Is this a reasonable nannying job?

[2littleduckies]

We would like a nanny to do the following hours. During term-time they would work Tuesday to Friday starting at 12 picking DD2 up from preschool and having lunch with her. Then picking DD1 up from school and finishing at 6.30pm. So total 26 hours per week.

During school holidays it would be the same total hours each week but Tuesday to Thursday 9am to 5.30pm.

Holidays would have to be taken during school holidays, would be two weeks our choice, two weeks his/we choice (although in practice would involve more time off).

Would anyone want this job? I was hoping it might suit someone who studied in the morning or had a school based job first thing, or who just wanted less hours. We live in a city.

Should we pay more per hour than we would for a full time nanny?

Thanks in advance

It's not an unreasonable job - the same four days a week, week in, week out. The difficulty lies in the change of hours between term times and holidays - 12 to 6.30 for part of the year, and 9 to 5.30 for the other part. Try and see. I don't think you would have to pay over the odds for this, but you might attract someone who has a cleaning job in the mornings rather than study, as the job eats seriously into the studying day.

I do something very similar and it's great, there are occasional days I start earlier and I also do babysitting in the evenings most weeks. Plenty of time in the mornings to get things done, I could get another job for the mornings but don't need to at the moment and its nice to have mornings free!

I have just started to do 3-7 4 days term time and 8-7 holidays. Works great for me as have my own little boy so means I can do his classes etc still in the mornings and he gets to have his naps at home during the term time and then comes with me to work. So may suit someone with own child.

Thanks for your replies, all really useful. I guess we just try and see.

I agree that someone with their own child or possibly someone doing distance learning might be interested. Also of you can guarantee you never need Mondays they can get a job then.

You'll need to be careful with holiday to calculate it in hours rather than days but that's not a show stopper.

Minimum holiday is 5.6 weeks not 4 weeks. As Mondays are not being worked there will not be many bank holidays falling on a working day.
I agree that it should be calculated in hours as the hours worked vary.

When working a day in the holidays they work a longer day. By restricting holiday to only during school holiday time they are using more holiday hours up. So you need to come up with something that meets minimum legal requirement and is also fair. A payroll company should be able to advise how the holiday can be calculated.

Thanks, had planned to do h

Grrrr phone .... Had planned to work out holidays in hours, we do this a lot at my work so am fairly familiar with it. Will also round up to make it more appealing.

Thanks again