For household managers
Quietly Kept introduces experienced household managers to Australian families who value the work — and gives you the calm software that makes the day legible to everyone in the home. You set your hours and your rate. The household pays you directly. We take no margin on your wages.
Who we look for
Five+ years running households, EA work, or a hospitality back-of-house
Comfortable with diaries, vendors, and the awkward email
Discreet, unflappable, and good at writing things down
Australian-based, with the right to work and to use a car if needed
Looking for live-in or full-time on-site placements
New to running a household and seeking a training programme
Cleaners, nannies or in-home carers (those are different crafts)
Wanting agency-style booking work paid through a platform
What you get
Introductions, the platform, and a partner who answers your messages. We don't take a cut of your wages.
We brief you fully before any household sees your profile. You decide whether to be put forward. No mass-shortlisting; no surprise interviews.
The same calm software your households use, designed first for the manager on their feet. Routines, vendor book and handover notes — the running of the home, written down.
When a contract needs adjusting, a holiday needs covering, or a household conversation gets difficult — there is a person at Quietly Kept who knows your work.
From application to first week
Day 1
Week 1
Week 2
Ongoing
Day 1 of role
The platform · for managers
The same software the household sees — framed for the person doing the work. The day, in order. Handover notes that get written between school runs. A vendor book that travels with you between roles.
The day, in order, by hand
Tracked passively, exported monthly
Yours, portable between roles
Routines you can carry with you
Voice-to-note while you walk
Quiet hours and pass-through urgencies
Today · in order
Vendor book · today
Note · drafting
Plumber's running 15 minutes late. Otis's PE kit is in the dryer; I've left it on the bench. Speak this evening.
Pay & terms
Households pay you directly — through their accountant or payroll provider, on the terms you agree with them. Quietly Kept charges the household, never the manager. The platform is free for you to use, for as long as you are working with families we have introduced.
Typical rate
Our cut
Set your own rate, by household, by hours block, or by retainer
Choose contracting or employment — we provide template paperwork for both
Keep your vendor book and templates between roles
The platform, included free for the life of the engagement
A named partner at Quietly Kept, available by email and phone
Holiday cover available from the network on request
All rates in AUD. Wages, super and tax are between you and the household, with their accountant or payroll provider.
What we are not
You are engaged by the household — through their payroll provider or as a contractor, on terms you agree with them. We help with the paperwork; we do not pay you.
If a household is late paying, your partner at Quietly Kept will help you have the conversation, but the receivable sits between you and the family. We are honest about it from day one.
No surprise jobs, no per-task pay, no rating system. We aim for one good household per manager — a relationship, not a gig.
Different crafts, different governance. If that is your work we will say so kindly and point you to specialists who do it well.
Quiet FAQs
If yours is not here, write to us. We answer every application personally, even when the answer is no.
Most of our managers keep one household well, or split their week across two nearby homes. Somewhere between 15 and 35 hours total. We will not put you forward for a mix of hours that pushes past what you said you wanted.
No. You are engaged directly by the household — either as a contractor or through their payroll, depending on what suits both of you. We provide template paperwork and stay on hand to help, but the working relationship is yours.
No, never. The household pays a one-off placement fee and a monthly subscription to us. Your wages are between you and the household, in full.
Tell us early. We will help you have an honest conversation, find cover, and re-shortlist for the household. It does not sit on your record, these things happen, and the way you handle them is the part that matters.
No, but the work is in-home — so you and the household need to be near each other. We brief and shortlist within a sensible commute of the home. Most of our managers are in or around Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with a growing number in regional centres.
Yes. Free for the life of any engagement we introduced. If you bring your own households onto the platform alongside us, that stays free too.
Yes. We don't ask you to give up existing relationships, and we don't take a finder's fee on the ones you bring with you. We earn our keep on the introductions we actually make.
Apply
A short, considered application — twenty minutes at most. We read every one. You'll hear back within five business days, by note or by phone.
“The relationship is yours. We sit out of the way.”
You are engaged by the household, not by Quietly Kept · Verification reduces risk, it does not guarantee suitability · We do not provide legal, tax, payroll or migration advice