A Grimsby, Ontario, Canada family wants a live-out nanny for their three children, two to three set days each week, at CA$21 per hour — a rate printed in the listing itself, not an estimate. The premium over typical Ontario sitting rates reflects the job’s double load: child care first, plus light housekeeping, laundry, and dinner prep woven through the day.
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The fixed point of every working day is the school bus stop. Both parents commute along the QEW corridor, and on your days the children step off that bus to find you waiting. Everything else in the role flexes; that pickup does not. The family is effectively buying certainty, and they are paying above market to get it.
For the right person, the two-to-three-day structure is the sell. It pays properly for the days worked while leaving most of the week free, which suits a caregiver running two families, a college timetable, or their own household alongside.
Three children off one school bus means three versions of the same afternoon: one needs a snack immediately, one wants to talk, one has homework due. The parents know this scramble intimately, so describe in your application how you sequence competing demands — it is the most persuasive paragraph you can write for this role.
Clarify the housekeeping boundary in the interview: which rooms, which chores, and what stays outside your remit. Light housekeeping stays light only when both sides define it, and the families who pay CA$21 an hour are usually the ones happiest to write the list down.
Company Overview
The employers are a dual-income family in Grimsby, the Niagara-region commuter town between Hamilton and St. Catharines, hiring directly through Nanny Lane with no agency involved. Direct household hiring means the interview doubles as the negotiation: duties, days, and pay all get settled between you and the parents in plain conversation, and the relationship starts on whatever terms you both shake on.
Responsibilities
- Care for all three children across your scheduled days.
- Meet the school bus punctually, every scheduled afternoon.
- Serve after-school snacks and light kid-friendly meals.
- Keep common areas tidy with light housekeeping rounds.
- Move the family laundry through wash, dry, and fold.
- Prep dinner components for the parents to finish.
- Hold a calm, safe home until evening handover.
- Summarise each child’s day briefly at pickup.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Prior care of multiple children simultaneously.
- Comfort blending childcare and light domestic work.
- Legal right to work in Canada.
- Dependable transport to Grimsby in all seasons.
- Clear English with children and adults alike.
- References available before hiring, not after.
Benefits and Perks
- CA$21 hourly, committed in the public listing.
- Two-to-three-day week leaving real free time.
- Live-out terms keeping evenings and weekends yours.
- Direct hire with the full rate paid to you.
- The same three children every shift, so routines stick.
- A durable reference from a settled Ontario household.
How to Apply
Send your updated CV to the employer through the official job listing. Name the specific weekdays you can guarantee for a full school term, and note your licence and vehicle if you drive. The family reviews applications on Nanny Lane and favours candidates who commit to concrete days.
Winter is the test this family cares about most, so address it before they ask: one line on how you will make the bus stop on a snowy February Tuesday does more for your application than a paragraph of enthusiasm. Certainty is the product here; sell them yours.
Reply within a day of the family posting if you can. Direct-hire parents typically interview the first three or four credible applicants and stop reading afterward, so in this market speed is not pushiness — it is simply how the calendar gets claimed.
