Babysitter

Role overview

This full-time babysitting role is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The position involves caring for children of different ages, supporting their daily routines, and contributing to their safety, learning, and overall development.

Key duties

• Plan and lead imaginative play and learning-based activities, including drawing, crafts, and puppet games.
• Prepare meals for children and assist with feeding, including bottle-feeding infants when required.
• Manage diaper changes and bathe babies.
• Support older children with washing up and bath time.
• Keep to children’s nap schedules.
• Guide children toward respectful social habits, such as helping others and sharing household chores.
• Maintain neat play areas and children’s bedrooms.
• Help school-age children with homework.
• Supervise children to ensure safety during indoor and outdoor activities.
• Provide care and attention if a child is injured or unwell.
• Carry out light housekeeping duties as needed.
• Coordinate with parents to support children’s growth and social development.

Required background and skills

• Prior experience working as a nanny or babysitter.
• Strong knowledge of how children develop across different age groups.
• Comfort coming up with creative, child-friendly learning and engagement ideas.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
• Calm, warm, and patient manner.
• Willingness to work shifts, weekends, evenings, and sometimes full days.
• High school education is required; additional training in child development is an advantage.
• First aid certification is an added advantage.

Additional information

This is an in-person role in Dubai. No salary, openings, or start date were specified in the source information.