For Family Offices & Private Staff

Childcare Placement for Family Offices & Private Households

A discreet placement partner for the advisers who staff private households. Nannies, maternity nurses, governesses and rota teams for UHNW families — NDA-ready, fully declared, and managed through a single point of contact.

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Quick answer

Lumière works with family offices, estate managers, private banks, principals' PAs and relocation agents to place nannies, maternity nurses, governesses and rota teams into UHNW households. Searches run under NDA where required, on fully declared contracts across Monaco, France, the UK and the UAE, through a single point of contact — with references verified in person, a curated shortlist rather than a database, post-placement support and a free re-match within the first three months.

A Placement Partner for Advisers

Built to Work Alongside You

Much of the childcare Lumière places is arranged not by the parents directly, but by the people around them — the family office running the household, the estate manager on the ground, the principal's PA, the private bank's client team, the relocation agent settling a family into a new country. We are used to working through an intermediary: taking a precise brief, reporting through one point of contact, and slotting into a household structure that already exists.

The Brief, Handled Discreetly

You set the terms of engagement. We can sign an NDA before any details change hands, run the search on a no-names basis, and share household information only with the shortlisted candidates who genuinely need it. Throughout, you keep the relationship with your principal — we stay in the background and report to you.

Every candidate is background-checked, reference-verified in person, and has completed Lumière's Training & Standards Programme, which treats discretion in private and UHNW households as a core module rather than an afterthought.

Who We Work With

  • Family offices coordinating household staffing on a principal's behalf
  • Estate and household managers running multi-residence properties
  • Private banks and wealth advisers supporting client families
  • Principals' personal assistants and chiefs of staff
  • Relocation agents settling a family into a new jurisdiction
  • Existing household staff briefing on behalf of the family
The Roles

Which Roles We Staff

Lumière places the full range of private childcare roles, and — where a household needs several working together — builds and coordinates the whole team rather than filling one seat at a time. Every role is placed on fully declared terms in the relevant jurisdiction.

Permanent Nannies

Live-in and live-out nannies for long-term, full-time care — the core of what we place.

Rota Teams

Pairs of senior nannies on two-on, two-off rotations for continuous, round-the-clock cover.

Maternity Nurses

Newborn specialists for the first weeks and months — day-and-night or night-only, singletons or twins.

Governesses

Educators for school-age children, leading homework, languages and enrichment alongside daily care.

Yacht & Travel Nannies

Discreet, sea-confident nannies for yachts and travelling households, worldwide across the season.

Full Childcare Teams

A rota pair, a maternity nurse and a governess selected to work well together and with existing staff.

For salary bands by role and city — live-in, live-out, rota and maternity — see the Lumière Salary & Cost Guide. Exact fees and salary bands are always confirmed in writing before any introductions; see Fees & How We Work.

How We Work

Discretion, Declared Contracts, One Point of Contact

The way we run a search is built around the priorities advisers care about most: confidentiality, compliance and a clean, single line of communication. Nothing is left informal, and nothing is arranged cash-in-hand.

What You Can Rely On

  • NDAs signed before details are shared, and no-names searches where needed
  • Fully declared employment — contracts, social charges and payslips in the correct jurisdiction
  • A single point of contact from brief to placement and beyond
  • A curated shortlist matched to the household, not a database dump
  • References verified in person, before any introduction
  • Post-placement support and a free re-match within the first three months

Founder-Led, From Inside the Profession

Lumière is a boutique agency based in Nice on the French Riviera, founded and led by Hanna, a working career nanny who still takes selected private placements. That means the person shaping your shortlist understands a private household from the inside — the discretion a principal expects, the standards a demanding role requires, the judgement that a database cannot supply.

For advisers, that translates into fewer, better-matched candidates and a partner who treats confidentiality as second nature.

Explore Further

Roles & Resources

Permanent Nanny Rota Nanny Maternity Nurse Governess & Teacher Mega Yacht Nanny Training & Standards Fees & How We Work

Family Offices & Private Staff: Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work with family offices and estate managers?
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Yes. A significant share of Lumière's placements come through family offices, estate managers, private banks, principals' personal assistants and relocation agents acting on behalf of a household. We are used to working alongside an intermediary rather than directly with the principal — taking a brief, reporting through a single point of contact, and fitting into the household's existing structure and staff. You keep control of the relationship with your principal; we handle the search.
How do you handle confidentiality and NDAs?
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Discretion is the default, not an add-on. We are comfortable signing a non-disclosure agreement before any details are shared, and we can run a search on a no-names basis until a candidate reaches offer stage. Household information is shared only with the shortlisted candidates who need it, and every nanny we place has completed our Training & Standards Programme, which includes discretion in private and UHNW households as a core module.
Which roles can you staff for a private household?
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Lumière places the full range of private childcare roles: permanent live-in and live-out nannies, rota nannies for round-the-clock cover, maternity nurses for the newborn period, governesses for school-age children, and travel and yacht nannies. Where a household needs several of these working together, we can build and coordinate the whole team rather than filling one seat at a time.
Do you place across multiple jurisdictions?
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Yes. Lumière is based in Nice on the French Riviera and places across Monaco, France, the UK and the UAE, as well as internationally for travelling households. Every placement is fully declared in the relevant jurisdiction — a written contract, the correct social security registration and proper payslips — and we guide the household through the employment formalities wherever the role sits.
Can you handle a full childcare team (rota, maternity, governess)?
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Yes. For larger households we assemble complete childcare teams — for example a rota pair for continuous cover, a maternity nurse for a new baby and a governess for older children — selected to work well alongside each other and the household's existing staff. We coordinate the search as a single project, through one point of contact, so the pieces fit together rather than being hired in isolation.
How do we start a confidential search?
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Arrange a confidential call with the founder. We will put an NDA in place if you wish, take a detailed brief on the household and the roles, and set out the fee and relevant salary bands in writing before any introductions. From there you receive a curated shortlist rather than a database, with references verified in person, and a single point of contact throughout — plus post-placement support and a free re-match within the first three months.

Where to Go Next

Explore the roles we place, understand our standard, or open a confidential conversation whenever you are ready.

Rota Nanny

Pairs of senior nannies on two-on, two-off rotations for continuous, round-the-clock household cover.

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Training & Standards

The proprietary programme every Lumière nanny completes — including discretion in private and UHNW households.

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Fees & How We Work

How a search runs from brief to placement, and how our fees are structured — confirmed in writing, every time.

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Arrange a Confidential Call

Tell us about the household and the roles you need to fill. We will put an NDA in place if you wish, take a detailed brief, and set out the fee and relevant salary bands in writing before any introductions.

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The Lumière difference

Founded by a working career nanny, not a recruiter

"I founded Lumière because the families I worked for kept asking the same question: where do we find another nanny like you? I still take private placements. Every nanny I place is one I would work alongside."

Hanna founded Lumière Placements after years inside private households as a career nanny. She continues to take selected private placements alongside leading the agency, a working-nanny perspective that shapes every shortlist Lumière puts forward. Lumière is the only French Riviera-based boutique placement agency, placing across Monaco, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Nice, and worldwide, founded and led by an active working career nanny.

Why families choose Lumière

Based
French Riviera
Founder
Hanna, working career nanny
Approach
Families understood from the inside, the right nanny for the right family
Qualifications
Norland, CACHE, NNEB, Montessori
Vetting
References verified, DBS where applicable
Employment
Declared, full contracts
Reach
17 cities · 3 continents
Specialisms
Live-in, rota, governess, maternity, yacht, travel
Every Lumière nanny completes our Training & Standards Programme, founder-led by a working career nanny, not a corporate recruiter. Over 100 nannies placed, with a free re-match in the first three months.