Estate Manager

estate managerWe’ll Help You Find the Right Estate Manager for Your Residences…

Our Placement Specialists are here to help you find a professional Estate Manager to manage your primary and other residences. Voted the #1 Best Domestic Agency by Dan’s Papers readers for 11 consecutive years (2012-2022), we have the experience and candidates necessary to help you hire a highly a qualified Estate Management Professional.

While we work with clients in many parts of the U.S., among the primary areas we serve are:  The Hamptons and Long Island; the Greater New York City Area (including Connecticut and New Jersey); the Boston and New England Area; the San Francisco Bay Area; and Florida.

Below is a brief description of the Estate Manager position, which provides a general overview of typical responsibilities. Depending on your individual needs, additional duties might be required while others are deemed unnecessary.

For more information on our Estate Managers, please contact us today. All consultations with the Hamptons Employment Agency are no-cost, no-obligation, and confidential.

Estate Manager Description

An Estate Manager is primarily a chief administrator who bears broad responsibility for running an Employer’s estate(s). This often involves overseeing and providing hands-on management for multiple residences. An Estate Manager’s profile will vary depending on the individual candidate and the needs of the Employer.

An Estate Manager assumes a leadership role among domestic staff members. He or she has a broad knowledge base relating to general household management duties. In addition, the Estate Manager/Household Manager will typically have a formal education, computer skills, and basic financial skills.

An Estate Manager’s specific responsibilities, which depend on the size of the Employer’s domestic staff, typically include hiring, directing, and terminating other household staff; liaising with and overseeing vendors and contractors; booking travel arrangements; maintaining household security; running errands; organizing and running large household events, parties, etc.; managing the household calendar; performing bookkeeping and other accounting tasks; and managing special projects.

Additional duties — particularly in a residence in which the Estate Manager works without others under his or her direction — may include Houseman or Housekeeper responsibilities. These duties are: performing general handyman services and facilities / home maintenance tasks; maintaining household inventories; procurement of supplies, including grocery shopping; maintaining a proper indoor and outdoor appearance for the home; providing hands-on housekeeping (e.g., doing laundry and ironing; cleaning the kitchen, bath, and living areas; organization of closets, pantries, etc.; care for art, antiques, and fine furniture; etc.); driving family members to appointments and engagements; and more.

Overall, an Estate Manager endeavors to ensure that his or her Employer’s life is as carefree as possible. He or she wears many hats and remains fully on top of all the details of an Employer’s residential life. The Estate Manager may live in or out of their Employer’s residence, but the position is often a live-in role. Moreover, as needed, an Estate Manager travels with his or her Employer family, or alone, to additional residences and alternate destinations.

Salary for an Estate Manager depends on your location, the particular job requirements, and the level of experience of the Candidate. Benefits, perks, and other forms of compensation provided by the Employer also affect salary requirements.

Our Residential Placement Specialists can help you find the right individual for a range of positions, including the following:

  • Long Island, NY Estate Manager (Hamptons, Gold Coast, etc.)
  • New York City Estate Manager
  • Boston Area/New England Estate Manager (MA, NH, VT, ME, RI, CT)
  • Connecticut Estate Manager
  • New Jersey Estate Manager
  • Florida Estate Manager
  • San Francisco Bay Area Estate Manager
  • We also serve other areas (please contact us for more information)

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Contact us today for a no-cost, no-obligation, privacy-assured phone consultation. Please feel free to call us at one of our offices:

The Hamptons: 631-204-1100
New York City: 212-810-9828
Boston: 617-865-5888
Palm Beach: 561-560-0001

Or, use our brief and easy online Staffing Inquiry Form.

We look forward to hearing from you regarding your estate staffing needs.

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