a domestic couple, or as a nanny, chauffeur, butler, and similar positions.
The Domestic Couple’s qualifications
The pair can also be asked to perform activities at dinner or social events in more formal and luxurious environments. There is also a chance of moving to entirely different parts of the country (or even internationally) between different houses operated by the working couple or individuals.
While a couple with a profound ability to handle this type of work have more than several skills, a professionally educated butler or chef couple, will naturally gain more.
In addition to the professional qualifications required as a home companion, it is necessary to consider the emotional aspects of the domestic couple position. The householder typically lives in a support capacity at home of another person. It can be an extremely satisfactory relationship that lasts for many years when there is a good fit between the employer and the domestic couple.
Given the very tight working environment in this sector is vital for both parties, to insure that priorities on both sides as it’s well known. Until starting work, tasks, hours, payment and so forth must be clearly defined and known by both parties. To avoid any wrong ideas or misunderstandings.
While a couple with a profound ability to handle this type of work have more than several skills, a professionally educated butler or chef couple, will naturally gain more.
In addition to the professional qualifications required as a home companion, it is necessary to consider the emotional aspects of the domestic couple position. The householder typically lives in a support capacity at home of another person. It can be an extremely satisfactory relationship that lasts for many years when there is a good fit between the employer and the domestic couple.
Given the very tight working environment in this sector is vital for both parties, to insure that priorities on both sides as it’s well known. Until starting work, tasks, hours, payment and so forth must be clearly defined and known by both parties. To avoid any wrong ideas or misunderstandings.
The domestic couple job's benefits
The domestic couple profession usually pays out very well, with a good income, great compensation at times, accommodation, food, services and sometimes even travel. If the families go, the domestic couple would often have to travel with the family, so that they could squeeze at the employer's expense during a vision of their own.
Be prepared for a thorough background, employment and reference check when applying or interviewing for a position as a domestic pair. Sustainability is a special critical to one client, since you are practically a family member in an environment.
Morgan & Mallet is a leading recruitment agency worldwide. For the latest domestic couple and other household and domestic staff vacancies, visit our household staff job board today.
Be prepared for a thorough background, employment and reference check when applying or interviewing for a position as a domestic pair. Sustainability is a special critical to one client, since you are practically a family member in an environment.
Morgan & Mallet is a leading recruitment agency worldwide. For the latest domestic couple and other household and domestic staff vacancies, visit our household staff job board today.
