This post is a nice update on family service positions. The modern day Family Assistant is becoming popular again and including elements of traditional PA's, Social Secretaries, and helping with children.
Maddie Gray’s working day begins at 9am, when there are bills to be paid, invoices to issue and dozens of snags and queries to fix – the kind that come with any family business.
Hers is a wide-ranging job and, as the day wears on, 23-year-old Maddie might be asked to help with the shopping or mind the toddler before settling back down to a few commercial reports. Yesterday afternoon she helped put up a swimming pool for the children at the discreet family home in leafy North London where she works.
Yet all this is par for the course for Maddie and those like her who form the burgeoning ranks of a new professional army of family PAs, or household personal assistants, staff charged with everything from arranging dinner parties to sorting the household accounts.
Move aside, Jeeves, your time is up – because the discerning lady or gentleman of today has dispensed with the traditional butler, maid or valet to help around the house, and is seeking a live-in personal assistant to ensure their lives – and in some cases, even their businesses – run without a hitch.Domestic employment agencies are reporting a surge in demand for staff who are as comfortable booking flights to the Azores and a box at the Royal Albert Hall as pressing a suit or choosing the wine. They must help the children with their homework, order the groceries (and wait in for the delivery) and, crucially, synchronise the family’s home lives with their work commitments.
Read full article at: Daily Mail