Babysitting and Nanny Jobs in Melbourne VIC

Babysitting for a one year old

Hi!
We are a family of three, both parents returning to work in January. Looking for a friendly, reliable nanny to take care of our lovely 1 year-old daughter for two days during the week (daytimes Monday and Wednesday). Days are a lot of fun and include activities we would love you to be involved in (e.g. Gymbaroo, swimming, library story times, playgrounds, looking for ducks etc.).
Some other details:
-- We are ideally looking for someone who can commit to a 12-month arrangement with us
-- Start date is flexible in January
-- Support with basic household tasks would also be great (e.g. washing/folding clothes, dishes, basic meal prep)
-- If you speak French or Spanish, that is a bonus (but not essential)!
If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

Hi! I’m a single dad with two daughters (5 & 8) who are with me 50% of the time. They’re both very creative and energetic, and I’m looking for a reliable, practical person to help keep the house running smoothly so I can be more present with them.

I’m after someone on a casual, ongoing basis to help with a weekly “house reset”. This would usually be 1–2 hours per week to start, with flexibility either side.

Tasks might include:
• Tidying up and putting things back in their place
• Washing dishes or unpacking the dishwasher
• Folding or putting away clean laundry
• Light room resets and general organisation
• Occasional personal assistant–type errands, like picking up birthday presents or small items

There may also be occasional ad-hoc babysitting, if you’re open to it, but the core of the role is household help rather than childcare.

The role will likely start regularly from late January, as my current helper is moving interstate, though there may be a few opportunities before then.

I’m looking for someone who’s organised, trustworthy, and happy to work independently once shown the ropes. If you enjoy creating calm, tidy spaces and helping a family function a little more smoothly, I’d love to hear from you and see if it’s a good fit 🙂

We are entering a new stage of life where all three of our boys are at the same primary school a short drive from our house. We are looking for someone to drop them to school and come back to our house to help with general tidying, changing the boys sheets, folding clothes and cooking a family meal. Ideally Monday and Thursday from 8 - 11:30am. Our boys are aged 11, 9 and 5 and we have a lovely lab called Frankie.

Hey, we are looking for a carer for our ~ 6 month old daughter.

Still working through a return to work framework, so initially may be 2 x half days a week, or 3 full days depending on return to work timing.

Looking for someone experienced in childcare, development, nursing or paedeatrics.

We are looking for someone that is positive, calm and supportive, who is a very positive influence on our daughter’s development, and also help out the household.

Hi there - I am looking for a babysitter / nanny for my two boys (aged 3.5yo and nearly 6yo) for two afternoons per week (out of Monday, Tuesday & Thursday) next year. Hours will be 3pm to 6:30pm. (We would be happy to offer longer hours if the babysitter is also happy to do some cleaning and/or cooking and meal prep while the kids are at school / in care.) Please get in touch if this is of interest - thanks!

We are a family of 3 based in Port Melbourne looking for a permanent part time nanny for our 2 year old boy, whilst Mum is working from home. We see this person as being an extension of our family, who will play a key role in our son's life and development :)

Work day is Monday (8.30am - 5.30pm).

Duties include but are not limited to feeding/food prep, putting to sleep, fun and developmental activities (play, going for walks etc), fostering development and light home duties.

Preferred accreditations WWCC, Police Check, First Aid/CPR.

Hourly rate $35 pending experience.

Looking for someone to commence mid January, but keen have a couple of days before Xmas.

We look forward to meeting you!

Hi everyone, we are looking for a wonderful new friend to join our team, ideally as a long-term nanny for school pick-ups. nexr year and for 2 weeks with long days in December. : ) Days: Monday, Wednesday , Thursday and / or Friday. Regularly in school time.
Hours: 3pm – 6.30pm and 7-9am
Pick up from school in Hawthorn, drive to activities, occasionally help with homework, then return home. Extra hours available.

We are a busy professional and welcoming family of two doctors seeking an experienced and reliable nanny to care for our two children, aged 10 and just 5 at kinder. The primary care will support school pick up in kew and hawthorn,, drive to activities ( Swimming squad in Fitzroy, dance, and Footy in Edinburgh gardens north Fitzroy) homework and help prepare and give dinner.

Key Responsibilities:
- Provide high-quality care in a safe, nurturing environment
- Support daily activities, safe, clean meals, and play.
- Assist with light household tasks related to the children.
Ideal Candidate:
- Must have a driver's licence, and minimum 1 year of experience with children WWCC.
- Calm, professional, and genuinely passionate about working with children

Please apply with your CV and WWCC directly to me. Can't wait to meet you

I am looking for someone who is available to drop off and pick up my son from kindergarten 3 times a week, on a regular basis. The center is a short tram ride away and I would require you to be at our house at 645am so I can head to work.

We’re a loving family in Kew seeking a kind, reliable, and experienced nanny to join us in a long-term role supporting our two young children — a toddler boy and a baby girl.

We’re looking for someone who has a genuine passion for children’s growth and wellbeing, and who can become a trusted part of our family over time. Initially, hours will be part-time and flexible, with the potential to increase as we settle into a routine.

About our family:

Our toddler boy will attend kinder two days a week next year (and possibly one day of daycare).

Our baby girl would be the main focus initially.

We don’t have family nearby, so we’re hoping to find someone dependable who can offer consistent, ongoing support.

What we’re looking for:

Warm, nurturing, and responsible caregiver

Experience with both infants and toddlers

Ability to plan fun, engaging, and age-appropriate activities

Comfortable helping with meal prep, bath time, and daily routines

Able to manage both children’s bedtime every second Friday evening

Flexible with hours as the role grows over time

Ideally seeking someone interested in a long-term position

If this sounds like the right fit for you, we’d love to hear from you.
Please share a brief introduction about yourself, your availability, and any references from previous families.

Warmly

Hello,
We are looking for a caring, patient, and reliable carer to support our son, Artie.

Artie is a strong-minded, curious 4-year-old who loves the outdoors, books, boxes, water play, baking, and trains. He was born with a genetic neuro-developmental disorder and has global developmental delay. He is non-verbal, has cortical vision impairment (CVI), and low muscle tone, so he benefits from some additional support. Experience with children with additional needs is welcome but not essential—finding the right person who genuinely connects with Artie is most important to us.

Artie will be starting at a special school in Balwyn next year to support his communication needs. He has been wonderfully integrated into his mainstream kinder and childcare over the past four years, and we’re looking to ensure a smooth, positive transition.

What we’re hoping for -
We’re looking for someone who can assist with:
- Morning routines
- School drop-offs and pick-ups
- After-school support, including help with his therapy programs, until we are home from work around 6pm
- Light meal preparation and light housework
- Additional support during school holidays

Artie has a little sister, Mira (17 months), who will be in childcare during the week.

We are full-time working parents, and with our first child starting school, we’re hoping to find the right person to become a consistent, supportive presence in our family routine.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, we’d love to hear from you.

Our two children are nearly six and eight years old. After many years with us, our current wonderful nanny is moving on. We are looking for a long-term nanny to become a new part of our family and help provide stability and security.

We need:

- Afternoons, 2-7pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (Mum and Dad arrive home just before 7pm)
- School pick-up (10 min drive, booster seats provided)
- Dinner preparation (reheat or simple preps), tidying, dishes
- Supervision of music practice and homework
- Extended hours are available for a household manager to support with other house cleaning, laundry and grocery shopping


Our kids are energetic and bright, and love reading, crafting, puzzles and games. Our family enjoys learning about languages, cultures and the natural world. We do not use screen-time during the week and have a gentle parenting style (or so others tell us!). We use structure and routine to help the rhythm and flow of our family in a light-hearted way and we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

Our ideal nanny has high emotional intelligence, is calm, patient, caring and understanding with children, particularly during times of high emotions. They value children’s voices and opinions and can support them with co-regulation when needed. They see themselves as more than a babysitter, take pride in their important position in the lives of children and have open communication with parents. Certificate III or higher in childcare would be desirable.

We look forward to embracing our new nanny, with their own style and the unique qualities they will bring in to our family.

Hi there,

We are looking for a Nanny to support my return from Maternity Leave next May, at which time our baby girl will be 10 months old. Given the important role you will play in our lives - and our daughter's life - we are looking for someone is experienced, trustworthy and that we can treat as part of our extended family. Hourly rate negotiable based on experience and duties.

About you:
We are looking for someone with experience Nannying a newborn/s and strong parent references who can manage the day to day care of our daughter at our home in Northcote (no car required) - managing feeding, play and naps.

We will also require support with simple food prep (for our baby's meals) and basic tidying eg packing up toys or activities from the day, dishes and unpacking dishwasher (if needed) however no other home duties required.

Essential:
- Paediatric first aid
- Previous experience Nannying young babies
- References
- WWCC and police check
- All vaccinations up to date
- Reliable and great communicator

At this stage we will need care 3-4 days/week. We hope to do some trials ahead of May start date, and have someone confirmed in the role by March next year.

About our daughter:
- Happy newborn with a content demeanour and in a good sleep and feeding routine
- All vaccines are up to date

About us:
My name is Sophie (44) and my husband is Jacob (35). We welcomed our daughter, Valerie, in July this year after a very lengthy and complex fertility journey. She has been the little miracle we were hoping for and she is a ray of sunshine in our lives. Jacob and I are both passionate about family and friends, travel, healthy living and we enjoy our respective careers. We both work in hybrid roles (3 days in office, 2 days at home) so one of us will often be home working from the front office on alternating days.

About our home:
Our home is a lovely light-filled and carefully curated space to spend the day, with a small back yard and lawn. Heating/cooling and well equipped kitchen for your use. Easy pram walks to plenty of local parks, cafes and ammenities nearby, too.

Jack (eight Y.O. going into year two) and Angus (six Y.O. going into prep) are looking for someone to help them get to and from Glenferrie Primary School (a 15 minute walk or 5 - 10 minute drive) three days a week, we can be broadly flexible on days and start/finish times. Both boys are well behaved with an obsession for Minecraft, Pokemon and Beyblades... We're looking for someone that can also help out their two busy parents with occasional shopping, dog walking (Spud, a miniature schnauzer), some easy meal prep for the boys, swimming lessons one night a week and helping to keep the house reasonably clean and tidy.

Start Date - 19 January 2026
Rate - $35 - $40 per hour depending on experience

We are looking for a Nanny 3 days a week. Our 2 boys (5 and 4) attend primary school and sessional kinder respectively, whilst our daughter (1 years old) is home full time. Starting mid January, we would be looking for a Nanny Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8am to 6pm with some flexibility around start and end time possible. With the end of parental leave both parents will be working on these days and office based. As such we envision needing Nanny support for a number of years and so there is the prospect of a long term role.
The role would include
- Responsibility for our 1 year old daughter and on non kinder days our 4 year old
- Drop off and pick up of our two older boys from primary school and kinder. Both are within a 5-7 minute walk of our house
- Providing some support with household tasks such as washing, general tidying and meal preparation/dinners for the children
- If needed a car available with child seats for use during working hours.
- Being comfortable being in a house with very friendly dogs.
If this role would be of interest please contact us, we would love to hear from you!

Looking for a wonderful nanny in Hawthorn 3122
Start date: February 2026
Pay: $35–$40/hr (depending on experience)

We are looking for a confident, caring, creative and reliable nanny to look after our two boys aged 3 and 4 on Tuesdays (8:30 am to 5:00 pm) and Fridays (8:30 am to 4:00 pm).

This is a part-time nanny role caring for two young children during the business day. It would ideally suit an experienced nanny whose current family’s circumstances are changing next year and who is looking for their next ongoing position.

We have had a wonderful experience with our current nanny over the past year, and as she begins a placement for her Early Childhood Education studies next year, she will only be available one day a week. We are looking for someone to join our family and care for the boys across both days on an ongoing basis. We would love to find someone who is looking for a long-term role throughout 2026.

The boys attend kindergarten on the other days, so these two days are focused on park adventures, exploring, kicking the football and having fun. They love playgrounds, the library, picnics and little outings, and we are hoping to find someone who enjoys planning engaging days with them.

Both parents work from home. We also have a Groodle, so being comfortable around dogs is important.

Ideally, you will:
• Have experience caring for preschool-aged children
• Enjoy play-based learning and creative, hands-on activities
• Be kind, patient and confident managing two young children
• Hold a Working With Children Check and police check
• Have a driver’s licence, own car ideal
• Be comfortable with light household tidying related to the boys such as meals, toys and laundry

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Please send a short note about your experience, availability, and why you think this role would be a good fit for you.

We are looking for a nanny for our 10 month old daughter, 1 day per week (flexible over what day).

Based in Hawthorn, the role requires a full day of coordinating play, meals and naps, based on Lily’s schedule. I will provide all her meals, but basic house work is expected (tidying, washing, cleaning up).

We are hoping for someone who has experience with babies of this age. She is very playful and always on the move, crawling and walking across the furniture. She loves music, dancing, walks in the pram and watching the kids play on the playground.

There is potential to move to 2 days per week in 2026.

Please reach out if you’re interested!

I’d like to find a mother’s helper for 1-2 days per week for my five month old.
Mostly I would like somebody to look after the baby for a few hours while I nap, workout, or cook.

We are looking for a caring and reliable person to help us with our active little one! Much prefer someone with experience and who takes initiative in very light household duty’s (cleaning up after toddler, cooking basic meals, folding toddler clothes)

Rate:$30
Location: Alphington 3078 area
1x active toddler (1YO+)

Wanting someone who priortises
- Safety
- Fun/Outdoor play
- Learning/verbal communication
- Schedules
- No screens household

Hoping the right person is able to provide light household duties if the time allows - I.e folding toddler clothes, filling/emptying dishwasher, cooking/prepping simple meals if required

Has to be comfortable with a friendly golden retriever dog.

I’m looking for someone roughly once a week (for minimum 3-4 hours) between now and Christmas, and then again next year, but likely a couple more days a week to look after my 15 month old son as I will be giving birth at the end of March so hoping it can be a long-term kind of arrangement as I’ll be looking to have some support around the house and caretaking of child.

If this sounds like you please reach out.

Hello

I’m searching for a carer who is able to assist with dropping off and picking up my 6 year old son from primary school and my 12 year old from high school most days from Monday to Friday.
Thank you so much.
Nina

👋🏻Hi!

Looking to hire for before and after school care for a 4 and 6 year old in St kilda east.

Every Tuesday next year 0730-0900/30 and 1500-1800/30.

Look forward to hearing from you

Experience, references, drivers license (not car- just license) are essential.

We are looking for a caring and reliable nanny to join our family to replace our last nanny of over 2 years as she is now moving interstate. We are looking for someone that wants continual work and will stay with the family for quite sometime so the children have consistency. Must have drivers license and prior experienced in taking care of children.

Who you will be caring for:
- a 5and 1/2 yo girl who is bright and caring
- A 3yo boy who is adorable and funny!
- Both children are well mannered, toilet trained and excellent sleepers

What’s involved?
- Picking up each child from their local kinder/ school
- Playing with the kids & helping with shower/bath
- Heating up food/ cleaning up the dishes, lunch box preparation
- Light housework ie empty dishwasher, hang and fold washing, pack up toys. Note: we have a regular house cleaner.
- Take children to their regular activities ie music class

Hours:
- General weekday hours 3-4 days per week are Start: 2.30/3pm and Finish: between 6-7pm depending on the day. An option for a long day every now and then if of interest ie 8-6pm on a thursday.
- Extra hours during school holidays and when mum and dad need a baby sitter for events/ weekends!

Any questions just reach out :)
Minimum requirements:
* Drivers license
* WWCC and Police Check
* References from other roles
* First Aid Certificate (preferred)

Hello,
I am looking for someone to help with my two boys. A 1 year old and 2.5 year old next year. Need someone who loves being outside and taking them to different parks/ playgrounds and is capable of prepping dinner if needed! And then just general cleanliness like putting toys away and washing if needed!

We are looking for a nanny to look after our 6 month old for three days a week in 2026, starting late January/early Feb with shifts 8 and up to 10 hours per day.

We are flexible on the days of the week and the start date.

We are looking for a person with excellent references, full drivers licence, and relevant experience who is aiming to commit to a family as the child grows.

While your focus would be on the baby we would love someone who could also contribute to the household and do some light tidying, food preparation, etc when time allows. You would be warm, kind, responsible, good at communicating, organised and able to take initiative with child activities and household tasks.

We are a busy welcoming family in Ripponlea, including a 12 year old and very friendly dog (who you would not be responsible for).

$35 per hour, with potential to increase to $40 per hour depending on your experience and level of household responsibility.

If this sounds like you I’d love to hear from you! Please respond giving details of your experience and why you think you would suit the role.