i can't find any live in nannies looking for a job out there in NW London??

Consider who this might appeal to, possibly someone studying something and thus wants freetime during the day.

I feel it will be hard to explain things to the nanny, so write it down and include it in the advert. If they have to take all/most holiday in school holidays include that in the ad. If the hours increase during school holidays yet pay stayed the same, then they would be wise to take as much holiday as possible during school holidays, as then they are doing less work overall.

Are you getting applicants but they are unsuitable, or are you not getting applicants at all?

London is expensive .. career live in nannies will want 350net at very min

if u offer that and put it on your ads..youll have more interest

as a nanny i cant stand split shifts and only take those roles if they are temp

Then it isn't that well paid and there's your problem. If it's 7 hours when they're at school, then 13 hours when they're not? How many school holidays are there? A 65 hour week for £280?! That may be your problem!

Nannies do like a break during the day e.g. lunch and a sit down for an hour while the baby sleeps, but 6 hours isn't a break it's a split-shift.

Well most nannies become nannies because they like working with children, often young children, so the whole of the school day means they don't get the fun bits!

It can be a bit demotivating to have lots of free time then very full on during holidays for the same money, but some will prefer a regular income so I don't think that's necessarily a barrier.

It might suit someone who wants to study or volunteer elsewhere during the day?

The money offered is very good for the hours required. Is that in the ad?

I think the ages of the children may be a problem, most nannies want pre-schoolers.

What will you do about school holidays? Is that paid extra or do you want double the hours for the same money? Could you have a live-out NWOC instead?

you wont get a very exp career nanny in ldn for 300

People may just recognise it from the description though. I have job alerts enabled in nannyjob and I've seen this ad come through. It's sufficiently unusual for it to be recognisable.

I know people are trying to help but I always find it uncomfortable when posters look out for the ad and then post about it on here.

Quite agree. Plus is salary ever really all that negotiable, parents have a wage in mind, so why not just give the starting salary - can always increase it after probation if all is going well.

no..not linked yet
but ad is also on nanny job..with no salary region.

mum-bosses and dadbosses wouldnt apply for a job without a salary region.. neither will many career nannies

Iluvkids - OP has not linked to the ad have they? Though I am guessing you have spotted the same one as me on Gumtree.

greatcare.co.uk is a great site to put a private ad on as it gets emailed to literally 1000s of nannies

Yes if love in most expect to be doing 60 hour weeks and paid accordingly. So 35hrs is almost half ( unless you are paying a higher than average rate per hour).

Also yes most prefer babies at the beginning as starting with a baby almost guarantees at least 5 years in one place ( more if they stay full time once in school or if more siblings follow).

In an ideal nanny world they start with one family with one child, and stay on for 10-15 years as the family grows with more children and they are continually needed. Families with busy jobs ideal as the nanny knows she will be needed for years to come during school holidays/ sickness/ etc etc

your gumtree ad has mothers help in it
..that puts career nannies off

you dont include salary or salary region in that ad
or your childcare.co.uk one

when i worked a flex live in job.. with both children at school most of the time..although the youngest had some half days..i worked 30-35 hrs a week..and was paid 300 net a week..as it was temp and not London.

for yours..id expect at least 350net .. 375 if u really wanted me to stay more than 6-9 months

Good perks? What you may consider good the nanny may not.
Health club membership is often one that comes up, not everyone would use that.

4 weeks paid holiday, not a perk, it's a statutory right and statutory would actually be 5.6 weeks (once bank holidays added in). So not a perk unless holiday was a lot longer than statutory minimum, plus could be taken when the nanny wanted. With school age children, you may be limiting holiday to being during school holidays only.

Some people view things as a perk, whilst others will feel they are expected as standard. So avoid thinking of offering Good Perks. Just say what is included, the standard things and anything more unique.

What salary are you offering? If you're paying for 7 hours per day (presumably split morning and evening?) then it may not be attractive.

I'd suggest speaking to some agencies and see how easy they think it would be to fill your role. You don't have to hire them but would at least give you an idea as to how easy they see it to fill.

lots of live in nannies do 7-7 .. 12 hr days

so at 7 hrs a day..its a very short day

also if a child is taken ill at school..is the nanny responsible ?!so ie they are actually on duty aka responsible all day ?...so infact not 7 hr days

Yes, a link or a cut&paste of the ad would be useful here.

Keep in mind you can change the ad quite often on many sites, so every few days rewrite it. Keep print out of ads along with list of people who applied, so you can analyse response rates and remember what you have and have not told applicants at that stage. Tackle this like a business task, create, analyse, adapt.

Do you have a link to one of the job ads that usually can help as a few of us may be able to give you some pointers where you may be going wrong.