Little Rock, AR | Nurturing Nanny Wanted For Collaborative Family

This warm, collaborative family in Little Rock, AR is seeking a nurturing and patient nanny to support their two young children with responsive care, thoughtful developmental support, and enriching activities.

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• Location: Little Rock, AR
• Ages of children: 1 and 3.5 years old
• Start date: As soon as they find the right fit!
• Schedule: Full-time, guaranteeing 40 hours per week. The general schedule runs Monday through Thursday plus one weekend day (12 hours on Saturday or Sunday, timing flexible). Weekday shifts are set in advance and cycle between morning, midday, and evening blocks, with 10:00 AM–5:00 PM being the most typical. Any schedule changes are communicated well in advance; last-minute adjustments are paid at a 1.5x premium rate. This role also includes domestic and international travel, as well as occasional overnights throughout the year.
• Compensation: The family is offering $40–$45+/hour based on the 40-hour guaranteed weekly schedule, which equates to an annualized base compensation of $83k–$94k+/year dependent on experience and the agreed-upon schedule.
• Benefits: The family is open to providing two weeks paid vacation, five paid sick days, six paid holidays plus two floating holidays, up to $500/month health reimbursement, up to $1,500/year professional development, a discretionary annual bonus, relocation assistance, and use of the family vehicle for on-the-job driving.
• Live-in/Live-out: Live-out



Household dynamic:

• This warm, structured, and collaborative Little Rock, AR family is seeking a nanny to support their two young children! Their older child is a 3.5-year-old boy who is joyful, affectionate, and generally easygoing, with a developmental disability, and will benefit from dedicated, compassionate care. He is nonspeaking and communicates through his expressions, vocalizations, routines, and individualized cues. He loves music, movement, books, sensory play, animals, outdoor adventures, and most of all, being in the water. He attends a full-time developmental preschool during the day and receives occupational, physical, and speech therapy, and will soon begin working more formally with augmentative communication. Their 1-year-old daughter is a curious and observant toddler. She thrives with responsive, playful one-on-one care through age-appropriate meals, books, music, movement, outdoor time, and engaging sibling experiences. The family has a friendly, older, low-energy dog, and candidates should be comfortable around pets and be willing to occasionally support light pet care.
• Mom is generally at home and enjoys being actively involved in the children's lives. Supporting the household includes biweekly cleaners, creating a coordinated, team-oriented environment that values clear communication and discretion. The family anticipates four or more domestic and international trips per year, totaling roughly three to four weeks, including a planned Disney World trip and a December Europe trip, with private accommodations and expenses covered and some personal time for the nanny to enjoy each destination when the care schedule allows. The family also hopes to find their forever home within one to two years, likely in California or Colorado. Although not required, they would love to find someone open to relocating with them and building a trusted, long-term relationship.

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Ideal candidate:

• This position is ideal for a nurturing, patient, emotionally steady, and highly safety-conscious nanny who is genuinely excited to support both children’s growth and development. The right candidate will bring warmth, curiosity, and a learning-oriented mindset, along with a genuine interest in supporting children with a wide range of developmental needs and abilities. Their son’s disability affects communication, mobility, and daily living skills, though he moves independently on the floor. He uses adaptive support for longer outings and requires hands-on assistance with mobility and personal-care routines, so candidates should be comfortable regularly lifting and transferring up to 50 pounds as he grows. He also has limited hazard awareness and is strongly drawn to water, making calm, continuous, and proactive supervision especially important. A candidate who is eager to learn his individualized communication cues and naturally weave communication, motor, sensory, and daily-living goals into play and everyday routines will be a wonderful fit. The family will provide training on his individualized care, safety, and medical plans. Given his love of the water, they especially value a confident swimmer who is comfortable providing attentive, hands-on supervision in and around water.
• The family would love a confident, experienced nanny who is equally comfortable collaborating with a hands-on parent and independently taking full charge of the children’s day. Strong communication and teamwork will be important, including proactive handoffs, photos, a brief daily log, and timely updates related to development, medication, or safety. The ideal candidate will be genuinely eager to learn from the children’s therapy team and thoughtfully carry recommended techniques into everyday care while providing consistency, attentiveness, and reliability. An adaptable, travel-ready nanny who is excited to join the family on adventures and grow with them for years to come will thrive in this role.
• Responsibilities include creating an environment for the children to grow and thrive, child-related household tasks including but not limited to meal prep, tidying, organizing of children's areas, occasional errands, before and after school routines, preschool pickup and selected therapy and hippotherapy appointments, coordinating activities, carrying out therapeutic carryover in daily play and routines, children's laundry and dishes, restocking, preparing the older child's meals to take to school, packing for travel and relocations, and traveling with the family throughout the year.
• While not a requirement for the role, the family would love to work with a candidate who has experience with developmental disability or therapeutic/clinical care, augmentative communication or sensory play, and has a special education background or general education experience. The home embraces both Japanese and Chinese language and culture, and the family would love a Japanese- or Mandarin-speaking nanny to support natural, child-directed immersion. As the family looks ahead to their forever home, they would also value a candidate who is open to relocating with them within the next one to two years, likely to California or Colorado.

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Qualifications:

• 3 years of professional childcare experience
• Knowledge and experience with age-appropriate developmental milestones for toddlers
• Able to follow individualized written care, safety, and medical plans
• Willingness to attend therapy sessions and carry out therapist recommendations at home
• Genuine passion for and desire to work with a developmentally delayed child
• Physically able to lift and transfer a child up to 50 pounds
• Comfortable maintaining a strictly smoke-free and vape-free work environment (including the home, property, and vehicles)
• Open to traveling with the family 4+ times per year domestically and internationally
• Able to swim and care for children in water
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record
• Valid passport
• Dog-friendly and comfortable handling occasional light pet care
• Partners, family members, and/or pets cannot be housed in any temporary or long-term accommodations provided by the family

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This position is open to all Adventure Nannies candidates who are legally able to work in the US. Out of respect for the privacy of the families we work with, we cannot provide any additional information about this position other than what has already been provided in the job description. If you are interested in learning more about the position, please apply!