Desirable Jobs For Working Mothers

During this lockdown more than ever, a lot of people and especially working mums have been reflecting on their careers and thinking of a path forward.

This season of being in crisis and on lockdown have pushed us all to do a lot of soul searching on the sort of life we want to live and the sort of careers we want.

As working mums, we must carefully balance our work demands with our home demands and having a flexible schedule makes this balancing act less uncertain.

“The ability to take time off to watch over a sick child or even work from home (especially during this crisis) makes for a good work life balance”.

The following jobs are potentially desirable for working mothers, because they offer at least one of the following characteristics:

1.      Well-paying

2.      Flexible schedule i.e. the ability to work from home

3.      Paid maternity leave

4.      Good childcare benefits

Read on to learn about the rewarding jobs that can help you embrace motherhood—and professional success.

1)     Project Management

2)     Business Analyst

3)     Financial Analyst

4)     Finance Related Roles (Auditors, Finance Controller, Finance Business Partners etc)

5)     Accountancy

6)     Human Resource Roles

7)     Software Engineers

8)     Market Research Analyst

9)    Business Consultants

10)  Teacher

11)  Quality Assurance

12)  Data Analyst

13)  Statistician

14)  Product Managers

15)  Web Developers

16)  Risk and Compliance

17) Regulatory Affairs

18) UX Designer

Please let me know if there are other roles which are flexible and well-paying which I have not listed above.