Reviewed by Stan, Head of Hiring Department, TLNT.aeAn owner in Dubai with a business, a family and one or two properties usually asks the same question: can one person run all of it, or do I need an executive assistant, a house manager and a driver? Both answers can be right. This guide shows how to judge the load, where one hybrid multi-assistant works and where it breaks, how confidentiality changes with each option, what each set-up costs as a market estimate and how to split the work if you go for two or three people.
Talk to usIt is not about titles. It is about three things: how many hours of work there are, how many of them need a physical presence in two places at once, and how much private information one person should hold.
A hybrid assistant runs the business calendar and inbox, your personal errands and the coordination of the household. It works well in a specific situation and badly outside it.
When one person is not enough, the usual split follows the three lists. Each role has its own page with duties, salary and how to assess.
Market estimates in AED per month, total package; the employer also pays visa, health insurance and a gratuity provision for each employee. The cost of one person is not the only number: count the cost of the tasks that one person will drop.
| Set-up | Who | Orientation, AED per month in total |
|---|---|---|
| One hybrid person | hybrid multi-assistant | 10,000 - 18,000, senior 18,000 - 25,000 |
| Two people | executive assistant plus house manager | 22,000 - 40,000 |
| Three people | executive assistant plus house manager plus private driver | 25,000 - 50,000 |
| Business-heavy | chief of staff plus house manager | 35,000 - 60,000 |
| Household-heavy | personal assistant plus house manager plus driver | 18,000 - 37,000 |
More people means less concentration of information in one head but more people who know something. Decide the boundaries before the hire, not after.
TLNT is a hiring consultancy for office and private household roles. We help you count the load, decide between one hybrid person and a split, write a job description for each role, set the salary ranges as market estimates, find and assess candidates with a practical skills assessment (a week with business and household conflicts to plan, a contractor to coordinate, a budget to reconcile) and prepare the offers. You make the hiring decision and agree the terms with each candidate yourself; the people are employed directly by you or your company, the employer sponsors the visa and we give you a step-by-step checklist.
Our fee is fixed for each role and agreed before the search starts. A 10% prepayment of the fee starts the search, the rest is due once the person has started work. If it does not work out, we find a replacement free of charge; the period is set in the contract. Consulting and CRM projects are priced after a free review.
Yes, when the business is small or a professional practice, the household has one or two staff and one property, and the owner is in Dubai most of the time. It breaks when the business needs daily team coordination, the house has several staff or two properties, or you need a person in two places on the same day. Then split into an executive assistant and a house manager.
Market estimate: an executive assistant 12,000 - 20,000 AED per month and a house manager 10,000 - 20,000 AED as orientation, so about 22,000 - 40,000 AED in total, total package. Add a private driver at 3,000 - 10,000 AED depending on the level. On top of each package the employer pays visa, health insurance and a gratuity provision. One hybrid person costs 10,000 - 18,000 AED, orientation, but drops tasks when the load is above one working week.
Our fee is fixed for each role and agreed before the search starts. A 10% prepayment of the fee starts the search, the rest is due once the person has started work. If it does not work out, we find a replacement free of charge; the period is set in the contract.
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Message on WhatsAppReviewed by Stan, Head of Hiring Department, TLNT.aeCite as: TLNT.ae, "One assistant or several business, personal and household: how to split the load in Dubai", 2026, https://tlnt.ae/en/guides/one-assistant-or-several-business-personal-household/. Prepared by TLNT.ae, a hiring consultancy working in the UAE since 2022.