Please contact us via our contact page if yu are keen on one of these families: www.theenglishcorner.fr

Charlotte H and her family live in Wimbledon, the home of English tennis!   Charlotte works in a hospital as a consultant paediatrician and her husband works in management.  They are a British family, Anglican.  They live in a house with a garden where they have two rabbits.  Their sons will be 14 and 16 in the summer.  The older boy goes to and from school on his own so the job for the au pair is to take and collect the younger boy to school on foot.  Cooking a simple meal  for the boys after school, helping to keep the home clean and tidy, doing the children’s laundry, hoovering.   Generally 25 hours a week plus 2 evenings’ babysitting and the pocket-money is £70 a week plus £10 a week for travelling expenses in London.  Family interests are: tennis [naturally!], music, singing, trips into Central London, cycling and cooking.    They need an Au Pair to arrive in late-August/beginning of September and to  stay until the end of July 2012.

Susan L is a single parent living in North London [Southgate].  She has two sons age 10 and 9 and a cat.  Susan works full time as a new business director.   It is a regular 25 hours a week plus some babysitting [not a lot],  very light domestic jobs because a woman goes in to do the heavy cleaning every week.   They live in a house with a garden.  Pocket-money £70 a week plus free weekend travel in London.   Weekends free.    They would love to host an au pair who enjoys cooking.   To start at the beginning of September and to stay until the end of July 2013.

Simon W and Lizzie T live in a large house with a garden in Muswell Hill, a nice part of North London.  They are an English family, practising no religion.  Their children are Sam 15, Georgina 14 and Anna 12.  They have a rabbit and a hamster J    They employ a woman who does regular cleaning so there is not much housework, just generally to help to keep the home clean and tidy and to perhaps do some light shopping and unpack the food deliveries.    The main job for the au pair is to organise the children’s lives and cook them an evening meal  because both parents work full time.  Simon is in corporate finance and Lizzie is an employment lawyer.   25 hours a week plus 1 or 2 evenings’ “babysitting” and the pocket-money is £85 a week.  She will have her own bathroom.

To start in late-August/beginning of September and to stay until the end of July 2013.

Hilary M and Eamonn R live in a large house in Barnet, N. London with their two children Caelan [a boy] age 9 and Siofra [a girl] age nearly 8.  These are Irish names because Hilary and Eamonn came to London from Ireland many years ago.  Hilary works as a medical doctor and Eamonn is a journalist.   They both work full-time.   They are a Catholic family.   They have no pets.  Their au pair is responsible for getting the children ready for school in the morning and taking them to school.  Then to collect them and care for them after school until a parent returns home.   They also need help to keep the home clean and tidy [a woman goes regularly to the house to do the heavy cleaning].   They pay £80 a week plus travel expenses [in London] and a mobile phone.

We have a few families still looking for an au pair. If you wish to apply please do it quickly either by downloading our application form directly from our website www.theenglishcorner.fr or alternatively you can contact us via our contact page

I have a new Summer family looking for an older French girl for the summer (end of June or start of July to start September).

This is a ‘special’ opportunity for an au pair to experience the traditional English country mansion for a summer (please see pictures on the details attached).

She wants age 21+, good or very good English, non-smoker.  Doesn’t need a driver, 1 small dog. Has cleaners.

GRAHAM FAMILY

White, British, professional – English Country House owners

• Edge of town location – Wrexham
• Near to cities of Liverpool and Chester
• 3 children aged 6, 4 and 10 months – mum is at home full time with the children
• 1 small dog
• Needs an extra pair of hands for the summer with housework and the children – helping Mum
• Has cleaners 2 x per week – so no big cleaning
• Non-Driver
• Non-smoker
• Good-Fluent English
• Age 21-27 is ideal
• Early July to Early September (dates can be a little flexible)
• 30-35 hours/£80 per week

·         Own self-contained flat (bedroom, bathroom, kitchen for making snacks and drinks when not on duty)

We have quite a few vacancies available in a large logistic and transport company based in Ireland. Please find below some of the opportunties but more are available in our books, please apply via our contact page.www.theenglishcorner.fr

1- We would like to offer an internship in our Roadfreight/Logistics Department based in Dublin, starting 16^th July for 6 months. Details are as follows;

Position: Assistant to Freight Forwarders

Duties;

• Looking after two key accounts
• Organising deliveries
• Arranging daily manifests for transport
• Putting together backup for sales invoices
• Assisting with sales and purchase queries
• Invoicing customers
• Accruing charges on our accounts system
• Passing supplier invoices & credit notes

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5.30pm

As part of the placement agreement, the company offers an allowance (not deemed to

be a salary) to help towards travel & expenses throughout the students stay in Ireland. The amount

offered is €650 per month or €150 per week paid on a monthly basis.

2- We would like to offer an internship in our Shannon Branch in Seafreight starting beginning 20^th August 2012 for 6 months. Details are as follows;

Position: Operations Assistant

Duties;

• Liaising with customers on shipment arrivals and departures
• Organising deliveries and collections to customers and follow-up with transportation.
• Checking daily with shipping lines on transit schedules
• Updating information on CIEL computer operating system
• Handling Customs formalities
• Customer and Warehouse reporting
• Accruing charges on our accounts system
• Registering supplier invoices & credit notes
• General administration

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5.30pm

As part of the placement agreement, the company offers an allowance (not deemed to

be a salary) to help towards travel & expenses throughout the students stay in Ireland. The amount

offered is €650 per month (€150 per week for a part month) paid on a monthly basis.

3- we would like to offer an internship in our Cork Seafreight Department based in Imports and/or Exports depending on current requirements for 6 months from 8^th October 2012. Details are as follows;

Initial Duties

• This will be a requirement throughout the whole internship in these departments;
• Dealing with Supplier Accounts
• General Administration
• Understanding of Bill of Lading, regulatory documents etc.
• Supporting on documentation scanning
• Updating information on CIEL operations system
• Liaising wit shipping lines on transit schedules
• Working on our accounts system
• Customer and Warehouse reporting

Chance of progression

After the initial 3mths if the internship is progressing to a more than satisfactory level the manager

• Understanding of Customs Clearance
• Understanding of Markets and Rates
• Trade Imbalance
• Understanding of Port Operations

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5.30pm

As part of the placement agreement, the company offer san allowance (not deemed to

be a salary) to help towards travel & expenses throughout the students stay in Ireland. The amount

offered is €650 per month or €150 per week paid on a monthly basis.

4- we would like to offer an internship in our Customer Solutions Department based in Dublin from 1^st October 2012 for 6 months. Details are as follows;

Position: Customer Solutions Assistant

Initial Duties

This will be a requirement throughout the whole internship in the department;

• Statistical Reporting

• Vlog (Sales Management System) meeting updates
• Vlog (Sales Management System) Opportunity updates
• Pharmaceutical development statistics
• General sales development statistics
• RFQ printing etc
• Cold calls/data gathering
• Case studies updates
• Monthly vertical updates for sales
• QBR templates
• Customer Projects
• General – Customer solutions

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5.30pm

As part of the placement agreement, the company offers an allowance (not deemed to

be a salary) to help towards travel & expenses throughout the students stay in Ireland. The amount

offered is €650 per month or €150 per week paid on a monthly basis.

Hi Sandrine,

I hope that you are keeping well.

I have had such a lovely report from the family about Rachel that I want to share it with you.   I have cut and pasted it below…..

“Hi Maggie,
Thank you for your message. I wanted to wait until I had a moment to respond in full.

Rachel is absolutely amazing and we feel so blessed that you found her for us!!! She has become a real part of our family. You were right when you said that age does not have a lot to do with maturity. Rachel is such a mature 18 year old that I often forget how young she is.

Rachel is such a lovely girl with a sunny and upbeat disposition. She is a joy to have around. From the moment she arrived she has been enthusiastic about being here, learning English, making friends, discovering London. She shares that enthusiasm with the kids and when she has the opportunity, she takes them to museums or exciting places. She takes my youngest to the swimming pool — all her own idea.

The children have grown very attached. We are all dreading the end of her stay. She is incredibly warm and loving toward the children in a very natural way. She helps my eldest with piano (she is accomplished herself) and is very able to jump in with homework help or coming up with crafts for them to do. She is extremely helpful around the house, always asking what she can do to help.

I believe we have found a very good balance of living together and yet maintaining some privacy and independence. In any case, when Rachel is around we never mind because she is so lovely. She partakes in some family meals with us (we usually only have one in the week anyway — on Friday night) but seems content to eat on her own in the week. Weekends she is always out and about but we manage to stay connected and have good chats about her plans.

She did find a Chinese class at Morley college but dropped after about a month as the teacher sounded disappointing. She said she was happy to find the book that went with the course and now she practises on her own.

Rachel is a very special girl and we feel so lucky to have this year to get to know her. I feel so lucky to have her support with the kids, especially as they adore her and I trust her. It will be a sad day when she leaves but I hope she takes away from this experience lots of good memories and an excellent command of English (which I help her with whenever possible).

Thanks, Maggie. All the best,

Ellen

We have a company urgently seeking an intern for 5-6 months (or more!) – as the role is customer focused the role will suit someone who is seeking to improve/perfect language skills. The internship attracts a contribution of €150,- per week too!

The role is for a receptionist/customer relationship manager and involves the following duties and tasks:

–          Greeting customers & visitors at reception

–          Answering the phone, relaying messages & transferring phone calls

–          Taking payments over the phone and answering questions about the product range

–          Answering customer emails

–          Communicating stock situations to the customer

–          Processing refunds & returns

–          Liaising with warehouse staff about stock levels

–          Ordering basic supplies from our sundry suppliers

–          Some marketing activities – competitor price checking, competitor website analysis

–          Resolving customer complaints

–          Cataloguing, recording and reporting customer complaints

This role will provide valuable experience both in customer service and a chance to further the candidates English skills. The right candidate will:

–          Be well presented and have a good telephone manner

–          Be friendly and posses good communication skills – even when under pressure from a customer!

–     

Hello Sandrine,
I was placed at an internship in a nursery school in East London last year? I don’t know if you remember me but I wanted to thank you for helping me get such a great experience. I absolutely loved working for Chestnut and wish I still could! I recommended your program to a few people and hopefully they’ll be in touch. I wanted to know if you had any other programs that I might partake in? I have currently applied to Kingston University but would love to see if I could find a program to sponsor a work permit. I had such a good time and really learned so much and would love to pursue a career in the UK as Nursery Nurse. Anyway, I just thought I would ask because it was such a nice experience through your company.

Best Wishes and Thank you,
Caroline P, American applicant

If you are interested in the position below, please contact us via our contact page on www.theenglishcorner.fr

Margaret D – Au pair/ Companion (Live in – separate accommodation) experienced driver and communicative English essential for a friendly and independent elderly lady aged 88 years old.  She lives near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire (45 minutes by car from Oxford).  This is an exceptionally nice and easy job for 18 hours per week, ideal for a kind individual with an appreciation of the arts.  She is looking for someone who would be willing to go shopping with her, read and play games, and accompany her to concerts, the ballet and opera and can push her in her wheelchair (she is handicapped and can’t walk but is not an invalid and doesn’t need a carer or nursing as she can look after herself).  Other duties include keeping her little house reasonably clean and tidy:  Light cleaning, stacking/unstacking the dishwasher, dusting & sweeping, a little bit of washing and ironing.  Salary: £75 for 18 hours work per week to include own self contained flat provided nearby in High Wycombe plus use of car (all flat, car expenses including petrol and English classes paid for).  The au pair can also have another job on the side providing it doesn’t impact her main job.  The lady is a qualified English teacher and former diplomat’s wife. START DATE:  ASAP for 6-12 months