To this day, I can’t believe I got hired for this job. Twice.

Working Title:                 Child Development Administrative Partner (aka “Dad”)

Position Number:            2

Position Status:                Never-Ending

Work Schedule:               On-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year

Purpose of Postion:

• To successfully raise a healthy, self affirmed individual of gender tbd, in an effort to insure self-sufficiency and removal of the grown child from the administrator’s residence within a rough timeline of 18 to 25 years

Primary Responsibilities:

• Duties may vary based on unique needs of the child
  • Basic responsibilities include:
    • Keeping the child in one piece (nightly inspection to insure ten fingers / ten toes / all respective limbs remain in place mandatory)
    • Handling / disposal of toxic material (aka pooty diapers, snot from face after sneezes, etc.)
    • Frequent play interactions, including acting as substitute jungle gym or tea party guest when necessary
    • Sharing of life lessons that weren’t realized by the applicant himself until he became responsible for another human life
    • Frequent apology calls to parents now that it is realized just what kind of hell they were put through when applicant was the child
    • Conflict de-escalation at such time as applicant’s partner becomes ready to post the children on Craig’s List

Qualifications

• No experience necessary.  All training will come on the job.  Background in culinary arts, conflict resolution, handling of hazardous material, philosophy, child psychology, dramatic acting, routine home maintenance, technical skills, athletics, and fluency in “child-speak” all preferred, but not necessary
• Applicants should note that simple ability to physically procreate with another to produce a child is not a guarantee of fitness for the position.  Lack of ability to do so is also not a disqualifier.  Applicants will be judged solely on ability and willingness to “dad it up”.

Minimum Education:

• None

Preferred Education:

• Viewing of at least one birthing video; reading of one of those “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” books.

Compensation

• Upon hiring, applicant will become responsible for forfeiting 99.999999% of take-home from secondary position to the needs and wants of the child.  Compensation may take the form of hugs, kisses, shout-out during graduation speech, child becoming totally self-sufficient upon reaching age of maturation.
• Retirement plan – no guarantee child won’t place applicant “in a very nice retirement community” during twilight years

Pay Grade

• Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,haaaaaaa!! Seriously, applicant will need at least one other job

Job Open Date

• Remember that night with the tequila?

Job Close Date

• N/A

Open Until Filled

• Yes (Kind of an ironic way to put it, no?)