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• Area: Riverclub
• Children’s Ages: Girls – 18 years (Twins)
• Working hours: Monday to Friday 07:00 – 17:00
• Live in: Own space provided, with basic amenities
• Duties: Preparing breakfast and simple family meals, grocery shopping and household shopping as needed, keeping all bedrooms, bathrooms and living spaces neat and organised, managing the laundry, ironing and wardrobe organisation, coordinating service providers where required, assisting with holiday planning and packing, general household organisation, pet care if required, ad hoc family assistance and errands as needed
• Special Requirements: Own car and valid RSA drivers licence
• Start Date and contract term: ASAP – permanent
• Salary: R12 000 per month (Gross, before deductions) + SARS Rates per km

All Au Pair Extraordinaire applicants must fill the following requirements:

• Must have at least 12 consecutive months of formal child caring experience, excluding work done for friends and family. This experience must be within the last 2 years.
• Must have their own, reliable car and at least 18 months driving experience.
• Must have at least 2 contactable childcare references.
• Must have a clear criminal record
• Must have a passion for children
• Must have Matric
• Must have a South African ID document.

Closing Date: 2026-08-02

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• Area: Century City (moving to Vygeboom, Durbanville)
• Children’s Ages: Girls – 6 years (Grade R) and 10 years (Grade 4)
• Working hours: Monday to Friday 08:30 – 13:30
• School holiday hours: Same/similar hours to above
• Duties: Plan and prepare daily lessons, teach and follow the homeschool curriculum, assist with schoolwork and projects, monitor academic progress, encourage a positive learning environment, prepare learning materials, communicate regularly with the parents
• Special Requirements: Qualified Teacher, experience with teaching the age groups
• Curriculum: American Sonlight Curriculum (hopefully moving back to Cambridge)
• Start Date and contract term: August 2026 – permanent
• Salary: R13 000 – R15 000 per month (Gross, before deductions) | Depending on experience

All Au Pair Extraordinaire applicants must fill the following requirements:

• Must have at least 12 consecutive months of formal child caring experience, excluding work done for friends and family. This experience must be within the last 2 years.
• Must have their own, reliable car and at least 18 months driving experience.
• Must have at least 2 contactable childcare references.
• Must have a clear criminal record
• Must have a passion for children
• Must have Matric
• Must have a South African ID document.

Closing Date: 2026-08-05

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• Area: Rondebosch
• Ages: 16 Month old son 
• Working hours: Mon Thurs 08:00 17:00 and Fri 08:00 16:00
• Duties: The candidate will have to take care of our son at our house for 5 days a week until end February 2027. The candidate will have to entertain our son by using flash cards to teach him the basics, reading books, playing with his toys, playing with clay, walking, assisting with his naps, changing his nappies (perhaps assist with potty training should the candidate remain in our employment long term), feeding him (perhaps assist with making his breakfast / lunch with the ingredients supplied) etc. From 01 March 2027, he got accepted into Dove Cottage and they have a phasing-in program.
• He will start going to the school 3 days of the week in the beginning (half days) until he can go for all 5 days of the week. The candidate will then have to assist with morning drop-offs/mid-afternoon pick-ups and the time that our son is at home, resume the duties as mentioned aforesaid.

Requirements: 

• Aged between 23 35 years old
• Prefereably someone who has some tertiary training in childcare, education etc
• Has to have previous experience in working with babies/younger children.
• We are a bilingual family (Afrikaans and English). It would be beneficial if the candidate can speak / write in both, but not a strict requirement. The candidate must be fluent in English (writing and speaking).
• She must be hands-on, gentle in her caring, proactive and innovative when it comes to ideas of entertaining our son.
• The candidate must have some sort of basic CPR training and/or be able to deal with difficult / stressful situations should something happen whilst taking care of our son.
• Valid driver's license. 
• Start date: 01 September 2026 – 01 September 2027 – 1 year contract with the possibility of extension.
• Salary: R19000 per month (gross, before deductions) + SARS rates per km (R4.95) for any driving done directly for the family. Not to get to and from work.

All Au Pair Extraordinaire applicants must fill the following requirements:

• Must have at least 12 consecutive months of formal child caring experience, excluding work done for friends and family. This experience must be within the last 2 years.
• Must have their own, reliable car and at least 18 months driving experience.
• Must have at least 2 contactable childcare references.
• Must have a clear criminal record
• Must have a passion for children
• Must have Matric
• Must have a South African ID document.

Closing Date: 2026-08-05

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• Area: Lonehill
• Children’s Ages: 12 years old (Grade 6) – Twins
• Working hours: One day a week, likely Friday 15:00 – 18:00
• School holiday hours: Not required (Unpaid) If the tutor is required, prior notice will be given and paid accordingly.
• Duties: The primary focus of the role is tutoring Mathematics and Afrikaans, while also assisting with English as needed. Help reinforce classroom learning, prepare the children for tests and exams, identify and address learning gaps, and build their confidence through tailored academic support. One of the children has dyslexia and attends remedial lessons and the Raising Readers programme, so the ideal candidate should be understanding, adaptable and able to implement effective learning strategies to support her individual needs while ensuring both children remain motivated and achieve their full academic potential.
• Special Requirements: Special needs experience would beneficial. Someone studying towards their teaching degree or qualified would be preferred.
• Start Date and contract term: ASAP – November 2027  
• Salary: R300 per hour

All Au Pair Extraordinaire applicants must fill the following requirements:

• Must have at least 12 consecutive months of formal child caring experience, excluding work done for friends and family. This experience must be within the last 2 years.
• Must have their own, reliable car and at least 18 months driving experience.
• Must have at least 2 contactable childcare references.
• Must have a clear criminal record
• Must have a passion for children
• Must have Matric
• Must have a South African ID document.

Closing Date: 2026-08-06

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• A family is looking for an AU PAIR for their children aged 11 years old and 13 years old
• Area: Waterfall Estate 
• Ages: 11 years old and 13 years old
• Working hours: Monday – Friday: 14h30 – 16h30
• School holiday hours: 2 hours per day during agreed hours bringing kids to play date or entertaining them
• Duties: Collect from school, transport to and from extra murals, drop at home
• Requirements: Polite, well spoken and Afrikaans
• Start date: August 2026 start – permanent contract
• Salary: R8000 - R8500 per month (gross, before deductions) + SARS rates per km (R4.95)

All Au Pair Extraordinaire applicants must fill the following requirements:

• Must have at least 12 consecutive months of formal child caring experience, excluding work done for friends and family. This experience must be within the last 2 years.
• Must have their own, reliable car and at least 18 months driving experience.
• Must have at least 2 contactable childcare references.
• Must have a clear criminal record
• Must have a passion for children
• Must have Matric
• Must have a South African ID document.

Closing Date: 2026-08-06

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• A family is looking for an ACADEMIC AU PAIR for their son aged 12 years old (September 2026)
• Area: Rynfield
• Ages: son aged 12 years old (September 2026)
• Working hours: Monday – Friday ideally between 13h30 and 17h30, to generally work around 8 hours per week.
• School holiday hours:  may be needed to take to sports sessions during holidays if necessary
• Duties: Candidate is required to be flexible with the schedule as the son does sports after school which can change from time to time and every term. If sports is cancelled, the candidate will need to collect him from school. Candidate will be responsible for tutoring and supervision of all schoolwork and homework for roughly 8 hours per week.
• Over and above the daily school collections, candidate will be required to assist with preparing him for standardised tests that happen on a Friday, help complete homework, check assignments, tasks and help with setting up a study schedule, able to use apps used for school, speeches assignments studying for exams etc. Main priority is to ensure his homework, studying, assignments, speeches everything is up to date at all times. Must be capable to do maths, Afrikaans, English all subjects and have to be flexible as the hours change due to sports cancelled, or times change etc.
• Requirements: candidate is able to provide the academic support and someone who is dedicated to the family during those afternoons and is not committed to another family or position during that time
• Start date: September 2026 start – permanent contract
• Salary: R7500 per month (gross, before deductions) + SARS rates per km (R4.95)

All Au Pair Extraordinaire applicants must fill the following requirements:

• Must have at least 12 consecutive months of formal child caring experience, excluding work done for friends and family. This experience must be within the last 2 years.
• Must have their own, reliable car and at least 18 months driving experience.
• Must have at least 2 contactable childcare references.
• Must have a clear criminal record
• Must have a passion for children
• Must have Matric
• Must have a South African ID document.

Closing Date: 2026-08-06