Private Butler / Valet & Household Staff Manager – Dubai, UAE- PAUSED
Butler / Valet & Household Staff Manager
Location: Dubai, UAE | International Travel & Future European Relocation
Compensation: $150,000–$180,000 USD annually, DOE
Start Date: As soon as the right candidate is identified
Schedule: Full-time | Primarily 5 days per week with flexibility for a 6th day when required
Relocation: Full relocation and visa support provided
About the Family
An international private family currently based in Dubai is seeking an experienced, polished, and highly capable Butler / Valet & Household Staff Manager for a long-term position.
The principals are a young couple of Russian background who maintain a refined yet welcoming household where privacy, security, discretion, organization, and exceptional attention to detail are paramount. The household currently consists of two live-in housekeepers and two chauffeurs. The family also has a small dog who travels with them and plans to expand their family in the future.
The family currently resides primarily in the UAE and anticipates relocating to Europe in the future. They are looking for a professional who can become a trusted, long-term member of their household and grow with them as their family and lifestyle evolve.
Position Overview
This is a multifaceted role combining traditional Butler and Valet service, household staff management, household operations, and Family Assistant responsibilities.
The successful candidate will be personally hands-on in supporting the principals while providing leadership, structure, and direction to the existing household team. The individual should understand refined private service but operate without ego, creating an environment that feels polished, comfortable, organized, and effortless.
Butler & Valet Service
The Butler will provide attentive yet unobtrusive personal service, anticipating the principals' requirements and learning their individual preferences and routines.
Responsibilities will include wardrobe and closet management, packing and unpacking, luggage preparation, garment and shoe care, coordinating laundry and dry cleaning, and ensuring clothing is appropriately prepared and returned.
The successful candidate should understand refined table setting and service, guest preparation, entertaining, household presentation, and the many small details required to maintain an exceptionally well-run private residence.
Household Staff Management & Operations
A significant component of the position will be managing and supporting the existing household team, including two live-in housekeepers and two chauffeurs.
The Butler will establish clear responsibilities and schedules, conduct regular property walk-throughs, monitor household standards, coordinate staff activities, and ensure effective communication between the principals and household team.
The successful candidate will develop and maintain a comprehensive Butler Book / Household Manual, documenting household preferences, procedures, staff responsibilities, inventories, vendor information, service standards, routines, and SOPs.
Additional responsibilities will include managing household inventories, groceries and supplies; overseeing laundry and wardrobe standards; coordinating vendors and service providers; monitoring household expenses; and ensuring the residence consistently operates and presents at an elegant, hotel-level standard.
Family Assistant & Administrative Support
As the relationship develops, the position will incorporate an increasing level of Family Assistant and administrative responsibility.
Responsibilities will include managing calendars, appointments and reminders; arranging restaurant and personal reservations; coordinating international and domestic travel; preparing luggage and wardrobes; managing pet travel logistics; assisting with visas and official documentation; and coordinating the family's broader lifestyle requirements.
The Butler will also assist with intimate entertaining and events, including catering, florists, décor, cakes, table settings, and other details.
Strong computer and administrative skills are important. The successful candidate should be comfortable maintaining organized household records, budgets, expenses, inventories, and reconciliations using Excel and other appropriate household-management technology.
Schedule & Flexibility
The position will normally operate five days per week, with a typical working day consisting of approximately an eight-hour shift with appropriate breaks. However, due to the lifestyle, travel, and evolving schedules of this young international couple, flexibility is essential.
Candidates must be willing to work a sixth day when the family's schedule requires it and understand that private service at this level requires a 24-hour mindset. This does not mean routinely working 24-hour shifts; rather, the successful candidate should have the mentality that the household and principals' requirements do not always fall neatly within traditional business hours.
The family respects appropriate time off and breaks, but the successful candidate must be adaptable, responsive, and prepared for changing schedules, travel, guests, events, and occasional last-minute requirements.
Compensation, Benefits & Relocation
The family is offering a comprehensive compensation and benefits package designed to support a long-term international appointment:
- $150,000–$180,000 USD annual compensation, depending upon experience and qualifications
- Medical coverage provided
- Housing stipend provided
- 30 days of paid annual leave/vacation
- One return airline ticket every two years
- Relocation assistance provided
- All UAE work permits, visas, and required employment documentation will be coordinated and handled by the family's legal team
Specific details regarding housing, relocation, medical coverage, and other benefits will be discussed with qualified candidates during the interview process.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate will have previous private household experience as a Butler, Valet, Household Manager, Family Assistant, or senior private-service professional, preferably within an international household.
Candidates should be polished and service-oriented while remaining approachable, humble, and without ego. The family is seeking someone intuitive who understands when to step forward and when to remain discreetly in the background.
The successful candidate will be emotionally intelligent, highly organized, technologically capable, calm under pressure, and comfortable adapting to changing schedules, international travel, and last-minute requests.
This is not solely a management position. Candidates must genuinely enjoy hands-on Butler and Valet service while possessing the leadership skills required to train, guide, and manage household staff.
Language, Travel & Security Requirements
Excellent spoken and written English is essential. Candidates must be comfortable with extensive international travel and the family's anticipated future relocation to Europe. A European passport is required to accommodate the family's international travel and future relocation requirements.
Due to the principals' specific privacy, confidentiality, and security protocols, candidates must not speak or understand Russian or other East Slavic languages, including Ukrainian or Belarusian. This is a firm requirement of the position and should be considered before applying.
Although the principals themselves are of Russian background, their security protocols specifically require a household professional who does not understand or communicate in these languages.
Exceptional discretion and confidentiality are essential. Candidates must understand the heightened level of privacy expected when supporting an international private family.
The Opportunity
This is an exceptional long-term opportunity for an accomplished private-service professional who enjoys the combination of personal service, valet responsibilities, staff leadership, household organization, and Family Assistant support.
The family is seeking someone who wants to build a lasting relationship with the principals and become an integral part of their household operation as their family, residences, and international lifestyle evolve.
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