Babysitting and Nanny Jobs in Essendon West VIC

We are a family of four, soon to be five, looking for a part-time nanny for our 1.5- year old old and 3-year old daughters at our home in Essendon.

Hours: 2 days per week on a Tuesday and Thursday between 8:30am-5:30pm.

Our girls are warm and energetic.

We are seeking someone with experience looking after both age groups to look after our girls while we work from home.

Please reply with information about yourself and your experience.

Thanks

Looking for a warm & reliable nanny to join us Mondays or Wednesdays for 5 hours total (timing is flexible)

We have a 2-year-old daughter and 4-month-old baby boy. We'd love someone caring who can get to know our kids and become a familiar, trusted part of our routine whilst I am on maternity leave.

The role is a mix of helping with the children and light household tasks - playing with our toddler, taking her out to the park, helping with the baby, folding/putting away washing, packing things away and general tidying.

We are after someone looking for an ongoing role who will become a valued extra set of hands for our family.

If this sounds like you please reach out and let us know about you/your experience.

Hello! We are two working parents who are looking for regular after school and school holiday support for our energetic six year old daughter. She has a structured routine of after school activities. This includes preparation of snacks, school pick up (~1.5km walking, cycling or bus), play dates, after school activities, supervising homework and reading. We are located on the Cranbourne/Pakenham/Sunbury line and an easy 800m walk from the train station.

You should:
+ have experience caring for children in either a childcare or private nanny setting.
+ available on a consistent schedule, any three days between Monday and Thursday from 2:00 to 6:00pm.
+ be comfortable getting around walking, cycling and on public transport.

I'm flexible about which days you would like to work, based on your availability.

This role includes leave and super. Pay is pro-rata'd between $62-69k pa DOE. Additional hours are available on a Friday/Saturday evening or around school holidays if you would like.

We’re looking for a capable, reliable babysitter and family helper to support our busy family with three energetic children aged 6, 8 and 10.

Our ideal person is warm, confident and calm, and can keep energetic kids engaged while setting clear, consistent boundaries. Our 8-year-old daughter is autistic and can find changes and transitions challenging, so patience, flexibility and a calm but firm approach are important. Experience supporting autistic children would be highly valued.

The role includes:

Caring for the children and organising age-appropriate activities.

Helping with routines and supporting positive interactions between siblings.

Preparing children’s lunches and snacks.

Helping with light household tasks, such as putting away clean washing and tidying children’s areas.

We already work with some wonderful helpers, but they don't always have availability We’re looking for someone who follows through, uses their initiative and communicates well. We’d love to find someone who can build a trusting, ongoing relationship with our children.

We are a young professional couple with a 2 year old boy and a 10 year old cat living in the inner suburbs of Melbourne. Our little guy is super friendly, energetic and social. He loves to make friends with everyone he meets and is a barrel of laughs. We love spending our spare time visiting all the parks in the area, hitting up the library and experiencing all of Melbournes vibrant arts and culture scene.

We are looking for someone to help with our morning routine including getting our son ready for daycare including drop off and some simple meal prep for the family. Shifts would be regular 6.30-9.30am Mon-Fri with the occasional ad hoc longer day to cover sick days etc.

Hello, we have twins who will turn two in November and are expecting a third baby in November. Looking for someone to support us and our twins as we bring our new baby home.
Monday afternoons and daytime Tuesday. Occasional care on weekends. Our family will need increased support for a few months and then we can discuss a long term schedule.

We’re a family in Seddon looking for a reliable, warm nanny for afternoon pickup and care.

Schedule: Wednesdays and Fridays, approx. 3:30–6:00/6:30pm.

Afternoon routine:
Arrive at Footscray City Primary School by 3:25–3:30pm to collect our 7-year-old
Walk to Billy Button Kindy for 4:00pm pickup of our 5-year-old and 3-year-old
Walk all three children home (5 minutes)
Supervise homework, play, and general care until we finish work.

Sundays 1-4pm and school holidays.

We are looking for a new permanent full-time nanny to provide care primarily to our younger son who is 3.5yrs old. Our current nanny of more than two years is moving onto a new administrative role. We also have an older boy who is 7.5yrs old and attends school full time. The role is for Monday to Friday. Hours are generally 7.30am starts to 5.50-6pm and some flexibility is required as we are both medical professionals. Fridays can be an earlier finish of about 4pm.

Our employment arrangement is a permanent full-time contract with set hourly rate of $40-44/hr (depending on qualifications and experience) plus superannuation, annual and sick leave entitlements.

Our younger son attends a local kinder program Mon-Thurs 9-12 so we would expect some light housework including basic meal prep, light laundry and tidying assistance.

Our older son has intellectual disability, is non-verbal and attends a special school. He has scheduled after-school activities 4 days a week. He is physically healthy.

We need someone keen and willing to learn to support our older son with disability but specific experience is not essential. We are hoping to find someone long term to be part of our support network for our family and would love to chat further to anyone interested in the role. We are also open to finding casual babysitters in the local area for evenings out and weekend events so please get in touch.

Hi, I am looking for an experienced and reliable nanny to look after my 9-month old son, Liam, on Monday afternoons (1pm-4.30pm). Liam is a confident and active Bub who loves to crawl and explore. I’m looking for a nanny to look after him while I go to an exercise class and run errands. My husband, works from home so will be around if the nanny has any queries. We have a cat, Juniper, so we need someone who likes animals. We are looking for someone who has experience with caring for babies under the age of 1.

We are on the hunt for a wonderful nanny to help our growing family.
We are in Coburg and have 2 girls - Iris will be 2 next month and Lola is 3 months. We are looking for an ongoing nanny for Tuesdays immediate start, casual days and nights, and potential of increased days next year and beyond.

Hi there, i am looking for a reliable but flexible
nanny based for my 13 month old daughter in Coburg.

My core days are Monday, Wed and Friday.

If that suits id love to hear from you

Jess

I’m a single mother with a lively two and a half year old and an energetic 6 year old. I’m looking for some help on school/work mornings to help us get dressed, eat breakie and out the door etc. !

Update post as circumstances have changed

Our names are Annika and Yuria and we are looking to find someone to care for my daughter Anya (17 months) and Yuria's son, Rio (also 17 months) on an ongoing basis on a Monday mornings around 9-12/12.30
Every week it will be Anya and then every second week Rio will join.
For the weeks it’s just Anya it will be $35 an hour and then $50 when caring for both of them.
Depending on how it goes there will be potential for another few hours in the next couple of months.
I live in Brunswick and Yuria and Rio are in Preston.
Is this something you would be interested in? Would love to chat if so.
Thanks so much,
Annika

We are looking for a regular babysitter four our two neurodivergent children ages 10 & 11. It would require collecting from school and hanging out in the afternoons, as well as starting dinner roughly 3:30-6pm twice a week (Mon & Thurs)
We'd love the person to have experience with neurodivergent children and a good toolkit to help with emotional regulation, high energy and enthusiasm.
We're also hoping the successful person would also be able to offer casual babysitting, this might be extending exisiting times to after bedtime or adhoc dates- current adhoc dates are 11th Aug, 18th Aug, 19th Aug & 22nd Aug

We are an Irish/Zimbabwean family looking for a nanny for 4 days a week for our 7-month-old daughter. We are looking for someone who shares similar family values and would fit well into our family.

I am seeking a part-time nanny to care for my two children, a 20 month old girl and 4.5 year old boy. Depending on the day, you may be caring for one or both children.

On a typical week, I'm seeking approx. 8 hours of care. A typical week would be:
- Either Monday or Wednesday: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (until nap time)
- Thursday: 10 am - 3 pm.
I am flexible with the times if needed and there are opportunities for hours to increase during busy periods, school holidays, etc.

Must have police check, WWCC, parent references and be a non-smoker

We’re a warm, easygoing family in Spotswood looking for an experienced, caring nanny to join us as we welcome our second child. Your main focus will be our lovely, curious 2 year-old toddler, with some help caring for the new baby as things settle. We’d love someone patient, reliable and genuinely playful, who enjoys reading and music. We value kindness and a calm presence, and we’ll always treat you as part of the family. Flexibility on days and hours can be discussed.

Looking for someone to help me with engaging my toddler and shaping a happy childhood.

Hi Nannies
We are looking for a nanny to look after our 2 kids (10 year old boy and 13 year old girl) after school on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. The role will involve light housework (mainly laundry), cooking and driving kids to after school activities (in our car) homework and hanging out. They are both happy and polite.
Hours will be 3pm to 6.45pm.
We also have a large dog Charlie - Airedale terrier. So needs to be comfortable around dogs.
We would love to hear from you.
Alice and Antony

Looking for regular care 1-2x a week for our 2-year-old son, occasional evenings, and occasional daycare dropoff/pick up

We're an American-Bangladeshi family staying in Carlton North from Sept - Feb
Both professionals working Mon-Fri with 1 on US hours/Aus nights

Our son is in daycare in Carlton, and we'd like him home 1-2 days with half-day care on those days to go to parks, library, zoo, backyard activities, etc; flexible on which day(s)

He's a joyful, social kid who likes to explore, so looking for someone with energy who likes toddlers and can support his development and assist with our routines (food, nappies, bedtime); comfort taking public transit for nearby adventures and walking with pram to nearby spots; occasional assistance with food prep/light housework appreciated as well

Our ideal is someone fluent in Bengali or Spanish + English, as he was in Spanish daycare and dad speaks Bengali; he's just starting to speak more, so we'd like to encourage language

Our names are D'Arcy and Jess. We have had our first child, Lilibelle who is four months. We live in Northcote (just near Westgarth station) and are both self employed - so we work from home a bit and from our offices in the city. D'Arcy has been working mostly full time since Lilibelle was born and Jess has had time off work but is looking forward to getting back into work soon. We have not had a nanny before. We would like some help maybe around 20 hours a week to start with between now and Christmas. This could be say 6 to 8 hours a day any 3 days of the week. From around mid-January next year we would then like someone around 30 to 40 hours a week. This would be say 3 to 5 days a week for 6 to 10 hours a day We have a large dog (August) who is friendly.

Please send us a message if you are interested :)

Looking for a wonderful Nanny to join our family. Our children are fun and bright (aged 5 and 10) and looking for someone who is responsible and kind to look after them and bring a sense of fun and adventure. This role does require you to have a car as we will need your help with school pick-ups.

We are a swiss-us family who will live in Melbourne for 23 months on a work assignment starting from 1 november 2026.
We are looking for a full time nanny or au pair who can support dropping off and picking up our two daughters from day care and also support during evening and weekends from time to time. We have not finalized our set up and also location but it will be in the city of melbourne.