Experienced Housekeeper Required for a Professional Family
| Posting date: | 18 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £19.00 to £22.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2026 |
| Location: | Colchester, Essex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Elite Nanny Solutions LTD T/A Harmony at Home Suffolk and Colchester. |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 874927 |
Summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced live-out housekeeper to join a warm and welcoming family in Billericay, Essex, helping to care for their beautiful family home.
The family is seeking a proactive and dedicated housekeeper to join them long-term, helping to bring calm and organisation to their busy household. They maintain a tidy home and expect someone who shares these high standards.
This professional and warm family requires an all-rounder who is organised, trustworthy, and a pleasure to be around. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator, a self-motivated individual, and confident in taking initiative, ensuring all tasks are completed efficiently and independently.
The role will involve all aspects of housekeeping to ensure the home is maintained to an exceptional standard, including cleaning, laundry, ironing, wardrobe management, bed changing, household organisation, and deep cleaning duties as required.
Additional responsibilities will include grocery shopping, running household errands, and preparing healthy, nutritious meals for the family.
There will also be a small element of childcare involved within the role, primarily assisting with the family’s 3-year-old child. Duties will include supporting established routines, supervising play, and ensuring a safe, caring, and nurturing environment at all times.
You must be a careful and confident driver with a clean driving licence and your own fully insured car. Duty mileage will be paid.
If you are a reliable and friendly Housekeeper who is looking for a caring family to work for then this could be the role for you.
Location of the job: Billericay, Essex.
Minimum experience Level for this job: Minimum of 2 years’ experience required.
Hours of work: 9am – 6pm.
Days required: Monday - Friday
Driving required: Yes
Job Start Date: As soon as possible.
Pay: £19 - £22 Gross per hour, depending on experience (£44,460.00 - £51,480.00 Gross per annum)
Benefits: Generous benefits package available, including subsidised gym membership and a range of excellent employee benefits.
This is a permanent position.
Full Name of Employment Agency: Elite Nanny Solutions LTD T/A Harmony at Home Essex, and Suffolk & Colchester.
Contact details: kay@harmonyathome.co.uk Phone: 01245 861065 / 01473 373315.
Please apply via the ‘Apply for job’’ button. This job has an ID code of: 874927
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive, you will only be contacted for shortlisting and interview if you meet our client’s suitability requirements.
For all Household Staff roles you must have an up-to-date Basic DBS on the update service, and where there are children and the vulnerable in the workplace you must have an up-to-date Enhanced DBS certificate which is registered on the update service and a minimum of 2 professional referees who are happy for you to share their contact details to our recruiters. One of your references must be your current or last employer and both references must be immediately contactable. We also recommend that you have appropriate professional insurance (nanny insurance / household staff insurance). Whilst we usually undertake all registration interviews and right to work checks in person face to face, we will in certain circumstances consider video call registrations and digital right to work checks via a certified digital identity service provider (IDSP). We support the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment wholeheartedly and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. To help speed up your application, please ensure that you only apply for the job(s) you are interested in on our website, on the job advert page using the ‘Apply for job’ button. Please only apply for roles where you meet the requirements.
Copyright © 2026 Harmony at Home. All rights reserved.
The family is seeking a proactive and dedicated housekeeper to join them long-term, helping to bring calm and organisation to their busy household. They maintain a tidy home and expect someone who shares these high standards.
This professional and warm family requires an all-rounder who is organised, trustworthy, and a pleasure to be around. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator, a self-motivated individual, and confident in taking initiative, ensuring all tasks are completed efficiently and independently.
The role will involve all aspects of housekeeping to ensure the home is maintained to an exceptional standard, including cleaning, laundry, ironing, wardrobe management, bed changing, household organisation, and deep cleaning duties as required.
Additional responsibilities will include grocery shopping, running household errands, and preparing healthy, nutritious meals for the family.
There will also be a small element of childcare involved within the role, primarily assisting with the family’s 3-year-old child. Duties will include supporting established routines, supervising play, and ensuring a safe, caring, and nurturing environment at all times.
You must be a careful and confident driver with a clean driving licence and your own fully insured car. Duty mileage will be paid.
If you are a reliable and friendly Housekeeper who is looking for a caring family to work for then this could be the role for you.
Location of the job: Billericay, Essex.
Minimum experience Level for this job: Minimum of 2 years’ experience required.
Hours of work: 9am – 6pm.
Days required: Monday - Friday
Driving required: Yes
Job Start Date: As soon as possible.
Pay: £19 - £22 Gross per hour, depending on experience (£44,460.00 - £51,480.00 Gross per annum)
Benefits: Generous benefits package available, including subsidised gym membership and a range of excellent employee benefits.
This is a permanent position.
Full Name of Employment Agency: Elite Nanny Solutions LTD T/A Harmony at Home Essex, and Suffolk & Colchester.
Contact details: kay@harmonyathome.co.uk Phone: 01245 861065 / 01473 373315.
Please apply via the ‘Apply for job’’ button. This job has an ID code of: 874927
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive, you will only be contacted for shortlisting and interview if you meet our client’s suitability requirements.
For all Household Staff roles you must have an up-to-date Basic DBS on the update service, and where there are children and the vulnerable in the workplace you must have an up-to-date Enhanced DBS certificate which is registered on the update service and a minimum of 2 professional referees who are happy for you to share their contact details to our recruiters. One of your references must be your current or last employer and both references must be immediately contactable. We also recommend that you have appropriate professional insurance (nanny insurance / household staff insurance). Whilst we usually undertake all registration interviews and right to work checks in person face to face, we will in certain circumstances consider video call registrations and digital right to work checks via a certified digital identity service provider (IDSP). We support the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment wholeheartedly and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. To help speed up your application, please ensure that you only apply for the job(s) you are interested in on our website, on the job advert page using the ‘Apply for job’ button. Please only apply for roles where you meet the requirements.
Copyright © 2026 Harmony at Home. All rights reserved.