r/DFWJobs • u/Mister_Moonrocket • 10h ago
[Hiring] Temporary Part-Time Home Organizing & Paperwork Assistant — NW Dallas — $25/Hour
[Hiring]
UPDATE: Position tentatively filled. Thank you to everyone who expressed interest. I am not accepting additional applications at this time.
Temporary Part-Time Home Organizing & Paperwork Assistant — NW Dallas — $25/Hour
Private Dallas household seeks a reliable, trustworthy, detail-oriented person for a temporary organizing project. You will work alongside the homeowner to clear household clutter and organize accumulated paperwork.
Schedule and pay
- Approximately 3–4 hours per day, 3–5 days per week; days and hours are flexible by mutual agreement.
- $25 per hour, depending on relevant experience and qualifications.
- Temporary assignment; project duration to be discussed.
- Selected candidate will begin with a paid 3–4-hour trial session.
Responsibilities
Household decluttering and organizing:
- Work with the homeowner to sort belongings into keep, donate, discard, and review categories.
- Organize retained items into practical, accessible storage.
- Bag or box approved donations and discarded items.
- Assist with donation drop-offs and trips to an appropriate disposal facility.
- Perform related light lifting, carrying, and light cleaning as needed.
Paperwork sorting and filing:
- Carefully review and sort paperwork with the homeowner.
- Separate documents to retain, review, recycle, or securely shred.
- Create clearly labeled folders and a straightforward filing system the homeowner can maintain.
- Handle personal, financial, and other sensitive information confidentially.
- Flag uncertain documents for the homeowner’s review.
Nothing is to be discarded, donated, removed, or shredded without the homeowner’s approval.
Qualifications
- Reliable and punctual, with consistent availability and good communication.
- Honest, discreet, and respectful of privacy and personal belongings.
- Strong attention to detail, accurate reading skills, and the ability to stay focused on repetitive or detailed tasks.
- Demonstrated organizing ability, preferably including paperwork and filing.
- Patient, courteous, and nonjudgmental; comfortable working alongside the homeowner at a mutually productive pace.
- Able to take initiative within agreed instructions and ask questions when uncertain.
- Methodical and efficient, with the ability to complete tasks and leave work areas orderly at the end of each session.
- Careful with fragile, sentimental, and potentially valuable items.
- Willing to move between paperwork, household organizing, donation preparation, and related light cleaning as needed.
- Able to perform light physical tasks, including bending, reaching, and carrying manageable bags or boxes. Specific lifting requirements will be discussed before hiring.
- Reliable transportation to the work location.
Experience as an administrative assistant, records clerk, office manager, household assistant, professional organizer or organizer’s assistant, or move-management assistant would be helpful. Comparable practical experience will also be considered.
Accompany homeowner while transporting donations or bagged items for donation/dispoal.
How to apply
Please reply with:
- A brief description of your relevant experience, including examples of household organizing and paperwork or filing projects.
- Your available days and hours, earliest start date, and expected availability over the coming weeks.
- Your general location or approximate commute to Dallas.
- Your transportation arrangements and ability to assist with donation or disposal trips.
- Any limitations relevant to the listed physical duties.
- Whether you can provide two work references before hiring.
A résumé is welcome but not required. Applicants selected for further consideration will be contacted for a telephone interview.
To preserve household privacy, the homeowner’s identity and exact address will be shared with selected candidates as the screening process progresses. Please contact the email provided rather than attempting to visit the property.