what would you pay?

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Term time only part time nanny, straight out of college doing breakfast and after school care for 7 to twin girls, plus some housework...?

I'm on train at the mo so apols if I don't reply quickly!

Depends where you are but probably £1200 per month if you were lucky....I expect most nanny's would want more.

Have you found someone to fulfil the role? Might you be better off with an au pair?

We are in northeast its only 25 hours a week, 1200 seems a lot

We're in Newcastle. Our experienced nanny (nannying 12 years, 42 hrs per week)gets £8.25 per hour gross. Others we know are paying £7.50 to £8.50. The only one paying more gives a premium as they live in an isolated village down the Tyne valley.

I would have thought if she's straight out of college you should be offering the lower end of the scale. Although you may have to pay a bit of a premium as obviously she can't get another job to fit in with those hours. And be prepared for her to leave relatively soon if she gets a job with more hours (and so more pay).

7500 gross per year.
Maybe able to get a bit lower but can't go below NMW. Also has to include holiday pay. Plus may include a retainer for school holiday periods. So they may well want more. £10k per year top offer I would expect based on number of hours.

Thanks, those figures sound more affordable! I am concerned about her leaving, but there are few jobs available round here and she has another pt job which will fit in. we were thinking 8000 gross, see how she gets on

I did 3.30pm-6pm for a family and got £10ph. Would your nanny have to have the children if they were ill?? - might be another consideration.

p.s. I am 32 and have a lot of experience.

I am in South East so my figures are likely higher but for most nannies the "it's only 25 hours a week" is a red herring.

You are needing her to come in in the morning then are you proposing not paying her for a few hours which doesn't really give her long enough to do anything else and then return to work.

That is why I asked of you had found anyone willing to do the job - if you have you will want to be paying her a premium to keep her. If you haven't found anyone then it is IME extremely unlikely that you will find anyone who is happy with those part time hours which is why most people who require the hours you do end up semploying a full time nanny.

Hi,

Is it possible that you share the nanny with another family? Have you considered a childminder to look after the children?

What is her PT job that fits around? If it's a preschool one for example then I'd say just above NMW is probably fine.

What are the exact hours? What's the housework? What college course has she just done?

Do you expect her to be on call if the children are sick? If so you need to factor that in.

The hours were advertised, so anyone showing an interest knows what is involved. The housework has been added as an extra for someone wanting extra hours - we already pay a (not very good) cleaning agency and will carry on doing so if the nanny doesn't want the extra work. When I enquired about the feasibility of filling the post the nanny agency had several other similar vacancies available and recently filled. We currently use a combination of wrap around care at school and childminder, but neither option is avaiable early enough for us to get to work on time, p/t nanny would mean less stress for us but more importantly less stress for DTs.

The number of hours to an extent depends what you pay though. As does the amount/nature of housekeeping stuff. I'd expect/pay less per hour for a purely childcare 25 hours/week job than I would for a 25 hours childcare/housekeeping. Also I'd pay more for a 7am start than an 8am one!

I'd also pay a level 3+ qualified person more than someone with a level 2.

So on balance it's difficult to say...

Out of interest (in addition to my post earlier) who will look after the kids if they are off school (ie ill) - need to consider factoring some kind of retainer for that if you want nanny to do it (or a full time salary for those hours...)

sorry catherinemummy, I missed your question. If they are ill we will do what we do now - either MIL will come in or DH or I will have to take time off. If the nanny is prepared (and able) to do it we will of course pay her. They have only had 2 days off in 2 years of school, so I'm hoping this won't be a major issue.

The hours were advertised, so anyone showing an interest knows what is involved.

That is what you would hope, alas people don't always read adverts that well. Though via the interview process you can make the hours of work very clear to someone.

I assume you haven't advertised how much you would be paying though... so while someone may be interested in the hours, they may not be interested in the pay.

Has the person you have found given any indication of what they want to be paid?