Two young girls in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada need a babysitter, and their parents are hiring now on either a full-time or part-time basis. The family builds the weekly schedule with you rather than handing you a fixed roster, so students, second-jobbers, and full-time caregivers can all make this work. Typical cover runs across school-day afternoons and early evenings, plus the odd weekend night.
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Pay is not printed in the advert, so use the market as your guide: Manitoba babysitters currently average CA$16 to CA$20 per hour. That is an average for the province, not this family’s committed figure, and your experience will decide where you land inside it. What Winnipeg offers on top is cheap living by Canadian standards, which turns a mid-range childcare wage into a comfortable one.
The parents advertise on GreatAuPair and handle every applicant personally. That cuts both ways: there is no agency to polish your application for you, but there is also nobody between you and a quick yes. Families on the platform routinely move from first message to trial shift inside a week when a candidate answers clearly and shows up prepared.
A word on seasons: a Winnipeg sitter’s year swings from splash-pad summers to minus-thirty school runs, and the parents will quietly judge how you handle both. Arrive with a winter plan — warm layers, buffer time, indoor activity ideas — and you signal an experience level no certificate can.
Company Overview
This is household employment with a private Winnipeg family, posted through GreatAuPair, an international matching service for babysitters, nannies, and au pairs that has operated for decades. Home-based childcare in Manitoba is dependable work because school timetables and parents’ jobs never fully align, and a family that finds a sitter it trusts holds onto that person for years. Expect a warm, ordinary family home and a direct working relationship with the parents.
Responsibilities
- Watch over both girls attentively from the moment the parents leave until they return.
- Serve meals and snacks that follow the family’s food rules and preferences.
- Handle the school run safely on foot or by public transit as agreed.
- Fill afternoons with reading, crafts, and outdoor play suited to their ages.
- Supervise homework before allowing television or tablet time.
- Run bath, teeth, and bedtime calmly on evening bookings.
- Keep the play area and kitchen tidy through the shift.
- Give the parents a same-day report on any injury, illness, or behaviour issue.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Hands-on babysitting or childcare background with checkable references.
- Legal permission to work in Canada before your start date.
- Conversational English for instructions, updates, and chatter with the girls.
- Physical energy for active children and winter school-run walks.
- Consistent punctuality, since the parents’ own jobs depend on your arrival.
- First aid or CPR certification preferred; the family may allow time to obtain it.
Benefits and Perks
- Full-time or part-time load, chosen by you and fixed with the family.
- Direct pay negotiation with no agency percentage skimmed off.
- A repeating weekly timetable you can plan life around.
- Shared meals with the children on longer shifts.
- A written Canadian family reference when you move on.
- Natural progression to more hours as the family’s confidence in you grows.
How to Apply
Send your updated CV to the employer through the official job listing. Keep the covering note tight: years of childcare, the Winnipeg days you can commit, and the ages you handle best. Apply on GreatAuPair where the family posted the role, and reply to their questions the same day you receive them.
Before any trial shift, ask the parents to walk you through allergies, emergency contacts, and house rules, and take notes while they talk. Families read that habit as professionalism, and it is precisely what separates the sitter who gets the permanent offer from the one who only gets the trial.
